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MARATHON – Marathon scored seven times in the bottom of the sixth inning to complete a five-run comeback and defeat Spencer 16-6 in a nonconference baseball game Saturday afternoon at Marathon High School.
Spencer led 6-1 after 2½ innings before Marathon mounted a comeback, scoring multiple runs in its next four at-bats. The Raiders finished off the game via the 10-run rule with the seven-run sixth inning.
Spencer pitchers combined for 13 walks and the Rockets committed five errors in the loss, falling to 1-1 this season.
Tyler Peterson, Reed Knecht, Carter Luepke and Weston Nieman each had two hits for Spencer.
Spencer hosts Stratford for a nonconference game on Monday at 5 p.m.
Raiders 16, Rockets 6
Spencer 204 000 – 6 10 5
Marathon 102 247 – 16 10 1
WP: Cale Quaintance. LP: Carter Luepke.
SO: Tyler Peterson (3 inn.) 2, Luepke (2 inn.) 1, Drake Johnson (1/3 inn.) 0, Ayden Doro (0 inn.) 0; Grant Warren (2 1/3 inn.) 2, Quaintance (2 1/3 inn.) 3, Evan DeBroux (1 1/3 inn.) 1. BB: Peterson 4, Luepke 3, Johnson 5, Doro 1; Warren 2, Quaintance 5, DeBroux 0.
Top hitters: S, Peterson 2×4; Reed Knecht 2×3, 2 runs; Luepke 2×3; Weston Nieman 2×4. M, Cody Radtke 2×3, 4 runs; True Thurs 2 runs; Warren 1×2, 3 runs, 3 RBI; DeBroux 2×3, 2B, 3 RBI; Grant Salber 2B, RBI; Derek Vesely 2B, 2 runs.
Records: Spencer 1-1; Marathon 3-1.