Baseball roundup: Plover, Sixers pull out wins in Legion play
The Black Sox score in final inning to overcome Antigo as Sixers score big in the second to beat Merrill; Rafters win, Woodchucks lose in Northwoods
Baseball roundup: Plover, Sixers pull out wins in Legion play The Black Sox score in final inning to overcome Antigo as Sixers score big in the second to beat Merrill; Rafters win, Woodchucks lose in Northwoods Check out this story on stevenspointjournal.com: https://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/sports/baseball/2019/06/26/plover-black-sox-winning-road-again-sixers-come-out-top/1566869001/
USA TODAY NETWORK - Wisconsin Published 10:09 p.m. CT June 26, 2019
PLOVER 4, ANTIGO 2
ANTIGO - Antigo rallied for two in the bottom of the seventh but it was not enough to overcome Plover as the Black Sox won.
Plover got on the board in their first at-bat on a Jack Kelly single in the first inning. Kelly singled in Kaden Roberts in the third to make it 2-0. In the top of the seventh, Logan Schulfer singled in Brett Ehr and Kelly to raise the lead to 4-0.
Antigo came back in the bottom of the frame with a two-out, two-run single before Black Sox reliever Dylan Triggs struck out the side.
Schulfer, Kelly and Roberts each racked up multiple hits for Plover with Kelly and Schulfer each collecting three and each knocking in two runs.
Cam Stampfl earned the victory on the pitcher's mound. He lasted 6 ⅔ innings, allowing nine hits and two runs while striking out six and walking one. Trigg threw one-third of an inning in relief out of the bullpen.
Plover 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 4 11 0
Antigo 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 9 3
STEVENS POINT 6, MERRILL 5
STEVENS POINT - A four-run second inning and tight defense secured the Sixers win over Merrill.
Reese Gaber was perfect at the plate going 3-for-3 including two doubles to lead the Sixers offense. Brady Franz, Isaac Perner and Justin Morton each had a pair of hits and an RBI in the win. Morton added a double. Nate Helms contributed two hits and an RBI.
Zach Zimmerman took the victory on the mound, pitching a complete game and striking out five.
Merrill 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 - 5 8 0
Stevens Point 1 4 0 1 0 0 x - 6 14 3
WISCONSIN RAPIDS 3, FOND DU LAC 1
WISCONSIN RAPIDS - The Rafters were firing right out of the gate and never looked back as they took the win over the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders.
After one out, Edarian Williams singled, then wound up on third after an error by the pitcher and a passed ball in the first inning. He scored on a single by Davion Downey. CJ Willis scored on a ground out later to make it 2-0.
Richie Schiekofer scored on a wild pitch in the fifth after reaching first on a center field error to see the Rafters go up 3-0.
Up to that point, Nathan Hemmerling had pitched a three-hitter, striking out five in five innings. Cal Djuraskovic came in to pitch two innings, allowed zero runs and struck out three before being relieved by Izzy Fuentes.
Fuentes allowed a double in the eighth, but got out of the inning with no damage. In the ninth, the Spiders got one back, avoiding the shutout.
Zeb Adreon hit a lead off double and advanced to third on a ground out, but then Fuentes struck out a batter for out number two. One strike away from the shutout and end of the game, Fuentes balked, and Adreon scored.
Fuentes struck out the final batter on the next pitch to end the game and secure the Rafters win.
Fond du Lac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 3
Wisconsin Rapids 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 3 3 0
LAKESHORE 6, WISCONSIN 1
WAUSAU - The Chinooks kept a steady pace while holding the Woodchucks to take the win in Wausau.
Nolan Soliveres knocked in the Woodchucks' only run in the second inning, and Brandon Seltzer had a pair of hits in the win.
Robert Wegielnik made his fifth start on the mound for the Woodchucks, tossing four innings and giving up three runs on seven hits. Wegielnik walked two and struck out three in the loss.
Trey Horton came on in relief to pitch for the Woodchucks in the fifth inning. He allowed one run on one hit. Emmanuel Corporan came on in the sixth and pitched the remainder of the game. In his four innings of work, Corporan allowed two runs on five hits. He walked two and struck out seven.
Lakeshore 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 - 6 13 2
Wisconsin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1
Monday's results
WISCONSIN RAPIDS 6, PLOVER 5
PLOVER - After being held scoreless for five innings, the Rangers rallied to get within one in the sixth inning, then overcame the Black Sox push to secure the win in the seventh.
Plover got out on top first, scoring two in the bottom of the second. Austin Beyer doubled in Dylan Trigg and later scored on a single by Kaden Roberts. In the bottom of the fifth, Roberts scored on a single by Jack Kelly.
The Rangers started to rally in the sixth after Plover pitcher Logan Schulfer walked the lead-off man. Garrett Huber stepped to the plate and launched one over the left field fence for a two-run home run.
Schulfer hit the next batter, then Dylan Davis came in to pitch. He hit a batter to put two on base with no outs. The next batter he struck out, got the following batter to ground out, then walked the bases loaded. Davis got out of the inning on another strike out to leave the score at 3-2.
The Black Sox matched the Rangers with a pair in the bottom of the frame. With two outs, Brett Ehr singled in Cam Stampfl, then Derek Baumgartner singled in Mike Glodosky to make it 5-2.
Wisconsin Rapids would not say die, though, as Joshua Zwicke lined a two-run home run into right field to close the lead to 5-4. Huber scored on a double and Jake Wipfli had a sac fly to give the Rangers their first lead of the game at 6-5.
Caleb Krommenakker wrapped up the game striking out Tristan Aldrich, walking Beyer, getting Stampfl to ground out to second, and then striking out Mason King to secure the comeback win for the Rangers.
Dylan Davis took the loss for Plover Black Sox. He allowed three hits and four runs over two innings, striking out four and walking one.
Schulfer and Roberts each had two hits for Plover.
Ethan Peters started the game for Wisconsin Rapids. He surrendered five runs on eight hits over 5 ⅓ innings, striking out four and walking one. Schulfer started on the mound for Plover, striking out eight while allowing three hits and two runs in five innings.
Wisconsin Rapids 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 - 6 6 1
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