The Hastings American Legion baseball team kept their season alive with a walkoff victory over East Ridge Thursday, winning 5-4. The Raiders scored a run early to take a 1-0 lead, but East Ridge plated three runs to lead 3-1 after the third. The Raiders would strike back in the fourth to tie the game at three, but East Ridge again took the lead in the sixth to lead 4-3 only to see the Raiders again score in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at four. With a runner on, Gunnar Skov hit an RBI double in the bottom of the seventh to score the winning run. Carter Lundstrom was the winning pitcher going four innings giving up just one run while driving in two runs on offense, while Skov went 3-4 at the plate, and Cole Werner went 2-3. The Raiders advance to another elimination game today against Eagan at 4:30pm.
*photo from Hastings American Legion Baseball Facebook page