A high school pitcher struck out his childhood friend to advance his team to the state championship. Instead of celebrating with his teammates, he went to console him.

pitcher consoles childhood friend after strike out and win

On Wednesday night, two Minnesota high schools competed in a do-or-die playoff baseball game. The winner would move on to the state championship while the losing team’s season would come to an end.

In the final play of the game, pitcher Ty Koehn struck out Jack Kocon sending Mounds View to the state championship. For Totino-Grace, the season was…