Jun. 30—PERHAM — The Bemidji American Legion baseball team had a fruitful weekend in Perham.

The Centaurs went 3-0 to sweep their tournament slate, beating Aitkin 4-0, Perham 4-1 and Ashby 14-2 in five innings.

On Sunday, Post 14 scored eight runs in the first inning against Ashby before cruising to a 12-run, mercy-rule win. Lawson Berg went 3 for 4 with a double and two RBIs. Hayden Smith and Eli Kringen each notched a pair of hits, while Fisher Ganske, Stonewall Gessner, Jack Lundquist and Reece Dokken each recorded one hit.

Dylan Lundin pitched three innings to pick up the win. He struck out six batters and allowed two earned runs.

On Saturday, Bemidji shut out Aitkin behind Max Bahr’s standout pitching performance. He threw all seven innings, allowing just three hits with 10 strikeouts.

Berg had another multi-hit game, going 2 for 3 with a pair of singles. Gessner also went 2 for 3 with two RBIs.

Against Perham, Ganske and Berg each went 2 for 3 with at least one RBI and a run scored, accounting for four of the Centaurs’ six total hits.

Peyton Neadeau picked up the win on the mound in five innings. He allowed five hits, one unearned run and two walks with five strikeouts. Lundquist notched a six-out save with a pair of strikeouts.

Bemidji 4, Aitkin 0

ATK 000 000 0 — 0-3-0

BEM 022 000 X — 4-9-1

WP: Bahr (7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K)

Bemidji 4, Perham 1

BEM 000 110 2 — 4-6-3

PER 000 100 0 — 1-6-0

WP: Neadeau (5 IP, 2 H, 1 4R 0 ER, 5 K)

LP: Schmetlz (4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 1 K)

S: Lundquist (2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K)

Bemidji 14, Ashby 2 (F/5)

ASH 002 00 — 2-6-2

BEM 823 1X — 14-11-2

WP: Lundin (3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K)

LP: Bennett (1 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 0 K)