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MARSHFIELD – Merrill scored 10 runs in the final three innings and handed the Marshfield baseball team its third-straight loss, winning 11-2 on Friday at Jack Hackman Field.
Jakob Sadowska had a two-run single in the third inning to give Marshfield a 2-1 lead but it soon unraveled for the Tigers.
Merrill pulled ahead with a three-run fifth, and Marshfield committed four errors in a six-run sixth as the Bluejays (5-6, 1-5 Wisconsin Valley Conference) went on to finish off their first conference victory of the season.
Isaak Clapper had three hits and drove in two for Merrill.
Marshfield (2-6, 2-2 WVC) will host Eau Claire North for a doubleheader Saturday at Hackman Field beginning at 11 a.m.
Bluejays 11, Tigers 2
Merrill 010 036 1 – 11 8 2
Marshfield 002 000 0 – 2 3 6
WP: Brady Kanitz. LP: Owen Griesbach.
SO: Kanitz (5 2/3 inn.) 5, Sam Reimann (1 1/3 inn.) 2; Griesbach (5 inn.) 4, Brant Freis (2 inn.) 0. BB: Kanitz 2, Reimann 1; Griesbach 4, Freis 1.
Top hitters: MER, Isaak Clapper 3×5, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Kanitz 2 RBI. MAR, Jakob Sadowska 1×3, RBI.
Records: Merrill 5-6, 1-5 Wisconsin Valley Conference; Marshfield 2-6, 2-2 Wisconsin Valley Conference.