Henning to host Dent, Vergas, Perham, Urbank in action this week

By Chad Koenen

Publisher

The Henning North Stars have hit a bit of a hot streak of late having won for the third time in their last four games to improve to 3-9 overall. 

Last week the North Stars fell to Clarissa by a score of 6-1 on Thursday night, before defeating the Sebeka Stingers by a score of 7-4 on Sunday afternoon. 

This week the North Stars will get a bit of home cooking as they will host Dent on Wednesday night at 8 p.m., Vergas on Friday night at 7:30 p.m., Perham on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. and Urbank on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.

Wednesday

Nick Lindberg struck out 13 hitters and gave up just one earned run over nine innings of action. Unfortunately, four Henning errors led to five unearned runs and a tough 6-1 loss to the Clarissa Flyers.

Clarissa took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning on an error with two outs and an RBI double, before Henning scored its lone run of the game in the bottom of the third inning on a Stephen Lindberg RBI single with two outs to make the game 2-1 in favor of the Flyers. 

Unfortunately, Clarissa scored two runs in both the fifth and ninth innings to come away with a 6-1 win. The Flyers outhit the North Stars by a 12-5 margin, but stayed in the game thanks to a solid performance on the mound by Nick Lindberg who gave up 12 hits and just one earned run. 

AB R H     BI

Rowan Finseth 4 1 0 0

Garret Kuhn-Rice 4 0 1 0

Nick Lindberg 3 0 0 0

Ayden Olson 3 0 1 0

Stephen Lindberg 2 0 1 1

Jayden Harig 4 0 0 0

Joey Lindberg 3 0 1 0

Seth Sansness 4 0 1 0

Jesse LaManna 4 0 0 0

HITTING- 2B- Joey Lindberg

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- Nick Lindberg 9.0-12-6-1-1-13

Sunday

A big six run bottom of the sixth inning propelled the Henning North Stars to a 7-4 win over the Sebeka Stingers on Sunday afternoon. 

Sebeka led 4-0 after plating one run in the fourth inning and three runs in the top of the sixth inning, before the Henning bats came alive in the bottom half of the sixth inning. 

Nick Lindberg led off the big sixth inning with a single, before Jayden Harig was hit by a pitch and Stephen Lindberg loaded up the bases with a walk. Following a strike out for the first out of the inning, Owen Lindberg connected with a fly ball to center field to bring one run across the plate. Austin Koep followed with a two-run single and Oscar Lindberg scored on an error to tie the game at 4-4 with two outs. 

The North Stars once again loaded up the bases with two outs when Ayden Olson was hit by a pitch and Garrett Kuhn-Rice was walked with two outs. A pair of runs would cross the plate on an error to give the North Stars their first lead of the game by a score of 6-4. Henning added another run in the bottom of the eighth inning to give it a bit of cushion on the scoreboard. 

From there, Kuhn-Rice was able to shut down the Sebeka Stinger hitters as he retired the final 11 hitters of the game in order to come away with the 7-4 win. 

The North Stars were led offensively by Olson and Nick Lindberg who each collected two hits apiece.

Kuhn-Rice picked up the win on the mound as he went all nine innings and gave up five hits, four runs of which two were earned, two walks and struck out six hitters. 

AB R H     BI

Ayden Olson 4 1 2 0

Garrett Kuhn-Rice 4 1 1 0

Nick Lindberg 5 1 2 0

Jayden Harig 4 1 1 1

Stephen Lindberg 4 1 1 0

Joey Lindberg 4 0 1 0

Oscar Lindberg 4 1 1 1

Austin Koep 3 0 1 2

Jesse LaManna 4 1 0 0

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- Garret Kuhn-Rice 9.0-5-4-2-2-6