The Winner/Colome amateur baseball team defeated Alexandria 12-5 to win the District 5B title on Friday in Platte.
The Pheasants (20-2) exploded for nine runs in the fourth inning.
“We played well and it should give us momentum going into the state tournament,” said coach Kevin Graesser.
It was a battle of the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the state’s polls.
Alexandria took a 1-0 lead.
In the fourth inning, Alexandria pitcher hit Winner/Colome batters Derek Graesser and Reed Harter then walked Austin Richey to load the bases. Two batters later, Austin Calhoon put the Pheasants in front with a single that scored two and Dillon Lambley hit an RBI single.
Back to back RBI singles from Harter and Graesser pushed the Winner/Colome lead to 8-1 and Graesser would later score on an error.
Calhoon hit a two run homer in the 9th inning.
Connor Hopkines was the winning pitcher. He had 12 strikeouts in seven innings.
Tarrell Bauld pitched the final two innings.
This game was backed up by a rain delay and then in the 8th inning heavy fog delayed the game for over half an hour. The game finished at 12:30 a.m.
Winner/Colome will play in the state tournament in Sioux Falls at Ronken Field on the campus of Augustana University. The Pheasants will play Larchwood at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 2.
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