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WITTENBERG – Wittenberg-Birnamwood scored four times in the bottom of seventh inning to rally past Spencer 8-7 in a nonconference baseball game on Monday at Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School.
Carter Luepke had a double and drove in three runs for Spencer, which led 6-0 after 2½ innings before the Chargers (17-6) stormed back.
Four errors in the seventh inning, including three in a row, led to the four-run inning for Wittenberg-Birnamwood.
Spencer finishes its regular season with a 6-14 record. The Rockets will play a WIAA Division 3 regional quarterfinal at Crandon on Thursday at 5 p.m.
Chargers 8, Rockets 7
Spencer 231 000 1 – 7 5 7
Wittenberg-Birnamwood 001 102 4 – 8 7 0
WP: Owen Dickman. LP: Weston Nieman.
SO: Dalton Post (5 inn.) 6, Nieman (1 1/3 inn.) 2; Keegan Schmid (1 inn.) 2, Skyler Rector (2 1/3 inn.) 0, Nathan Waupekenay (1 2/3 inn.) 3, Evan Meverden (1 inn.) 0, Dickman (1 inn.) 2. BB: Post 0, Nieman 0; Schmid 5, Rector 4, Waupekenay 1, E. Meverden 1, Dickman 1.
Top hitters: S, Tyler Peterson 1×3, 2 runs, RBI; Zack Roehrborn 2 runs; Carter Luepke 2B, 3 RBI. WB, E. Meverden 2B; Dickman 2 RBI; Ian Salvesen 2B, RBI; Zandyr Barke 2 runs; Waupekenay 2×2, 2B.
Records: Spencer 6-14; Wittenberg-Birnamwood 17-6.