Class B Roundup: L/L-M, Kidder County set up R3 championship matchup

NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. — The top two teams in Region 3 faced off and it was a competitive game as the LaMoure/Litchville-Marion Loboes got a 7-3 win over the Carrington Cardinals on Tuesday, May 23, at New Rockford High School.

The Cardinals opened the scoring in the first inning before the Loboes took the lead on a two-run error to make it 2-1. Schmitz continued his big day with a game-tying single in the third. In total, he went 2-for-4 with one RB and one run.

The Loboes scored two runs in the fourth to push the lead out to 4-2 and they would never relinquish the lead again. They added three more in the sixth to book their spot in the Region 3 championship game. The Loboes' (11-1) leading hitter was Tate Mart who went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and one run.

CHS 3, L/L-M 7

CHS: 1 0 1 0 1 0 0–3 8 3

L/L-M: 0 2 0 2 0 3 X–7 5 3

WP: Jacob Nitschke, LP: Grady Shipman

Scoring plays:

First inning:

CHS: Hudson Schmitz triple, Schmitz scores on an error, unearned

Second inning:

L/L-M: Max Musland reaches on an error, Jacob Nitschke, Blase Isaacson score, unearned

Third inning:

CHS: Schmitz RBI single, Grady Shipman scores

Fourth inning:

L/L-M: Dylan Carlson RBI single, Nitschke scores

L/L-M: Tate Mart RBI single, Musland scores

Fifth inning:

CHS: Shipman RBI single, Jack Erickson scores

Sixth inning:

L/L-M: Mart RBI single, Toby Duncan scores

L/L-M: Connor Johnson RBI single, Mart scores

L/L-M: Dylan Carlson RBI groundout, Johnson scores

The Cardinals gave up four runs in the third inning and it cost them in a 9-5 loss to Kidder County/Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter in the final consolation game of the Region 3 tournament.

The Cardinals (12-6) scored two runs in the second before the Wolves scored four runs in the third to take a 3-2 lead. The Wolves (8-8) added another one in the fourth to take a 5-2 lead. After the Cardinals cut the deficit to 5-3, the Wolves put the game away with two runs in the fifth as the lead went out to 7-3.

The Wolves try to win the Region 3 title at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24, when they take on the Loboes.

KC 9, CHS 5

KC: 0 0 4 1 2 2 0–9 14 2

CHS: 0 2 0 1 0 1 1–5 11 4

WP: Blake Braun, LP: Kael Kovar

Scoring plays:

Second inning:

CHS: Ethan Roller sacrifice fly, Corbin Clifton scores

CHS: Erickson reaches on a dropped third strike, Bickett scores

Third inning:

KC: Simon Hager RBI single, Collin Zimmerman scores

KC: Blake Braun two-RBI double, Simon Hager, Jace Larson score

KC: Isaiah Oster reaches on an error, Braun scores

Fourth inning:

KC: Hager single, Blake Binder scores on an error, unearned

CHS: Erickson RBI double, Bickett scores

Fifth inning:

KC: Trey Silbernagel single, Oster scores on an error, unearned

Sixth inning:

KC: Silbernagel bases-loaded walk, Larson scores

KC: Tayden Jasper bases-loaded walk, Preston Fischer scores

CHS: Clifton RBI single, Schmitz scores

Seventh inning:

CHS: Shipman reaches on an error, Bickett scores, unearned