Park River Area 9 Thompson 1

Park River Area 9, Thompson 1

Thompson’s 4 year run as North Dakota State Class B Baseball champions came to an end Friday.

Park River Area beat Thompson 9-1 in the Class B semifinals in Jamestown.  The Tommies will play Velva-Drake-Anamoose for third place Saturday afternoon.

Park River Area pitcher Jaxon Omdahl allowed just 2 hits with 3 walks and 11 strikeouts.  The Aggies took advantage of 11 walks by Thompson pitching as they jumped to a 7-0 lead after 2 innings.

Eli Gemmill took the loss for Thompson (18-8). In one inning he allowed one hit, 5 runs, 5 walks and 2 strikeouts.  Kaden Loiland and Grady Hurst had the Tommies’ 2 hits.

Kindred 12, Velva-Drake-Annamoose 0 (5 innings)

Kindred advanced to the Class B State baseball title game Friday with a 12-0 win over Velva-Drake-Anamoose in the semifinals in Jamestown.

Fisher Johnson allowed 3 hits with a walk and 5 strikeouts.  He also drove in 2 runs with a third inning double.

The Vikings scored in bunches: 2 in the first inning, 4 in the second, 3 in the third and 3 in the fourth.  Beside their 10 hits, Kindred took advantage of 5 wild pitches and 2 errors.  Carson Gette drove in 2 runs, while Brady Baumgarten, Jackson Schliemann and Max Bernie all had 2 hits apiece.

Mason Kraft took the loss for the Aggies (26-7). In 1 2/3 innings, he gave up 7 hits, 6 runs and 2 walks with no strikeouts.

Kindred (22-2) plays Park River Area Saturday night at 7 for the Class B State Championship.  Audio only coverage is on YourLiveEvent.com.

Velva-Drake-Anamoose meets Thompson in Saturday’s third place game in Jamestown. Estimated start time 4:30 on YourLiveEvent.com.