Moorhead Needs 12 Innings To Trim Portland; Eau Claire Beats Broomall Newtown
- Moorhead, Minnesota’s Carson Heinsch is hugged by teammate Brayden Kvamme after delivering the game-winning hit against Portland, Oregon in Game 16 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
- Portland, Oregon’s James Gill III reacts after hitting a double off the right-field wall during Game 16 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series against Moorhead, Minnesota on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
- Moorhead, Minnesota starting pitcher Carson Heinsch catches a pop-up in front of shortstop Conner Zimmerman during Game 16 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series against Portland, Oregon on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
- Portland, Oregon’s Carson Andyke scores on a wild pitch before Moorhead, Minnesota starting pitcher Carson Heinsch can apply a late tag during Game 16 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
- Moorhead, Minnesota’s JJ Dunlap catches a foul pop-up against the backstop during Game 16 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series against Portland, Oregon on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
- Umpire Ray Spacht of Sherman signals for timeout after Moorhead, Minnesota’s JJ Dunlap caught a foul pop-up during Game 16 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin’s Aiden Pankratz gestures toward the dugout in front of Broomall Newtown, Pennsylvania’s Matt LaTour after Pankratz hit an RBI double during Game 14 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
- Broomall Newtown, Pennsylvania second baseman Matt LaTour goes down to his knees to stop a groundball during Game 14 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series against Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin second baseman Gavin Thompson flips to his shortstop to force out Broomall Newtown, Pennsylvania’s Sean Grogan during Game 14 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin’s Zach Shipman prepares to throw to first base during Game 14 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series against Broomall Newtown, Pennsylvania on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman

Moorhead, Minnesota’s Carson Heinsch is hugged by teammate Brayden Kvamme after delivering the game-winning hit against Portland, Oregon in Game 16 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
It was only fitting.
In a game that lasted 3 hours, 43 minutes and featured a little bit of everything, including adventures on the basepaths, plenty of walks, several hit batters and more than enough squandered scoring chances, Moorhead, Minnesota still found a way.
Carson Heinsch beat out a routine groundball to second base with two outs in the bottom of the 12th inning to rally the Black to a wild 8-7 victory over Portland, Oregon in a National Division game Tuesday night at Diethrick Park.
The win evened Moorhead’s record at 2-2, while Portland fell to 1-2.
Portland, which led 7-6 after scoring the go-ahead run on a bases-loaded walk in the top of the 12th, will have little time to dwell on the gut-punch loss because it is scheduled to face Norwalk, Connecticut (3-0) at 1:30 p.m. today.

Portland, Oregon's James Gill III reacts after hitting a double off the right-field wall during Game 16 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series against Moorhead, Minnesota on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
But can the Pacific Northwest Regional champions rebound?
On the other hand, Moorhead enters its off day feeling pretty good.
After scoring three runs in the seventh to tie the game 6-6 and send it into extra innings — J.J. Dunlap’s RBI single and Taye Reich’s two-run double were the big blows — the Black lost the lead in the top of the 12th thanks to three walks and a hit batter.
Moorland, however, didn’t quit.
Logan Olson drew a one-out walk from Portland losing pitcher Brave Johnson, Conner Zimmerman and Dunlap both bunted for base hits and Olson later scored on a wild pitch to tie the game 7-7.

Moorhead, Minnesota starting pitcher Carson Heinsch catches a pop-up in front of shortstop Conner Zimmerman during Game 16 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series against Portland, Oregon on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
And when Heinsch bounced a grounder to the Portland second baseman, it looked like a 13th inning was in the offing.
Except Heinsch beat the throw to first and Zimmerman raced home with the winning run.
Jaden Evenstad, the Ron Tellefsen Most Outstanding Player, worked six innings in relief and didn’t allow a run in the last five in a game that was played in intermittent rain. Zimmerman allowed the go-ahead run in the 12th, but earned the win.
Deadlocked at 1-1 through three innings, Portland plated two runs without the benefit of a hit in the fourth off starter Heinsch. Moorhead tied it 3-3 it with two runs in the fifth, but found itself trailing 6-3 heading into the bottom of the seventh.
That’s when the craziness was ratcheted up even more.

Portland, Oregon's Carson Andyke scores on a wild pitch before Moorhead, Minnesota starting pitcher Carson Heinsch can apply a late tag during Game 16 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman
Finally, after nearly four hours, what appeared routine was anything but and the boys from Minnesota walked it off.
Roscoe Mithoefer (double) collected three hits to earn Tellefsen Most Outstanding Player honors for Portland, and teammate James Gill reached base all six times he batted, highlighted by a first-inning double off the right-field wall.
EAU CLAIRE ROLLS BROOMALL NEWTOWN
Zach Shipman collected three hits and drove in a pair of runs to lead Eau Claire, Wisconsin to a 10-5 victory over Broomall Newtown, Pennsylvania in Game 14 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park.
Shipman, the Ron Tellefsen Most Outstanding Player, spearheaded a 13-hit attack, 12 of them singles. Contributing two hits apiece for the winners (3-1) were Blake Bugher, Aaron Gust and Aiden Pankratz.

The Ohio Valley Regional champions led from start to finish, ultimately putting the game away with a four-run fifth inning. Bugher’s two-run single and Pankratz’s RBI double highlighted the rally.
Evan Weiler was the winning pitcher, working 5 ? innings before being relieved by Gavin Thompson, who closed out the victory.
Jack Quinn took the loss for Broomall Newtown (0-3). Donny Reick belted a two-run double in the third inning on his way to be named the Tellefsen Most Outstanding Player.

Moorhead, Minnesota's JJ Dunlap catches a foul pop-up against the backstop during Game 16 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series against Portland, Oregon on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman

Umpire Ray Spacht of Sherman signals for timeout after Moorhead, Minnesota's JJ Dunlap caught a foul pop-up during Game 16 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman

Eau Claire, Wisconsin's Aiden Pankratz gestures toward the dugout in front of Broomall Newtown, Pennsylvania's Matt LaTour after Pankratz hit an RBI double during Game 14 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park. P-J photo by Matt Spielman

Broomall Newtown, Pennsylvania second baseman Matt LaTour goes down to his knees to stop a groundball during Game 14 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series against Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman

Eau Claire, Wisconsin second baseman Gavin Thompson flips to his shortstop to force out Broomall Newtown, Pennsylvania's Sean Grogan during Game 14 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman

Eau Claire, Wisconsin's Zach Shipman prepares to throw to first base during Game 14 of the Babe Ruth 13-15 World Series against Broomall Newtown, Pennsylvania on Tuesday at Diethrick Park in Jamestown. P-J photo by Matt Spielman