Auburndale baseball sweeps two from Athens

Auburndale's Aden Cherney. (MarshfieldAreaSports.com file photo/Paul Lecker)

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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale baseball team earned a pair of wins over Athens on Thursday at Auburndale High School, finishing off a suspended game from last Friday with a 10-3 victory, and then posting a 9-1 win.

Caden Weinfurter threw a complete game in the opener, striking out five.

Aden Cherney had three hits and scored twice, and Ayden Raab had two hits and three RBI for the Eagles.

Nathan Richardson and Peyton Weinfurter both added two hits and two runs scores, with Weinfurter finishing with two RBI in the win.

In Game 2, Cherney tossed a complete game to grab the win, striking out five and allowing just three hits for Auburndale.

Kaden Anderson, Blake Raab and Colton Brandl each had two hits and an RBI, and Ayden Raab, Richardson and Peyton Weinfurter all drove in a pair for the Eagles (11-5).

Auburndale will finish its regular-season schedule at Iola-Scandinavia on Monday.

Game 1
Eagles 10, Bluejays 3
Auburndale 205 100 2 – 10 11 4
Athens 010 200 0 – 3 5 3
WP:
Caden Weinfurter. LP: Kaleb Cracraft.
SO: C. Weinfurter 5; Cracraft (4 inn.) 1, Brayden Frahmann (3 inn.) 0. BB: C. Weinfurter 2; Cracraft 3, Frahmann 3.
Top hitters: AUB, Peyton Weinfurter 2×4, 2 runs; Aden Cherney 3×4, 2B, 2 runs; Nathan Richardson 2×4, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Asa Soppe 2 runs; Ayden Raab 2×4, 2B, 3 RBI. ATH, Cracraft 1×2, RBI; Logan Ebben 1×3, RBI.

Game 2
Eagles 9, Bluejays 1
Athens 100 000 0 – 1 3 1
Auburndale 216 000 x – 9 11 1
WP:
Cherney. LP: Hunter Haehlke.
SO: Haehlke (2 inn.) 0, Cracraft (4 inn.) 1; Cherney 5. BB: Haehlke 3, Cracraft 0; Cherney 2.
Top hitters: ATH, Adam Belter 1×3, RBI. AUB, Blake Raab 2×4, RBI; P. Weinfurter 2 RBI; Cherney 2 runs; Kaden Anderson 2×3, 2B, RBI; Richardson 2 RBI; A. Raab 2 runs, 2 RBI; Colton Brandl 2×3, RBI.
Records: Athens 7-10; Auburndale 11-5.