After a combined 35 runs and 42 hits, it literally came down to the last batter at Fossum Field Friday night.

Class B fourth-rated Redfield Dairy Queen overcame an early six-run deficit and outlasted Aberdeen Circus Sports Bar for an 18-17 Amateur baseball victory to improve to 13-0 on the season. Circus had runners on second and third in the bottom of the ninth inning when the final out was recorded.

The hosts bolted out to a 7-1 lead in the first three innings of the contest. Kelly Coates and Jesse Babcock each had RBI hits in the first inning, and Easton Millar had two-run doubles in both the second and third frames.

Dairy Queen battled back with four runs in the fourth inning as Camden Osborn had a two-run single and later stole home. Redfield racked up 16 stolen bases as a team.

Aberdeen responded with three more runs in the bottom of the fourth as Chad Ellingson, Michael Babcock, and Tyler Oliver each plated runs.

Redfield received a two-run double from Christian DeYoung in the fifth and then scored four more times in the sixth as Owen Osborn drove in a pair, and Cooper Hainy and DeYoung each brought home one run.

Dairy Queen appeared to take control of the game with six runs in the top of the eighth to open a 17-10 advantage. DeYoung and Hainy each drove in a pair, and two other runs came in on an error.

However, Circus responded with five runs in the bottom half of the frame to get right back in the game. Michael Babcock had a bases-loaded triple, and Millar drove in another run on his third double of the night.

Redfield got an all-important insurance run in the top of the ninth on Camden Osborn’s RBI single. Circus then mounted one final comeback, scoring twice in the bottom of the ninth on a two-run single by Coates, before stranding two runners in scoring position to end the contest.

Bennett Osborn and Owen Osborn each had four hits for DQ. Camden Osborn, Nolan Gall and DeYoung each finished with three. DeYoung had a team-leading five RBI, while Camden Osborn contributed four, and Hainy and Owen Osborn each plated three. Redfield’s bottom of the order combined for 10 hits, eight RBI, and scored 10 runs.

Michael Babcock topped Circus with five hits, Coates had four, and Millar and Jesse Babcock each added three. Michael Babcock and Millar each drove in five runs, while Coates had three RBI.

Redfield Dairy Queen 001 424 061 – 18 21 0

Aberdeen Circus Sports Bar 223 300 052 – 17 21 7

Peyton Osborn, Owen Osborn (4), Bennett Osborn (8) and Christian DeYoung; Chad Ellingson, Lucas Heiser (8), Colton Cox (9) and Kelly Coates. 2B – Redfield Dairy Queen, DeYoung, Camden Osborn, Nolan Gall; Aberdeen Circus Sports Bar, Easton Millar 3, Michael Babcock