Aberdeen Circus Sports Bar is headed back to the Class A State Amateur Baseball Tournament following a sweep over the Castlewood Ravens on Sunday. Circus pulled away late for a 7-4 win in the first game, before blanking the Ravens 5-0 in the second contest.

The game was tied at 4-4 in the eighth inning of the opening game, before Circus scored three runs. Ryan Ellingson and Chad Ellingson each had RBI doubles, and Michael Babcock drove in another run on a single.

Alex Gauer’s run-producing single in the top half of the frame tied the score for the Ravens, who had a runner thrown out at the plate to end the inning.

Castlewood owned a 2-1 lead before Jesse Babcock’s two-run single put Circus in front in the sixth.

The Ravens tied the score at 3-3 with a run in the seventh, but left the bases loaded in the frame. Michael Babcock’s RBI single in the bottom half of the inning gave Aberdeen a one-run lead to set up the pivotal eighth inning.

Lucas Heiser and Brandon Kusler combined to toss a three-hit shutout in the second game. Heiser allowed just one hit in six innings.

The game started with three straight hit batters which Aberdeen turned into the only run it would need on Spencer Sudbeck’s sacrifice fly.

Circus took control with five runs in the fifth. Kelly Coates drove in a pair with a single, two runs scored on errors, and Michael Babcock drew a bases-loaded walk. Ryan Ellingson later added a run-scoring base hit.

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Aberdeen Circus Sports Bar 100 002 13x – 7 9 3

Alex Gauer, B. Neuhauser (8) and Sam Stroup, Jared Urbach; Chad Ellingson and Kelly Coates. 2B – Aberdeen Circus Sports Bar, Coates, Ryan Ellingson, Jesse Babcock, C. Ellingson.

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Lucas Heiser, Brandon Kusler (7) and Kelly Coates; Kellan Benck, N. Phinney (5), Tucker Wookey (6), Gus Steiger (9) and Jared Urbach.