This story is sponsored by Forward Bank
MarshfieldAreaSports.com
STRATFORD – Brady Berg drilled a go-ahead grand slam home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift Stratford to a 7-5 win over Clintonville in a winners’ bracket game at the Class A American Legion Baseball Regional on Sunday at the Tiger Stadium Baseball Field.
Jack Tubbs doubled with the bases loaded to drove in three runs and give Stratford a 3-0 lead in the second inning.
Clintonville fought back with a pair of runs in the fifth inning and another in the sixth to tie the game at 3-3.
In the bottom of the sixth, Jaeger Ormond and Riley Spindler singled and Tubbs was intentionally walked. Berg made Clintonville pay with a drive over the center field fence for a grand slam.
Berg came in to pitch the seventh, relieving Stratford starter Brady Schmidt, and allowed two runs before securing the final two outs to finish off the victory.
Schmidt struck out 11 and walked just one in six innings of work to earn the win for Stratford.
Tubbs, Berg and Henry Zaleski all finished with two hits for Stratford.
Clintonville went on to defeat Crandon 15-10 in an elimination game Sunday to set up a rematch with Stratford for the regional title on Monday at 2 p.m. Stratford will need to win one of two possible matchups to advance to the 2024 Wisconsin Class A State Legion Baseball Tournament at Osseo on Aug. 2-6.
Stratford 7, Clintonville 5
Clintonville 000 021 2 – 5 8 1
Stratford 030 004 x – 7 9 3
WP: Brady Schmidt. LP: Jack Yaeger.
SO: Yaeger 8; Schmidt (6 inn.) 11, Brady Berg (1 inn.) 1. BB: Yaeger 2; Schmidt 1, Berg 0.
Top hitters: C, Spencer Strebe 2×4, 2B, RBI; Yaeger 2×4, 2 2Bs, RBI; Blake Weatherwax 2B; Kade Rosenow 2B. S, Jack Tubbs 2×3, 2B, 3 RBI; Berg 2×4, HR, 4 RBI; Henry Zaleski 2×2, 2B; Jaeger Ormond 2 runs.
Records: Clintonville not reported; Stratford 12-7.
Class A American Legion Baseball Regional
July 26-29, at Tiger Stadium Baseball Field, Stratford
Winner of double elimination tournament qualifies for Class A State Tournament at Osseo, Aug. 2-6
Friday, July 26
Game 1: Clintonville 10, Marathon 2
Game 3: Crandon 2, Wittenberg 1
Game 2: Stratford 11, Tomahawk 4
Saturday, July 27
Game 4: Marathon 15, Tomahawk 5
Game 5: Clintonville 4, Wittenberg 2
Game 6: Stratford 11, Crandon 6
Sunday, July 28
Game 7: Crandon 3, Marathon 1
Game 8: Stratford 7, Clintonville 5
Game 9: Clintonville 15, Crandon 10
Monday, July 29
Game 10: Stratford vs. Clintonville, 2 p.m.
Game 11: Repeat if Clintonville wins Game 10, 5 p.m.