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MARSHFIELD – After a two-week layoff, the Marshfield Chaparrals baseball team returned to action Wednesday and held off the Eau Claire Cavaliers 8-7 at Jack Hackman Field.
Marshfield led 7-3 after three innings, posting three runs in both the second and third innings. Eau Claire chipped away and scored twice in the ninth but couldn’t get the tying run across against Jake Long, who earned the save with four innings of relief.
Brad Stroik struck out three and gave up five runs in the five innings to grab the victory for the Chaparrals, who improve to 13-5 on the season.
Kyle McHugh had three hits and two RBIs, Dylan McHugh had a pair of hits and scored twice, and John Safford and Josh Barnes each knocked in a run for the Chaparrals.
Marshfield has another week off before hosting Plover on July 18.
Chaparrals 8, Cavaliers 7
Eau Claire 102 200 002 – 7 14 2
Marshfield 133 001 00x – 8 8 4
WP: Brad Stroik. LP: Josh Alme. SV: Jake Long.
SO: Alme 0, Morita Masahisa 4, Josh Ewald 3; Stroik 3, Long 1. BB: Alme 6, Masahisa 0, Ewold 1; Stroik 1, Long 0.
Top hitters: EC, Mike Darley 3×5, RBI; Brian Burman 2×5, 2 RBIs; Nolan Fadness 2×4, 2B, 2 runs; Brett Vavra 2×4, 2B. M, Kyle McHugh 3×5, 2B, 2 RBIs; Dylan McHugh 2×3, 2 runs; Johnj Safford 1×3, 2B, RBI; Josh Barnes 1×3, 2 runs, RBI.
Records: Eau Claire 14-18; Marshfield 13-5.