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GILMAN – Gilman came back from a late deficit to defeat Spencer 6-5 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division baseball game Thursday at Gilman High School.
The Rockets led 5-3 after scoring a run in the top of the seventh, but Gilman (7-2, 3-0 Cloverbelt East) tied the game with a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh, and eventually won it in the ninth on an RBI single by Dawson Grunseth.
Tyler Peterson went 4-for-5 with an RBI, and Kayden Dietsche had two hits and drove in two runs for Spencer (5-4, 2-3 Cloverbelt East).
Spencer will host Stanley-Boyd for a nonconference game Friday starting at 5 p.m.
Pirates 6, Rockets 5 (9 inn.)
Spencer 002 020 100 – 5 11 1
Gilman 001 110 201 – 6 8 2
WP: Max Pockat. LP: Drake Johnson.
SO: Dawson Robinson (6 1/3 inn.) 4, M. Pockat (2 2/3 inn.) 3; Wes Nieman (5 inn.) 1, Reed Knecht (1 inn.) 2, Dalton Post (2 inn.) 1, Johnson (1/3 inn.) 1. BB: Robinson 2; M. Pockat 2; Nieman 4, Knecht 0, Post 2, Johnson 2.
Top hitters: G, Lucas Halida 3×4, RBI; Trevin Duellman 3×4, 2B, 3 runs. S, Tyler Peterson 4×5, RBI; Jackson Manicke 2×4, 2B, run; Kayden Dietsche 2×5, 2 RBI.
Records: Spencer 5-4, 2-3 Cloverbelt Conference East Division; Gilman 7-2, 3-0 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.