Merchants register 25th victory

The Jamestown Miller Lite Merchants improved to 25-10 with a 3-1 win over the Mayville Redcaps on Wednesday night.

Brandon Baumgartner fired six strong innings, allowing just five hits with six strikeouts. The lone run the Redcaps got was unearned.

Sam Hirchert nailed it down with three scoreless frames to earn the save. Hirchert allowed three hits and fanned five.

Tom Houdek had two of the Merchants’ six hits. He also scored two of their runs.

Anthony Fontana went 1-for-4 with two RBI. Dan Ross had the other RBI for the Merchants, who are back in action Sunday against the Moorhead Brewers. The Class AAA state tournament is set for Aug. 22-24 in Jamestown.