PELLA — Baseball and the Fourth of July go together like peanut butter and jelly. With the background noise of fireworks exploding as the night went on, the No. 2 Pella baseball squad needed a late burst from their bats to come away with a 12-3 win over ADM on Thursday night.

The Dutch got the scoring started in the bottom of the first with Samuel Carlson ripping a leadoff single. An ADM error would then put a pair on for Isaiah Kettler would knock one into right field for an RBI single. The right fielder’s throw would get by the third baseman, allowing another Pella run to score to make it 2-0.

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