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The Marshfield Post 54 Senior Legion baseball team lost a Wisconsin Valley Legion League game at Antigo on Friday night before rebounding with a doubleheader sweep at Holmen on Saturday.
Antigo blanked Marshfield 3-0, but the Blue Devils got their bats going against Holmen, winning 11-9 and 8-6.
Cody Urban tossed a complete-game, five-hit shutout for Antigo in Friday’s contest, striking out four without a walk.
Ben Gust had two of Marshfield’s five hits.
In Game 1 against Holmen, the game was tied 2-2 before Marshfield exploded with an eight-run fifth inning.
The Blue Devils added another run in the sixth before Holmen rallied with four runs in the bottom of the sixth and three more in the seventh, but Marshfield was able to hang on.
Eli Drexler had three hits, including a triple, and scored twice, Logan Matson added two hits and scored three runs, and Ben Gust had a pair of hits for Marshfield. Riley Boushack added two RBIs in the victory.
Marshfield rallied from a 5-2 deficit in Game 2, scoring once in the sixth and five times in the seventh to pull out the victory.
Ryan Krueger earned the win, striking out five in six innings, and Logan Matson nailed down the save.
Tragen Bogdonovich had two hits and three RBIs, Matt Handrick had a single, a double, and two RBIs, and Mason Coffren had two hits and scored twice for the Blue Devils.
Marshfield (20-10, 9-4 Wisconsin Valley Legion League) will play a doubleheader at Onalaska on Sunday before wrapping up its regular-season schedule Monday at home with a league game against Plover.
Friday’s Game
Antigo 3, Marshfield 0
Marshfield 000 000 0 – 0 5 3
Antigo 010 002 x – 3 3 0
WP: Cody Urban. LP: Mason Coffren.
SO: Coffren 5; Urban 4. BB: Coffren 2; Urban 0.
Top hitters: M, Ben Gust 2×3. A, Garett Held 1×3, 2 runs; Wade Farmer 1×3, 2 RBIs.
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Saturday’s Game 1
Marshfield 11, Holmen 9
Marshfield 100 181 0 – 11 8 2
Holmen 011 004 3 – 9 9 6
WP: Preston Wagner. LP: Ben Byom.
SO: Wagner (5 2/3 inn.) 2, Connor Jasurda (1 1/3 inn.) 1; Byom (5 inn.) 3, Colden Fonstad (1 inn.) 1, Ben Reichert (1 inn.) 0. BB: Wagner 2, Jasurda 3; Byom 1, Fonstad 2, Reichert 0.
Top hitters: M, Eli Drexler 3×5, 3B, 2 runs, RBI; Logan Matson 2×4, 3 runs, RBI; Gust 2×4, 2B; Riley Boushack 2 RBIs. H, Mitch Torud 2 runs; Cam Weber 2×4, 2 runs; Austin Braund 2B, 2 runs, RBI; Nevin Wall 2 RBIs; Kevin Koellel 2B.
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Saturday’s Game 2
Marshfield 8, Holmen 6
Marshfield 000 201 5 – 8 8 0
Holmen 000 500 1 – 6 9 1
WP: Ryan Krueger. LP: Weber. SV: Matson.
SO: Krueger (6 inn.) 5, Matson (1 inn.) 0; Nevin Wall (6 1/3 inn.) 5, Weber (1/3 inn.) 0, Reichert (1/3 inn.) 0. BB: Krueger 4, Matson 0; Wall 3, Weber 3, Reichert 0.
Top hitters: M, Tragen Bogdonovich 2×4, 3 RBIs; Matt Handrick 2×3, 2B, 2 RBIs; Jake Brueggen 1×3, 2 runs; Coffren 2×4, 2 runs. H, Koellel 2×4, RBI; Torud 2×4, RBI; Reichert 2×3, RBI.