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WISNER — The Hartington Post 4 American Legion Security Bank Buzzards Seniors remained atop the Ralph Bishop League North Division standings with an 8-2 win over Wisner-Pilger/Howells-Dodge.
Hartington broke open a pitcher’s duel with runs in the fourth and fifth innings behind a strong performance from Koby Detlefsen.
Hunter Bensen opened the fourth inning with a triple and scored when Detlefsen grounded out for the first out of the frame. Grady Haberer followed with a single, but a pair of flyouts ended the inning.
Post 4 added four runs in the fifth to take a 5-0 lead.
Sam Wiebelhaus singled past the shortstop before Bodie Hochstein was hit by a pitch. Blake Bensen entered as a courtesy runner for Wiebelhaus.
Hudson Whitmire then lined a single to left field, scoring Bensen. Whitmire advanced to second on the throw, while Hochstein moved to third.
Easton Hochstein grounded into a fielder’s choice to score Hochstein and leave Whitmire on third. Hunter Bensen followed with another fielder’s choice, scoring Whitmire.
Detlefsen then drew a walk before Haberer laced a triple to right field to score Detlefsen.
Detlefsen worked six innings on the mound, allowing two hits and two runs. He walked two and struck out 13 WP/HD batters to earn the win.
Hunter Bensen came on in relief and struck out the side in the seventh inning.
Hartington added a run in the sixth, while WP/HD scored twice in the bottom half of the inning.
The Buzzards added two insurance runs in the seventh.
Wiebelhaus opened the inning with a walk after a strikeout. Blake Bensen again entered as a courtesy runner and moved to third after stealing second and advancing on a wild pitch.
Bodie Hochstein walked to put runners at the corners with one out. Hochstein advanced to second without a throw before Whitmire grounded out to shortstop to score Bensen. Hartington added another run later in the inning to reach the final margin.
The Seniors were scheduled to face Hooper/Scribner Post 121/18 June 24 as they prepared for the league tournament.
Hartington will host the opening round of the tournament as the No. 1 seed.
The schedule was expected to be announced soon.
HAR (11-2) 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 - 8 8 0 WP/HD (4-9) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 2 2 WP: Koby Detlefsen LP: Andre Martin. 2B: Isaac Meyer (W). 3B: Grady Haberer, Hunter Bensen (H). Lineup AB R H RBI BBSO Husdon Whitmire 5 1 2 2 0 0 Easton Hochstein 4 0 0 1 1 1 Hunter Bensen 3 2 1 1 1 0 Koby Detlefsen 2 2 1 1 2 0 Grady Haberer 3 1 2 1 0 0 Gavin Klug 3 1 2 1 0 0 Rylan Fischer 4 0 1 1 0 1 Sam Wiebelhaus 2 0 1 0 2 0 Bodie Hochstein 1 1 0 0 2 0 TEAM 28 8 8 8 8 2
