Jul. 12—WILLMAR — The Bismarck Larks needed six pitchers to do it. But you can’t argue with the results.
Bismarck pitching tossed a one-hitter to beat the Willmar Stingers 4-0 Sunday before 945 fans at Bill Taunton Stadium.
Ryan Carmack, who threw the third, fourth and fifth innings, got the pitching win to improve to 2-4. He also allowed the only hit. The Stingers’ Daniel Walsh singled.
The victory enabled the Larks to sweep the weekend doubleheader at Willmar.
Cole Roberts and Cal James each had two hits for Bismarck (3-3 second half, 21-20 overall).
Willmar (2-4 second half, 18-24 overall) heads for Wisconsin to play two games at the Eau Claire Express (4-2 second half, 16-22 overall). Both games start at 6:35 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Carson Park.
Willmar then returns home at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday to play the La Crosse Loggers at Bill Taunton Stadium.
Bismarck 4, Willmar 0
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Hitting — Bismarck: Cole Roberts 2-5 r sb, Jarrett Bickel 1-4 r 3b rbi hbp, Derek Shoen 1-4 r bb, Brody Tanksley 0-2 bb, Cal James 2-3 rbi-3 bb, Ethan Kleinheider 1-4, Khalid Collymore 0-4 r … Willmar: Jorge Lucero 0-3 bb, Daniel Walsh 1-3 bb, Grant Kerry 0-3 hbp, Asa Awbrey 0-2 bb-2, Kaden Hopson 0-3 bb
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Bismarck: Seth Brewer 2-0-0-0-2-1, Ryan Carmack (W, 2-4) 3-1-0-0-1-0, Nate Boyle 1-0-0-0-2-1, Paxton Miller 1-0-0-0-0-0, Zach Reeder 1-0-0-0-0-1, Kevin Weisman 1-0-0-0-0-0 … Willmar: Duke Coborn 5-3-2-2-0-2, Josh Wintroub
Bismarck 3, Willmar 2
Carter Ross dominated for seven innings to help the Bismarck Larks beat the Willmar Stingers before 1,008 fans Saturday night at Bill Taunton Stadium.
Ross, a right-hander from Bismarck State College and Osakis, allowed five hits and one earned run. He struck out five and walked no one, improving his record to 3-0 with a 2.73 earned-run average in 26-1/3 innings. He has 23 strikeouts and four walks.
For Willmar, William Hamiter went 2-for-4, improving his batting average to .347 (34 of 98) with eight doubles and 17 RBI.
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Hitting — Bismarck: Cole Roberts 1-5, Jarrett Bickle 0-3 r bb sb, Derek Shoen 0-2 r bb-2, Brody Tanksley 2-3 r 2b hr rbi bb, Brady Lavoie 1-3 rbi bb, Jordan Sagedahl 0-4 rbi, Khalid Collymore 2-4, … Willmar: Carter Howell 1-4, Grant Kerry 0-4 r, William Hamiter 2-4, Jakob Newton 1-4 r 2b, Daniel Walsh 0-3 bb, Drey Dirksen 1-4 2b rbi, Brady Counsell 1-3 bb
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Bismarck: Carter Ross (W, 3-0) 7-5-2-1-0-5, Bret Barnett 1-1-0-0-0-1, Blake Gallagher (Sv, 2) 1-0-0-0-2-0 … Willmar: George Arias (L, 2-1) 3-2-3-3-3-7, Damon Rademacher 3-2-0-0-0-3, Jon Mocherman 2-2-0-0-2-1, Colton Hamman 1-0-0-0-0-1