Baseball Recap: Perham Sets Scoring Season-High Against Barnesville

Yellowjackets

Margin (Wins)

04/15/25 vs Hawley	13
05/13/25 @ Barnesville	12
05/02/25 vs Park Rapids	12
05/01/25 vs Park Rapids	12
04/25/25 @ Detroit Lakes	11

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Perham). They put the hurt on the Barnesville Trojans with a sharp 16-6 win on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Yellowjackets, who have now won 13 games by eight runs or more so far this season.

The team relied heavily on Drew Ellingson, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Teagen Schmelz also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.

Perham pushed their record up to 15-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. The team dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 8.1 runs. As for Barnesville, they are on a nine-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-8.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Perham is set to take on their familiar foe Pelican Rapids at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Barnesville will face off against rival Park Rapids at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.