Spencer, Ia (KICD) – The Spencer Baseball team hosted Algona on Monday night for Senior night.

The Tigers were in search of their first win since getting a week of baseball suspended due to flood and dropping 2 straight since. Algona rolled in with a 25-6 record, that included a 17-game winning streak at one point.

Algona was able to score a run in the 1st and 2nd innings while Bulldog starter Tate Garman kept Spencer at bay in the bottom half of the innings.

Tiger pitcher George Lawson was able to keep Algona off the board in the 3rd, getting a big strikeout with two runners in scoring position to end the half-inning.

In the bottom of the 3rd inning, both AJ Ver Steeg and Jaxon Hefner reached on an error, setting up Aiden Seversen for the RBI single, getting Spencer on the board.

Lewis Vulk drew a walk a few batters later, and George Lawson gave himself a big lift with the bases loaded.

Kade Johnson would score on another Algona error, and Spencer led 6-3 after 3 innings.

After Lawson retired the 4th in order, Spencer applied the pressure again in the 4th to Algona. After Jack Berends singled, Jaxon Hefner would reach on an error and Aiden Seversen singled to load the bases for Braden Seversen.

Aiden Seversen scored on a wild pitch and Lewis Vulk plated Braden Seversen on a sacrifice fly, giving Spencer a 10-2 lead through 4 innings.

The Tigers would make a pitching change to Aiden Seversen in the 5th to save Lawson’s arm for postseason play. Algona took advantage, scoring 3 runs in the 5th inning. It could’ve been more for the Bulldogs, but Spencer salvaged an out when Tate Slagle tried stretching his run to 3rd.

Spencer was unable to score in the 5th, and Algona pushed across a couple more in the top of the 6th on Wild pitches to make it 10-5.

The Tigers would get some much-needed insurance runs in the 6th inning.

Trenton Hallett would shut the Bulldogs down in the top of the 7th, and Spencer picked up the 13-7 win.

George Lawson got the win for Spencer, throwing 4 innings, allowing 5 hits, 2 runs, walked 1 and struck out 4 as the Tigers improve to 13-8. They will host Bishop Heelan of Sioux City on Wednesday to close out the regular season.

Algona drops to 25-7, getting swept by the Tigers in the 2-game season series for 2024. They prepare for the Substate quarterfinals against Webster City, in Algona on Friday night.