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KRONENWETTER – The Stratford baseball team wrapped up its Marawood Conference South Division schedule with a 15-8 win over Northland Lutheran on Thursday.
The Tigers end up in second place in the Marawood South with an 8-4 record and are now 9-6 overall.
Stratford scored 11 times in the fourth inning and held on from there.
Each team had four errors, leading to a total of 10 unearned runs.
Lucas Heidmann earned the win, striking out four in 3 1/3 innings.
Stratford had 15 hits, with six different players have two apiece. Five Tigers also had a pair of RBIs.
Stratford is the No. 3 seed in its Division 3 sectional and will host No. 6 Colby in a WIAA regional quarterfinal on Thursday, May 26, at the Tiger Stadium Baseball Field.
Tigers 15, Wildcats 8
Stratford 100 (11)00 3 – 15 15 4
Northland Lutheran 010 430 0 – 8 6 4
WP: Lucas Heidmann. LP: Panzer.
SO: Heidmann (3 1/3 inn.) 4, Kade Ehrike (3 2/3 inn.) 2; Panzer (2 inn.) 1, Zuelstorf (5 inn.) 1. BB: Heidmann 1, K. Ehrike 0; Panzer 2, Zuelstorf 1.
Top hitters: S, Wyatt Ehrike 2×4, 3B, 3 runs; Andrew Bargender 2B, 2 RBIs; Cole Hoffman 2 RBIs; Dakota Singer 2×5, 2 runs; Dylan Peterson 2×5, 2B, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Eli Drexler 2×5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Sam Wenzel 2×4, 2 RBIs; Nick Stoflet 2×4, 2 runs. NL, Panzer 3 runs; Schutt 2×4, 2 2Bs; Shuworing 2 runs; Zuelstorf 2 RBIs.
Records: Stratford 9-6, 8-4 Marawood Conference South Division; Northland Lutheran 2-11, 2-10 Marawood South.