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STRATFORD – The Stratford baseball team earned a share of the Marawood Conference South Division title with a 16-0 rout of Wisconsin Rapids Assumption in the conference finale for both teams on Thursday at the Tiger Stadium Baseball Field.
The Tigers scored seven times in the first inning and cruised to the win behind Henry Zaleski, who struck out six, did not walk a batter and gave up just three hits in the five-inning win.
Brady Berg and Landon Zawislan each hit home runs, and Berg and Jaegar Ormond both finished with three RBI for Stratford.
The Tigers won their ninth game in a row, improves to 13-3 overall and finishes the Marawood South at 7-1 in a tie for first place with Marathon. The conference championship is Stratford’s fourth in the past six years and 17th overall dating back to 1963.
Stratford will play at Rib Lake for a nonconference game Friday starting at 4:45 p.m.
Tigers 16, Royals 0
Assumption 000 00 – 0 3 1
Stratford 750 4x – 16 12 1
WP: Henry Zaleski. LP: Oswald.
SO: Oswald (1 inn.) 0, Martin (1 inn.) 1, Peters (2 inn.) 1; Zaleski 6. BB: Oswald 4, Martin 1, Peters 0; Zaleski 0.
Top hitters: A, Ron Bord 2×2, 2B. S, Jack Tubbs 2B, 3 RBI; Drew Gage 2B; Brady Berg 2×4, HR, 2 runs, 3 RBI; Vance Kielman 2×3, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Jaegar Ormond 2×3, 2B, 2 runs, 3 RBI; Landon Zawislan HR, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Braden Bloom 2 runs; Zaleski 2B.
Records: Assumption 1-9, 0-8 Marawood Conference South Division; Stratford 13-3, 7-1 Marawood Conference South Division.