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IOLA – Drew Lang singled to drive in Mason Anderson in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Marshfield Junior American Legion baseball a 7-6 win over Wausau in a first-round game at the 17U regional on Thursday.
Bryce Schade knocked in a pair of runs with a double in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the game at 5-5. Schade finished 4-for-5 as Marshfield had 13 hits.
Wausau scored once in the top of the eighth only to see the Blue Devils tie it again when Tyler Kremer was hit by a pitch, went to second on a wild pitch and scored on an error.
In the eighth, Anderson led off with a single, moved up a base on a wild pitch and came home on Lang’s single to walk-off the win for Marshfield.
Dayton Bugar picked up the pitching win, allowing one run in five innings of relief with three strikeouts.
Marshfield (15-11) will play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Marshfield 7, Wausau 6 (9 inn.)
Wausau 203 000 010 – 6 7 4
Marshfield 200 012 011 – 7 13 3
(Wausau roster not reported)
WP: Dayton Bugar.
SO: Tyler Kremer (4 inn.) 3, Bugar (5 inn.) 3. BB: Kremer 4, Bugar 2.
Top hitters: M, Kremer 1×4, 2 runs; Bryce Schade 4×5, 2 2Bs, 2 RBI; Mason Anderson 2×4, 2 runs; Bugar 2B.
Records: Wausau not reported; Marshfield 15-11.