Hockey / Moo Fall Apart Late in Loss to Sabre Dogs

Moo Fall Apart Late in Loss to Sabre Dogs

Date:  Source: Fremont Moo

Minot, N.Dak—Souris Valley exploded for five runs in the seventh and six runs in the eighth to erase a two-run deficit and defeat the Fremont Moo, 13-5, Saturday night at Corbett Field.

Trailing 5-2 going to the bottom of the seventh, the Sabre Dogs scored five runs in the inning, taking the lead on a three-run home run by Bo McClintock. Then in the eighth, Souris Valley scored six, the scoring capped by a McClintock two-run home run.

Fremont jumped ahead 1-0 in the third. Nick Emanuel drew a one-out walk, then moved to second when Dillon Sears singled to right. Emanuel advanced to third and Sears moved to second when Kanin Dodge grounded to second. Cooper Morrison bounced a single up the middle, scoring Emanuel. Souris Valley tied it in the fourth, as Bo McClintock drove in Justin Cooper with an RBI single.

The Moo responded in the top of the fifth. With one out, Dodge lined a double to left-center field, then moved to third two batters later on a single to right by Brock Reller. Matt Abdelnour lifted a fly ball to left, deep enough to allow Dodge to score on the sacrifice fly to give Fremont a 2-1 lead. In the sixth, the Moo extended their lead to 3-1. Hayden Klemenok led off the inning with a double to left, advanced to third on a flyout to the warning track in center by Jack Simonsen, then scored on a wild pitch. The Sabre Dogs responded in the bottom of the sixth, as Tim Conway led off the inning with a double, then scored two batters later when McClintock doubled to right, cutting the deficit to 3-2.


But in the top of the seventh, the Moo tallied two insurance runs. With one out, Abdelnour drew a walk, then Howell singled. A Klemenok walk loaded the bases and Simonsen singled through the left side to drive in Abdelnour and Howell and give the Moo a 5-2 lead before the Sabre Dogs stormed back with 11 runs in their final two innings.

Dodge was 3-for-5 to lead the Fremont offense in a losing effort. Simonsen was 2-for-5 with two RBI as well.
 
The Moo will wrap up their two-game series with the Sabre Dogs Sunday at 2:05 pm.