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PERHAM – The Perham Legion baseball team had a successful trip to Jamestown, ND, over the weekend.
After beating Madan and Carrington, Perham fell to Jamestown 7-3 on Sunday to go 2-1 on the road.
Jamestown struck for six runs in the first three innings on its way to six earned runs, five hits and 12 walks. Jamestown's Jacoby Nold allowed one earned run in 5 and 2/3 innings. He struck out seven Perham batters and allowed only four hits.
Trailing 7-1 in the top of the second inning, Perham staged a minor comeback effort. With two outs, Jacob McAllister singled before Connor Colliton and Gage Aanenson each walked to load the bases.
Cullen Poole singled in a pair of runs to cut the deficit to four. However, Jamestown got a strikeout to end the game.
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Perham got a great start out of Austin Schmelz in its second game of the weekend. Schmelz helped Perham defeat Carrington 6-1 behind a complete-game, six-hit performance. He didn't allow an earned run and struck out eight batters in the win.
Trailing 1-0, Perham took the lead in the bottom of the fourth when Chas Melvin scored on an error. Colliton gave Perham its first lead on a passed ball in the next at-bat.
Logan Pulju made it 3-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning before an error brought home another run. Blaz Schmidt brought Pulju home before Evan Kovash put the icing on the cake with an RBI double.
On Friday, Chas Melvin shut out Madan to earn the first win of the weekend. Melvin threw seven scoreless innings with eight strikeouts and four hits allowed. Perham scored runs in the first and sixth innings on its way to a 2-0 win.
After stumbling against Detroit Lakes on Tuesday night, it looked as if Bemidji would hand Perham two more losses. That was until McAllister launched a grand slam in a 9-7 game-two win.
Andrew Smith and Gamble Bye drove in runs with a single and a double to give Perham a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the third before Blaiz Schmidt walked to load the bases. McAllister pulled a ball over the left-field fence to take a 9-3 lead.
Bemidji added three runs in the fourth and threatened in the seventh. Schmelz got out of a jam with a strikeout to end the game and avenge a 7-1 game-one loss.
Perham has a road doubleheader in Moorhead on Tuesday before hosting Brainerd on Thursday to end the regular season.
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