(KNFL/KFGO) – The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks would welcome in the best team in the West Division in the Kansas City Monarchs, who would go with Austin Hansen on the mound. He’d be opposed by Fargo-Moorhead’s Matt Walker.
After a Colby Wilkerson sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 2nd inning, Kansas City would tie the game on a Josh Bissonette RBI single. They would take a 2-1 lead after an RBI groundout by Nick Martini. Fargo-Moorhead would respond by adding three more runs in the bottom of the 3rd on a Brian Fuentes RBI double, and a Jairus Richards 2-run single to make it 4-2 Fargo-Moorhead.
In the top of the 5th, Nick Martini would make it a one-run game on an RBI double, before J.D Davis, the former big-leaguer, smashed a 3-run home run to give the Monarchs a 6-4 lead.
Fargo-Moorhead wouldn’t respond until the bottom of the 7th, but they would respond in a big way. With the bases loaded, Jairus Richards would tie the game on a 2-run double, and then the next batter, Colby Wilkerson would hit a 2-run double himself to give the RedHawks an 8-6 lead. RedHawks All-Star closer Tyler Jeans would slam the door and secure the save for Fargo-Moorhead in an 8-6 win.
In this game, there would be a total of four lead changes. Fargo-Moorhead is also a half game back of Sioux Falls for 2nd place in the West Division, and are three and a half games back of Kansas City for 1st place.
Game 2 of the series is tomorrow afternoon with the pregame show set for 2:30 PM on AM 740 The FAN KNFL Fargo/107.3 FM, 740thefan.com, and the 740 The FAN mobile app.
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