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STRATFORD – Auburndale scored four times in the top of the fifth inning and the Apaches held on from there to beat Stratford 5-4 in a Marawood Conference South Division baseball game Thursday.
Stratford scored three times in the first inning before Auburndale stormed back with a run in the fourth and four more in the fifth to take the lead for good.
Caleb Weinfurter earned the win for the Apaches with a complete game, striking out five and scattering nine hits for the Apaches (2-5, 2-4 Marawood South).
Dakota Singer was 3-for-4 and Dylan Peterson drove in three runs for Stratford (5-6, 4-4 Marawood South).
Auburndale hosts Wisconsin Rapids Assumption on Friday, while Stratford is off until Monday when it is home against Marathon.
Apaches 5, Tigers 4
Auburndale 000 140 0 – 5 5 2
Stratford 300 010 0 – 4 9 2
WP: Caleb Weinfurter. LP: Cole Hoffman.
SO: Weinfurter 5; Hoffman (4 2/3 inn.) 5, Kade Ehrike (2 1/3 inn.) 3. BB: Weinfurter 4; Hoffman 4, Ehrike 2.
Top hitters: A, Ryan Isaacson 2B, 2 runs. S, Dakota Singer 3×4; Dylan Peterson 3 RBIs.
Records: Auburndale 2-5, 2-4 Marawood South; Stratford 5-6, 4-4 Marawood South.