BISMARCK, N.D. -- The Mitchell Legion baseball team fell to Bismarck, N.D.Thursday night 5-2.
Derek Miller took the loss for Mitchell. He pitched seven innings and gave up five runs on 10 hits.
Miller didn't allow a run until the seventh inning when Bismarck broke a scoreless tie with five runs.
"We pitched the ball and played defense
really well we just couldn't get anything going offensively," Mitchell coach Luke Norden said.
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"We had opportunities to get on the board early," he added. "If we would have taken advantage the outcome probably would have been different."
Jared Schmidt went 2-for-4, Kirby Fuerst was 1-for-2 with a sac fly and a single and Josh Schmidt had an RBI single for Mitchell, which didn't get on the board until the ninth inning.
Mitchell fell to 7-3 with the loss and is back in action today when it plays Minot, N.D. at noon in Mandan, N.D.
