Back at Casper Park, the Macks (3-5, 1-5 Western Cloverbelt Conference) gave up five early runs to the veteran Blackhawks (6-2, 3-1 WCC), who came out of the gate strong, led by their junior pitcher, Collin Crane.
McDonell settled in on defense afterward, as junior pitcher Cooper Mittermeyer put up six innings of work, striking out half a dozen Bloomer batters.
The hits were hard to come by for the Macks against Crane, who struck out 10 on the evening, but McDonell was able to come within three runs after five, before one more late surge by the Blackhawks put the game out of reach.
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