By John RittenhouseThe Hills Thunder fell from the unbeaten ranks in amateur baseball play when it dropped a pair of games in a five-day span.Hills lost an 11-run decision in Wilmont Wednesday, May 21, before losing a 10-run home game to Fairmont Sunday.Hills, 1-2 overall, hosts Heron Lake Sunday.Fairmont 12, Hills 2A nine-run surge late in the game by Fairmont turned a close game into a 10-run difference Sunday in Hills.Fairmont led 3-2 after six innings of play before putting the game away by scoring two runs in the seventh inning, one in the eighth and six in the ninth.The teams battled to a scoreless draw through three innings before Fairmont took a 3-0 cushion by scoring once in the third inning and twice in the fourth.Hills countered with a two-run bottom-of-the-sixth to trim the difference to one at 3-2.Eric Harnack walked and Scott Harnack doubled before both runners scored on a double by Cade Lang for Hills.Chad Rauk pitched one-run ball for four innings and took the loss. He registered eight strikeouts while allowing three hits and three walks.David Top was touched for nine runs in four innings of relief. Ten walks hurt Top, who surrendered four hits. Eric Harnack tossed a scoreless ninth inning.Box score AB R H BIJ.Lang 0 0 0 0E.Harnack 2 1 0 0S.Harnack 4 1 3 0Sammons 4 0 0 0Top 2 0 0 0Funke 4 0 1 0Van Maannen 4 0 0 0Jellema 1 0 0 0C.Lang 3 0 1 2Rauk 1 0 0 0Carrol 3 0 1 0C.Harnack 0 0 0 0Forshey 1 0 0 0Wilmont 11, Hills 0The Thunder couldn’t put anything together offensively during an 11-run loss in Wilmont May 21.Jarud Lang and Derek Sammons collected one hit each to account for Hills’ two safeties in the contest.Top surrendered 11 runs, nine walks and six hits in a 4 2/3-inning stint as the starting pitcher. Top, who took the loss, recorded five strikeouts.Jarud Lang pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. He fanned four batters and allowed two hits.Box score AB R H BIJ.Lang 3 0 1 0E.Harnack 2 0 0 0S.Harnack 3 0 0 0Sammons 3 0 1 0Top 3 0 0 0Funke 2 0 0 0Van Maanen 3 0 0 0Jellema 2 0 0 0C.Lang 0 0 0 0
