GROTON – Groton scored seven unanswered runs to turn back Milbank 16-6 in American Legion baseball action on Saturday. The host squad pulled away from a 5-4 lead with seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Braxton Imrie had a sacrifice fly and Cade Larson delivered a two-run double in the frame. Groton also scored two runs on errors, another on a passed ball and one more on a bases-loaded hit batter.

While Milbank scored twice in the top of the seventh on a double by Merik Junker, Groton ended the contest on the 10-run rule with four runs in the bottom of the seventh, as Cole Simon and Ryan Groeblinghoff each had two-run doubles.

Groton led early before Milbank responded with three straight runs, two coming on passed balls and another on a single from Justus Osborn. Groton tied the score at 3-3 on an RBI double from Bradin Althoff and a run-scoring single from Cade Larson, then used a passed ball and another RBI-hit from Althoff to go up by two.

Dillen Scheeley’s run-producing single in the top of the fifth sliced the margin to one before Groton’s uprising in the bottom of the sixth.

Brevin Fliehs, Simon, Althoff, Groeblinghoff, and Larson all had two hits apiece for Groton. Groeblinghoff drove in four, Larson plated three, and Simon and Althoff each drove in a pair.

Junker had two hits and brought home a couple of runs for Milbank.

Milbank 012 012 – 6 7 4

Groton 102 274 – 16 10 0

Justus Osborn, Tanner Hallquist and J. Jonasen; Tate Larson, Brevin Fliehs (4) and Cade Larson. 2B – Milbank, Merik Junker; Groton, Ryan Groeblinghoff, Cole Simon, Bradin Althoff, Fliehs.