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DE PERE – The Marshfield Post 54 Senior Legion baseball team dropped a pair of games at the De Pere Triangular on Sunday.
The Blue Devils lost to De Pere 8-4 and fell victim to a walk-off grand slam home run in the bottom of the seven to fall to Manitowoc 7-6.
De Pere scored twice in the first inning and added five more in the second to pull past the Blue Devils.
Logan Matson scored twice for Marshfield, which was held to two hits in the loss.
Against Manitowoc, Marshfield led 6-3 heading into the seventh inning but couldn’t finish off the win as Kelvin Veldre won the game with the grand slam long ball.
Jake Brueggen had three hits, including two doubles, and drove in four runs, and Matt Handrick added three hits and two RBIs for the Blue Devils.
Ben Gust, Isaiah Baierl and Eli Drexler each added two hits apiece for Marshfield in the loss.
Marshfield is now 0-3 this season and returns to action Tuesday at Wisconsin Rapids.
De Pere 8, Marshfield 4
Marshfield 100 030 0 – 4 2 4
De Pere 250 001 x – 8 8 2
WP: Jordan Strick. LP: Connor Jasurda.
SO: Jasurda (3 inn.) 2, Logan Matson (3 inn.) 0; Strick 3. BB: Jasurda 2, Matson 0; Strick 5.
Top hitters: M, Matson 2 runs. D, Bennett Olson 4×4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Parker Nimmer 2 runs.
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Manitowoc 7, Marshfield 6
Marshfield 202 002 0 – 6 14 1
Manitowoc 003 000 4 – 7 6 1
WP: Derek Heinzen. LP: Preston Wagner.
SO: Will Voss (5 inn.) 3, Wagner (1 2/3 inn.) 4; Andrew Eberhardt (5 1/3 inn.) 4, Heinzen (1 2/3 inn.) 0. BB: Voss 3, Wagner 2; Eberhardt 1, Heinzen 0.
Top hitters: MAR, Matt Handrick 3×4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Isaiah Baierl 2×3, 2 runs; Jake Brueggen 3×4, 2 2Bs, 4 RBIs; Ben Gust 2×4; Eli Drexler 2×3. MAN, Tanner Handler 2 runs; Jacob DeBruin 2×3; Kelvin Veldre 2×4, HR, 4 RBIs; Adam Taylor 2 runs.