Baseball Recap: Bagley's Victory on Friday Extends Winning Streak to Four

Bagley had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They were the clear victors by a 17-7 margin over the Lake Park-Audubon Raiders. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Flyers also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2024.

Ian Phrakonkham was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in two of his four plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base. He is becoming a predictor of Bagley's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 0-9 when he doesn't).

Gunner Nolan

Stolen Base (Career)

05/16/25 vs Lake Park-Audubon	4
05/02/25 vs Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal	2
04/29/25 @ Nevis	2
05/17/24 vs Win-E-Mac	2
05/07/24 vs Mahnomen/Waubun	2

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Gunner Nolan, who went 2-for-3 with four stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI. Those four stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Wyatt Gerbracht, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI and one stolen base.

Bagley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .306 or higher in four consecutive games.

Bagley's win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 4-9. As for Lake Park-Audubon, they are on a 12-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-10.

Looking ahead, Bagley will head out to take on Win-E-Mac at 1:00 p.m. on Monday. The Flyers will need to watch out since the Patriots have now posted at least ten runs in their last three matchups. Lake Park-Audubon does not have any more games scheduled as of now.