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MARSHFIELD – Peyton Flees had a sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh inning to plate the winning run as Stevens Point Post 6 knocked off Marshfield Post 54 7-6 in a Wisconsin Valley Legion Conference baseball game on Monday at Jack Hackman Field.
Stevens Point (18-7) scored five runs in the top of the fourth to take a 6-2 lead before Marshfield fought back.
Jakob Sadowska doubled and later scored on a wild pitch, and Owen Griesbach had a sacrifice fly to knock Blake Raab to cut Point’s lead to 6-4 in the fourth.
Raab had an RBI single in the fifth, and Emmitt Konieczny had a double and scored after a passed ball and a wild pitch in the sixth, tying the game at 6-6.
Jake Garth led off the top of the seventh for Stevens Point, moved to second on a groundout, stole third and scored on Flees’ fly out to center.
Flees walked three to load the bases in the bottom of the seventh before coaxing a fly out to finish off the win for the Sixers.
Konieczny finished with two doubles and two RBI, and Raab had two hits as well for Marshfield.
Marshfield (12-17) plays at Merrill on Tuesday.
Sixers 7, Blue Devils 6
Stevens Point 010 500 1 – 7 6 0
Marshfield 002 211 0 – 6 7 3
WP: Peyton Flees. LP: Owen Griesbach.
SO: Noah Marschke (4 inn.) 8, Calvin Roth (1 inn.) 0, Flees (2 inn.) 2; Griesbach (6 2/3 inn.) 3, Nathan Richardson (1/3 inn.) 0. BB: N. Marschke 5, Roth 2, Flees 3; Griesbach 3, Richardson 0.
Top hitters: SP, Jake Garth 2×3, 2 runs; Roth 2B, RBI. M, Blake Raab 2×4, RBI; Emmitt Konieczny 2×4, 2 2Bs, 2 RBI; Jakob Sadowska 2B.
Records: Stevens Point 18-7; Marshfield 12-17.