Northstars fall in Lethbridge, host Medicine Hat

The Havre Northstars American Legion baseball team was back in Canada this past week, and the Northstars dropped two games to the Lethbridge Miners.

The Northstars fell 11-9 in game one. Jevin Jenkins gave Havre a two-run home run to left field to give the Northstars a 2-0 lead. It was his second home run of the season. Two batters later, Chason Mader doubled in Logan Kinsella and then Tommy Lewis immediately tripled in Mader. Quinn Elliot then proceeded to single in Lewis. They would score again in the third inning on an RBI double by Terek Shipp.

Lethbridge answered in the fourth inning, putting up seven runs. The Miners batted around but their lead would not last long as Ezra Pyle sacrifice bunted to score Colter Solomon and then Tyson Brandon tripled home Shipp to make it 8-7 Havre. Lethbridge scored three more times. The Northstars got one back in the next frame and even had the tying run on base, but couldn't come through at the end.

' Game two was a thriller that saw Havre fall 5-4.The teams traded at-bats until the third inning when the Miners scored three times. Havre answered in the fourth inning with Mader providing a two-run single to score Jenkins and Kinsella. The Northstars also scored multiple runs in the fifth inning on sacrifices, but were unable to push across the tying and go-ahead runs. In the seventh, Havre got a runner on in the form of Shipp. He was able to steal second base, but a pop out and lineout ended the game.

Havre also played a pair of Northern District games against Medicine Hat on Thursday night.