— The Perham Pirates were firing off their cannons in a win over the Deer Creek Shockers on Friday, July 11.
Ben Shumansky and Austin Aanenson went yard, racking up five total runs, in Perham’s 8-4 revenge victory to improve to 8-4 in the summer.
Shumansky tied the game at two with a two-run blast in the bottom of the first. Deer Creek regained its lead in the bottom of the fifth with a two-out RBI single from Travis George for a 3-2 advantage.
The Pirates tied the game again in the bottom of the sixth after a sacrifice fly from Chas Melvin. Then, in the bottom of the seventh, following an RBI single from Maddux Kovash, Aanenson blasted a two-out, three-run bomb to give Perham a 7-3 lead.
The Shockers answered with a run in the following half inning, but Jaden Meyer added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth.
Aanenson finished the night with three hits, three RBIs and a run scored at the plate. He started on the mound, pitching five innings and allowing three runs on seven hits. Evan Kovash and Melvin came in for relief and allowed a combined three hits and one run.
Shumansky, Melvin, and Maddux Kovash all had a pair of hits and totaled four RBIs. The Pirates out-hit Deer Creek 11-10.
The Pirates load the ship for a road game at Henning on Saturday, July 12.
PERHAM PIRATES 8 DEER CREEK SHOCKERS 4
DCS — 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 — 2
PER — 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 X — 0
PERHAM BATTING — E. Kovash: 1-3, R, 2BB; M. Kovash: 2-4, 2R, RBI, BB; Shumansky: 2-4, 3R, 2RBI, BB; Pankonin: 0-3, BB; A. Aanenson: 3-4, R, 3RBI; Ruther: 0-4; Melvin: 2-3, R, RBI; Lindberg: 1-4; Schmelz: 0-2; Meyer: 0-2
PERHAM PITCHING — A. Aanenson: 5IP, 7H, 3R, 3ER, 4BB, 4K; E. Kovash: 2IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 4BB, 1K; Melvin: 2IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K
LP — Coyle (DCS): 6.2IP, 8H, 7R, 7ER, 4BB, 5K
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