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OWEN – Steve Esker struck out 13 and did not walk a batter, leading Owen-Withee to a 7-2 win Marshfield Columbus Catholic in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division baseball game Tuesday.
Owen-Withee (4-8, 3-7 Cloverbelt East) scored two runs in the bottom of the first before the Dons (1-9 overall and Cloverbelt East) tied the game with a pair of runs in the second.
That was all Esker would allow as the Blackhawks took the lead with a run in the third and pulled away with a three-run fifth.
Pat Sullivan was 3-for-3 and Bryce DeSmet went 2-for-4 for Columbus.
The Dons return to action Friday with a doubleheader scheduled at Greenwood.
Blackhawks 7, Dons 2
Columbus 020 000 0 – 2 9 1
Owen-Withee 201 031 x – 7 5 0
WP: Steve Esker. LP: Alex Larson.
SO: Larson 6, Issac Welsh 4; Esker 13. BB: Larson 5, Welsh 2; Esker 0.
Top hitters: C, Pat Sullivan 3×3; Bryce DeSmet 2×4.
Records: Columbus 1-9 overall and Cloverbelt East; Owen-Withee 4-8, 3-7 Cloverbelt East.