The Algoma Penguins enter the Shoreland League playoffs on a heater after they beat the Denmark Devilbears 12-8 in 10 innings on Monday night.

 

Cam Dupont got things going in the first inning, following an RBI double from Austen Dart with a two-run homer to make it 3-0. Jack Peterson hit the first of his two home runs in the second inning with a man on to make it 5-0, before a Dupont double and an error made it 7-0.

 

The Penguins' bats fell silent after that as the Devilbears chipped away at the advantage with one run in the second, one in the sixth, and four more in the seventh to make it 7-6. After the Penguins scratched across one run in the eighth, the Devilbears took advantage of some miscues with the bases loaded to tie the game.  In the 10th inning, the Penguins drove in four runs with a three-run homer by Peterson as the frame's biggest blow. Charlie Prokash pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 10th to secure the Penguins' eighth win. 

 

Peterson finished the game going 4-6 with five RBI, and Dupont went 2-5 with three RBI.

 

Denmark will play at Algoma to kickoff a playoff series on August 5th. in a best-of-three, with games two and three taking place at Denmark.