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AUBURNDALE – The Stratford baseball team held off a late rally attempt from Auburndale and won 9-6 in a Marawood Conference South Division game Tuesday at Auburndale High School.
The Tigers cruised out to a 9-1 lead as Jack Tubbs delivered three hits and three RBI, and Vance Kielman had a pair of hits and scored twice to help build the big lead.
Auburndale pushed back in its final at-bat. Lundgren had an RBI single and Caden Weinfurter walked with the bases loaded before an error scored another as the Eagles cut the deficit to 9-4.
Nathan Richardson then cracked a two-run single before Stratford reliever Henry Zaleski was able to wiggle out of the jam to finish off the victory.
Stratford (6-3 overall) and Auburndale (5-2 overall) are both 2-1 in the conference and sit a game behind Marathon (4-1) in the standings.
Auburndale will travel to Stratford for a rematch Thursday at 4:45 p.m. at the Tiger Stadium Baseball Field.
Tigers 9, Eagles 6
Stratford 210 104 1 – 9 11 2
Auburndale 000 001 5 – 6 5 5
WP: Brady Schmidt. LP: Aden Cherney.
SO: Schmidt (6 2/3 inn.) 6, Drew Gage (0 inn.) 0, Henry Zaleski (1/3 inn.) 0; Cherney (5 1/3 inn.) 5, Nathan Richardson (1 1/3 inn.) 2, Ayden Raab (1/3 inn.) 0. BB: Schmidt 3, Gage 3, Zaleski 0; Cherney 2, Richardson 2, A. Raab 0.
Top hitters: S, Jack Tubbs 3×5, 2B, 3 RBI; Riley Spindler 2×5, 3B, RBI; Vance Kielman 2×4, 3 runs; Riley Kroening 2 runs. A, Richardson 2 RBI.
Records: Stratford 6-3, 2-1 Marawood Conference South Division; Auburndale 5-2, 2-1 Marawood Conference South Division.