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PHOTOS: Raiders Baseball Wins Opening Day Game

Northfield beat visiting Austin 9-3 on Thursday.

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Is there anything better than Opening Day?

Yes—winning on Opening Day.

And that's what the Northfield Raiders baseball team did on Thursday at .

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Northfield fell behind 3-0 early against visiting Austin, but battled back and ended up winning the team's first game of the year by a 9-3 final.

Northfield next plays 6 p.m. Monday at Chanhassen.

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