After falling behind by three runs Sunday night, the International Falls Legion baseball team rallied for seven runs in the fourth inning and defeated Two Harbors, 9-3, to win the Division II District Eight championship in Ely.
Ben Humbert recorded the complete-game pitching victory for the Post 66 Broncos, allowing three runs on six hits with two walks while striking out 12.
Two Harbors picked up all three of its runs in the top of the third when Kyle Omtvedt walked and scored, Luke Small singled and scored and Alex Lemke reached base on an error and scored.
The Falls scored its first run in the bottom of the fourth after Gunnar Anderson hit an infield single, Humbert walked and Jackson Vollom doubled to drive in Anderson.
That began a string of six consecutive batters reaching base safely as Two Harbors' starting pitcher, Omtvedt, was replaced by Kyler Kinn, who lasted two-thirds of an inning before Small took the mound to get the final out.
The Post 66 Broncos finished the fourth inning with seven runs on six hits as 12 batters went to the plate.
The Falls added two more runs in the six inning when Anderson recorded his fourth hit of the game with a two-run homer off of Small.
The Post 66 Broncos, who went undefeated at 4-0 in the double-elimination district tournament, advance to the Division II State Tournament being held Aug. 1-3 in Luverne.
The Falls opens the state tournament at 4 p.m. Friday against St. James.
Int'l Falls 9, Two Harbors 3
Two Harbors 0-0-3 0-0-0 0 – 3 6 2
Int'l Falls 0-0-0 7-0-2 X – 9 12 1
WP–Ben Humbert; LP–Kyle Omtvedt
