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MERRILL – The Marshfield Junior American Legion baseball team split a doubleheader against Merrill on Wednesday.
The pair of one-run games ended with a 7-6 victory in Game 1 for the Blue Devils, and a walk-off 9-8 win for Merrill in the nightcap.
In Game 1, Marshfield scored three runs in both the second and third innings, and added a crucial single tally in the top of the sixth. Merrill scored three times in the bottom of the sixth but couldn’t pull even.
Kyler Bainer had a double, a triple, and two RBIs, and Nick Urban had three hits and scored twice for Marshfield.
In the second game, Marshfield led 7-1 after a four-run fourth, but Merrill fought back to score eight runs in the final four innings, including two in the bottom of the seventh, to pull out the spilt of the twinbill.
Ky Swanson drove in a pair of runs for Marshfield, which is now 13-8 this season.
Marshfield is back in action with a doubleheader at Plover on Thursday beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Game 1
Marshfield 7, Merrill 6
Marshfield 033 001 0 – 7 16 4
Merrill 210 003 0 – 6 8 2
Merrill roster not provided.
WP: Logan Schreiner.
SO: Schreiner (4 2/3 inn.) 4, Ty Pankratz (2 1/3 inn.) 2. BB: Schreiner 2, Pankratz 2.
Top hitters: MAR, Kyler Bainer 2×5, 2B, 3B, 2 RBIs; Logan Homolka 2×4; Alejandro Anaya 2×3, 2B; Nick Urban 3×4, 2B, 2 runs, RBI.
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Game 2
Merrill 9, Marshfield 8
Marshfield 300 401 0 – 8 6 3
Merrill 100 213 2 – 9 16 4
LP: Pankratz.
SO: Will Fetting (3 2/3 inn.) 2, Anaya (1 inn.) 2, Devyn Palmer (1 inn.) 1, Parker Weik (1/3 inn.) 0, Pankratz (2/3 inn.) 1. BB: Fetting 3, Anaya 1, Palmer 1, Weik 0, Pankratz 1.
Top hitters: MAR, Palmer 2B, RBI; Pankaratz 2B; Ky Swanson 1×3, 2 RBIs.