FARGO — Fargo Post 2 starter Ben Sheets began and ended his day on the mound with a strikeout Friday night.
Sheets fired six strikeouts in a two-hit game over six shutout innings to lift Post 2 past Thief River Falls 3-0 in the Jim Pettersen F-M Invitational American Legion baseball tournament at Jack Williams Stadium.
“Everything felt good,” Sheets said. “I was pounding the zone pretty well.”
Both teams mustered only two hits.
Fargo Post 2’s Caden Nelson beats out a throw to first base for a single against Thief River Falls Post 117 on Friday, June 27, 2025, at Jack Williams Stadium in north Fargo.
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Post 2 center fielder Hunter Giere poked an RBI single to right field to give Fargo a three-run lead in the fourth inning. Elijah Enger drew a bases-loaded walk in the second and Caleb Briggeman had an RBI fielder’s choice in the third inning.
Giere and Briggeman had the lone hits for Fargo. Enger closed out TRF in the seventh with one strikeout.
TRF starting pitcher Jaxon Hams worked 5-⅔ innings, allowing two earned runs on two hits with seven strikeouts.
Post 2 battles Orono-Maple Plain at 5 p.m. and Dassel-Cokato at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28, at Jack Williams Stadium.
“Our pitchers need to keep throwing a lot of strikes,” Sheets said. “Our bats will get rolling again.”
In the opening game at Jack Williams, Dassel-Cokato scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth and held Orono-Maple Plain to two hits in a 3-1 victory.
Fargo Post 2’s Sam Ovsak gives Caleb Briggeman five after he scores a run on a bases-loaded walk against Thief River Falls Post 117 on Friday, June 27, 2025, at Jack Williams Stadium in north Fargo.
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Werremeyer paces Post 400 to win
FARGO — Fargo Post 400 rallied from an early 1-0 deficit to beat Bismarck 4-1 in the Jim Pettersen F-M Invitational on Friday night at Starion Bank Field.
Gus Werremeyer allowed two hits and a run in five innings on the mound. Kane Mathiason and Gus Pankratz each had two hits for Post 400.
Hudson Stein scored on a single to right by Ashton Rinas in the bottom of the fourth that proved to be the winning run for Post 400.
In the opener between Bayport and Bloomington, a 12-hit attack by Bloomington led to a 5-2 victory.
West Fargo cruises past Mandan
WEST FARGO — Max Zenker pounded two hits and drove in three runs in the West Fargo Patriots’ 10-1 five-inning rout over Mandan in the Jim Pettersen F-M Invitational at Young Field.
The Patriots scored six runs in the second inning and back-to-back two-run innings in the third and fourth innings.
Patriots starter Caden Rademacher worked all five innings, giving up zero earned runs on three hits and striking out six. Cooper Fuchs finished 2-for-2 and touched home three times.
West Fargo plays St. Michael at 5 p.m. and Shakopee at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28, at Young Field.
In the first game, Shakopee’s Tanner Heller tossed a shutout to beat St. Michael 4-0.
Tri-City Red stymies Moorhead Blues
MOORHEAD — Tri-City Red scored three unanswered runs to defeat the Moorhead Blues 10-7 on Thursday in the Jim Pettersen F-M Invitational at Matson Field.
Moorhead led 5-0 after one inning. Riley Dickhaus barrelled a leadoff, solo home run, and Carter Huotari and Drake Kunza both had RBI doubles in the frame.
The Blues tied the game at 7-7 in the fourth off a single from Ben Fredrickson, but Tri-City rallied late to take the game.
Kunza paced the Spuds with three hits. Greg Noel started 3-⅔ innings, allowing five earned runs on six hits with seven strikeouts.
Moorhead plays Jamestown at 5 p.m. and Hamel at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28, at Matson Field.
In the early game, a five-run first inning by Hamel set the tone in an 11-5 win over Jamestown.
Deutsch collects 5 hits in rout
BARNESVILLE, Minn. — Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton’s Zander Deutsch went 5-for-5 and drove in four runs as Post 397 overwhelmed Barnesville 23-0 in five innings Friday night in American Legion baseball.
Logan Thune added three hits for DGF (17-3). Dylan Anderson allowed four hits and struck out four in his five shutout innings.
Fargo Post 2’s Caleb Briggeman fields a ground ball and makes a throw to first base for an out against Thief River Falls Post 117 on Friday, June 27, 2025, at Jack Williams Stadium in north Fargo.
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