BRANDON – Big innings punctuated by grand slams helped Post 8 to two more wins Tuesday. Post 8 scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth to rally past Yankton 6-1, then broke open a tight game with a five-fun fifth inning in an 8-1 triumph over Sioux Falls East.
Against Yankton, Post 8 trailed 1-0 after five and a half innings, but stormed ahead in the last of the sixth. After an error scored the tying run, Andy Gordon’s RBI double put Post 8 ahead for good. Three batters later, a Matt Lusk grand slam to left field capped the big inning. Meanwhile, Jack Van Camp was brilliant on the mound, striking out 14 in a complete-game three-hitter.
A run-scoring wild pitch gave Post 8 a 2-1 lead in the fourth against Sioux Falls East. In the fifth, an error gave Post 8 a third run before Van Camp hit a grand slam to right to increase the lead to 7-1. Grey Zabel drove in two runs and was the winning pitcher, striking out eight and allowing only two hits in five innings. Cobey Carr struck out three in two scoreless and hitless innings.
Post 8 now has five straight wins and 11 wins in their last 12 games and are 12-4. They will host Mandan in a 5:30 doubleheader Wednesday.
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PIERRE – Post 8 Juniors split a pair of high scoring games Tuesday against the Sioux Falls East Juniors at Hyde Stadium. Sioux Falls East won the opener 17-9 before Matthew Hanson hit a two-run game-ending single in the second game, a 10-9 Post 8 win.
Spencer Letellier tripled, singled and drove in three runs in the first game. Gary Nedved and Hanson each drove in two. In the nightcap, Brady Getz doubled and drove in three runs. Five players had two hits each as Post 8 rallied from 6-2 down to win.
Post 8 Juniors are now 7-9.
