John Cahill hit two home runs in each of the Moorhead Blues' wins in the final day of play in the Halvor Johnson Division of the Red River Diamond Classic at Matson Field on Sunday.
Cahill was 1-for-3 with a home run in two runs scored in the Blues' 9-0 win over Midway Minto.
Pitcher Brooks Miller tossed the complete game shutout while Aaron Ostlund added a three-run triple to help Moorhead begin the day with a win.
Cahill and Casey Smith homered for the Blues in a 3-2 win over Bismarck.
The victory helped the Blues (4-4) end the Classic 4-1 and win the Johnson Division. Scott Petry struck out five in a complete-game win.
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Fargo Post 2 staged an extra-inning comeback over Alexandria at Jack Williams Stadium on a Chase Johnson three-run home run in the seventh inning to tie the game 9-9. Johnson singled in Matt Achter in the ninth inning to win it 10-9.
In action at the Bob Marshall Division in Dilworth, Jamestown scored a 12-0 victory over the Moorhead Joes.
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton opened with a 8-5 loss to Litchfield (Minn.), but recovered to defeat Jamestown 4-2.
West Fargo's Chance Bitzer and Bryce Jorgenson each went 2-for-4 with home runs, but it wasn't enough as Winnipeg South posted a 10-7 win over West Fargo (5-6) in the Sam Dubois division.
Moorhead Blues 9, Midway Minto 0
MM 000 000 0- 0 4 1
MRD 134 100 x- 9 8 0
Linstad and Garza. Miller and Cahill. W-Miller (1-0). L-Linstad. HR-MRD, Cahill.
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Moorhead Blues 3, Bismarck 2
B 100 001 0- 2 8 1
MRD 200 001 x- 3 6 1
Lardy, Kenner (5) and Ingemansen. Petry and Cahill. W-Petry (1-1). L-Kenner. HR-MRD, Cahill, Smith.
Jamestown 12, Moorhead Joes 0
JAM 203 025 - 12 13 0
MJ 000 000 - 0 2 3
Gengler and Anderson. Shounborn and Ziegler. W-Gengler. L-Shounborn.
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Litchfield (Minn.) 8, DGF 5
L 202 301 0- 8 10 2
DGF 020 003 0- 5 6 5
Goutornson and Hannes. Baumgartner and Rosenfeldt. W-Goutornson. L-Baumgartner.
DGF 4, Jamestown 2
JAM 000 200 0- 2 5 1
DGF 001 003 x- 4 7 2
Walker and Anderson. Gable and Johnson. W-Gable. L-Walker.
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Winnipeg South 10, West Fargo 7
WS 300 041 2- 10 12 0
WF 003 001 3- 7 14 1
Ceuccer and Shaw. Herzog, Co. Mapes (5) and Johnson. W-Ceuccer (0-0). L-Herzog (0-1). HR-WF, Bitzer (4), Jorgenson (2).
Other Scores from Sam Dubois division
Detroit Lakes 7, Apple Valley (Minn.) 5
Detroit Lakes 14, Winnipeg South 3
