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WITTENBERG – The Auburndale baseball team earned a split of a nonconference doubleheader at Wittenberg-Birnamwood on Saturday.
Witt-Birn won the opening game 9-0 before Auburndale turned the tables with an 11-3 victory.
Both teams remain at .500 this season, with the Chargers moving to 3-3 and Auburndale to 4-4.
In Game 1, Austin Worzalla struck out seven in six innings and combined on a five-hit shutout with Mason Meverden.
Hunter Wright had a double in the loss for Auburndale.
In Game 2, Wright had a single, a double, a triple and five RBIs to pace the Eagles’ offense.
Carl Lundgren allowed two runs in the five innings to earn the win.
Auburndale led 3-1 before scoring three times in the sixth inning and five times in the seventh to put away the victory.
Ian Brown and Lundgren each added two hits for Auburndale.
Auburndale plays at Wisconsin Rapids Assumption on Monday.
Game 1
Chargers 9, Eagles 0
Auburndale 000 000 0 – 0 5
Wittenberg-Birnamwood 004 401 x – 9 8
WP: Austin Worzalla. LP: Schuyler Gilhausen.
SO: Gilhausen (4 inn.) 1, Sloan Welch (2 inn.) 1; Worzala (6 inn.) 7, Meverden (1 inn.) 1. BB: Gilhausen 1, Welch 1; Worzalla 1, Mason Meverden 0.
Top hitters: A, Hunter Wright 2B. WB, Ian Salvagan 3×4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs; Bryan Zoromski 3 runs; Charlie Krull 2×4, 4 RBIs; Max Franza 2 runs; Carter Herb 2 runs.
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Game 2
Eagles 11, Chargers 3
Auburndale 200 103 5 – 11 11
Wittenberg-Birnamwood 100 011 0 – 3 10
WP: Carl Lundgren. LP: Schulte.
SO: Lundgren (5 inn.) 2, Aden Cherney (2 inn.) 1; Schulte (5 inn.) 2, Meverden (1 inn.) 1, Krull (1 inn.) 1. BB: Lundgren 1, Cherney 1; Schulte 1, Meverden 3, Krull 2.
Top hitters: A, Lundgren 2×4, 2B; Wright 3×5, 2B, 3B, 2 runs, 5 RBIs; Gilhausen 2B; Ian Brown 2×5; Caden Weinfurter 2 runs; Cherney 2 runs.
Records: Auburndale 4-4; Wittenberg-Birnamwood 3-3.