FAULKTON – Layne Cotton and Jhett Kleinsasser combined for four doubles and nine RBI as the Faulkton Hitmen defeated Redfield 11-4 in American Legion baseball action Thursday night.
Cotton had a pair of bases-loaded doubles to drive in six runs. He cleared the bases in a three-run fourth inning and in a four-run fifth inning.
Kleinsasser delivered an RBI double and later stole home in the second, and then added a two-run double in the third as the hosts jumped in front 4-0.
Redfield scored all of its runs in the top of the fifth as Noah Johnson drove in a run with a single, and Elijah Morrissette plated another with a double. The other runs scored on errors.
Redfield 000 040 0 – 4 6 3
Faulkton Hitmen 022 340 x – 11 8 4
Kevin Weller, Micah Zastrow (5) and Elijah Morrissette; Cade Schick, G. Hannan (7) and Gus Kopecky. 2B – Redfield, Dylan Murray, Morrissette; Faulkton, Jhett Kleinsasser (2), Layne Coton (2).
Track and Field
Class B athletes capture another five state titles
Track and Field
Area athletes rack up multiple State B championships
