Errors cost Panthers in loss to Vikings

     Pelican Rapids took advantage of six errors to hand the Park Rapids baseball team a 10-7 loss Tuesday.

     After the Vikings took a 2-0 lead in the first, the Panthers tied the game in the bottom of the inning on a single and stolen base by Chase Brand, an RBI double by Jordan McCollum, a single by Derek Porozinski and a single by Jon Burlingame.

     Pelican Rapids scored three times in the second for a 5-2 lead and added two more runs in the fourth for a 7-2 advantage.

     Damion Hanke reached on an error and scored on singles by Matt Bade and Connor Byer as the Panthers cut the gap to 7-3 in the bottom of the fourth before making it 7-6 in the fifth on doubles by Porozinski and Burlingame, a walk by Sam Eystad, a single by Hanke and a sacrifice fly by Byer.

     Pelican Rapids matched those three runs in the sixth for a 10-6 advantage before the Panthers concluded the scoring in the seventh when Bade was hit by a pitch and scored on two errors.

     Porozinski went 4 for 5, Burlingame went 3 for 3, and Brand and Byer contributed two hits apiece to pace the Panthers’ 15-hit attack. Ben Garcelon started and took the loss as the Panthers fell to 2-2 on the season.

Pelican Rapids   230  203  0…10  9  3

Park Rapids      200  130  1…7  15  6

Player               AB     R    H      RBI

Brand                 4      1    2      0

Garcelon             3      0    0      0

David                  1      0    1      0

McCollum           5      0    1      1

Porozinski           5      2    4      0

Burlingame         3      1    3      0

Eystad                3      1    0      1

Hanke                 4      1    1      1

Bade                  3      1    1      1

Byer                   3      0    2      1

Totals                34     7    15    5

Garcelon (3IP, 5R, 2ER, 6H, 4K, 1BB), Porozinski (3IP, 5R, 3ER, 3H, 6K, 4BB), Brand (1IP, 0R, 0H, 3K, 0BB) and Bade. L-Garcelon, 0-1. 2B: McCollum 1, Porozinski 2, Burlingame 1. SB: Brand 1, Bade 1.