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SPENCER – Chase Higgins had a walk-off double in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the Spencer baseball team to a 4-3 win over Loyal in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Tuesday at Spencer High School.
Tanner Kleinschmidt earned the win for the Rockets (2-0 overall and Cloverbelt East), throwing 2 2/3 shutout innings in relief of Higgins. Higgins allowed three runs in five innings on the mound.
Hayden Bauman had two RBIs for the Rockets.
Spencer hosts Granton on Thursday.
Rockets 4, Greyhounds 3
Loyal 300 000 0 – 3 4 1
Spencer 000 021 1 – 4 6 2
Loyal statistics not reported.
WP: Tanner Kleinschmidt.
SO: Chase Higgins (4 1/3 inn.) 4, Kleinschmidt (2 2/3 inn.) 5. BB: Higgins 1, Kleinschmidt 2.
Top hitters: Hayden Bauman 2B, 2 RBIs; Higgins 2B, RBI.
Records: Loyal 3-3, 3-1 Cloverbelt Conference East Division; Spencer 2-0 overall and Cloverbelt East.