MITCHELL - Aberdeen Circus Sports Bar scored early and late, and received another strong pitching performance from Chad Ellingson to grab a 4-2 win over the Yankton Tappers during the State A Amateur Baseball Tournament Friday afternoon at Drake Field in Mitchell.
Circus jumped in front in the top of the first inning and never trailed en route to the victory. Jon Baker belted a two-run home run to set the tone for the contest.
Aberdeen added another run in the top of the sixth inning on Casey Vining's RBi triple.
Yankton made things interesting with single runs in the seventh and eighth frames. Yankton put a run on the board on a back-to-back triple and double with one out in the eighth, however, Ellingson slammed the door shut from there, retiring the final five batters in order to seal the victory.
Circus added one more fun in the ninth on a two-out run-producing single by Kelly Coates.
Ellingson, who had thrown a total of 299 pitches in two prior postseason outings th
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