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2010 Hi-10/Countryside Standings (as of July 17)
Mike Isola 07/18/2010 - 10:10am

With the regular season wrapping up this weekend and league playoffs scheduled to start next week (July 28), it's coming down to the wire.

Complete Hi-10/Countryside standings as of July 17 can be viewed here.

Note: Bluffton has wrapped up the No. 3 seed in the Hi-10 Playoffs and will host the No. 6 seed on Wednesday. Wadena-Deer Creek Shockers are fourth and will tackle fifth-seeded Perham on Thursday.

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Amateur Baseball: Pirates rally to scuttle Bluffton, 7-6
Mike Isola 07/12/2010 - 8:39am
Bluffton second baseman Jordan Vaughn looks to complete the double play after forcing a Pirate runner out during the Hi-10 action on Sunday. Perham rallied from a 6-0 deficit to squeak past the Braves 7-6.
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Amateur Baseball: Bluffton snuffs out late Frazee rally; defeat Flames 5-3
Mike Isola 07/09/2010 - 11:51pm

Cody Geiser hit a pair of doubles and drove in a run to help the visiting Bluffton Braves hold off a late ninth-inning rally by the Frazee Flames in the 5-3 non-conference victory Wednesday night.

Bluffton took an early 2-0 lead as Cody Geiser hit a one-out double and scored on a RBI single by Kyle Dykhoff in the first inning. In the second inning, Dustin Geiser singled and came around on a Josh Sweere RBI double.

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Amateur Baseball: Braves wallop New York Mills 12-1
Mike Isola 07/09/2010 - 11:26pm

Traditionally, the Bluffton Braves head to New York Mills for the annual Fourth of July game with their Hi-10 rivals. The fireworks show always comes after the game.

Not this year, as the host Millers decided to break tradition and scheduled a non-conference game with the Midway Snurdbirds for the firework gala and push the Braves game ahead by a day.

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Amateur Baseball: Dykhoff, Bluffton blank Vergas 3-0
Mike Isola 06/25/2010 - 7:06pm

Kyle Dykhoff pitched a complete game shutout as the Bluffton Braves blanked Vergas 3-0 Wednesday.

The veteran righthander handcuffed the Loons to just four and struck out 10 in nine innings. The Loons only extra-base hit came from Garrett Dahlgren, who lined a double in the seventh.

Bluffton played an errorless ballgame and did the most damage in the bottom of the batting order, according to Braves skipper Terry Geiser.

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Amateur Baseball: Bluffton sinks Perham in extra innings, 4-2
Mike Isola 06/22/2010 - 5:58pm

Bluffton battled back to overcome an early 2-0 deficit to score four unanswered runs en route to sinking the host Perham Pirates 4-2 in 10 innings Wednesday (June 16).

The Pirates jumped on Bluffton starter Dustin Geiser in the third inning to score two runs on four hits. Jonnie Schmitz laced a two-out single to jump start the Perham nine, and that was followed by back-to-back singles from Gavin Biegler and Tyler Doll that plated Schmitz. Brad Ellingson scattered the Pirates fourth consecutive hit of the inning, a double, to score Biegler for the second run of the frame.

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Amateur Baseball: Sweere’s bat helps Bluffton unplug the Shockers 5-1
Mike Isola 06/15/2010 - 10:11pm
Bluffton slugger Marc Sweere was greeted at home plate after hitting a two-run homer in the eighth inning Friday night. Sweere accounted for all five Bluffton runs in the Braves 5-1 victory over the Shockers.
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Amateur Baseball: Braves collar the Bulldogs, 2-0 (REPOSTED)
Mike Isola 06/07/2010 - 10:23pm

Kyle Dykhoff went 4-for-5 with a double and run scored while Kevin Tumberg and Jordan Vaughan each tallied a pair of hits to help the visiting Bluffton Braves snap a three-game skid with the 2-0 victory over the Dent Wildcats on Sunday.

The Bluffton nine ended up scattering 12 hits in the victory while Bluffton starter Cody Geiser handcuffed the host Bulldogs to just four hits in eight innings.

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Amateur Baseball: Wildcats scratch out 7-4 extra inning win over Bluffton (REPOSTED)
Mike Isola 06/07/2010 - 10:19pm

It was suppose to be a seven inning affair during a rare night game in Bluffton, but the visiting Dent Wildcats made it the regular nine by scratching out a 7-4 victory on Friday.

The game was tied at 4 apiece after seven when the Wildcats rallied from a 4-1 deficit with three runs in the fifth.

Both teams tallied a run in the opening frame before Marc Sweere gave the hometown Braves the lead with a two-run homer to highlight the third. Kyle Dykhoff hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Jake Seelhammer in the fourth for the 4-1 lead.

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Amateur Baseball: Home runs lift Angels past Bluffton nine, 6-5 (REPOSTED)
Mike Isola 06/02/2010 - 6:12pm

As always, the games between the two Hi-10 League rivals seem to come down to the final out, and the Saturday night battle didn't disappoint area town ball fans.

Marc Sweere went 4-for-4 with a double and drove in a run while little brother Josh Sweere belted a pair of doubles, but Bluffton ended up dropping the close contest, 6-5, as Detroit Lakes got a lift from a pair of home runs in the fifth inning.

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