Marshfield baseball slugs past La Crosse Logan in doubleheader sweep

Marshfield senior Simon Slade. (Paul Lecker file photo)

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LA CROSSE – The Marshfield baseball team dominated a nonconference doubleheader at La Crosse Logan on Saturday, winning 11-1 and 11-5 to improve its record to 7-4 this season.

Senior Simon Slade was stellar in Game 1 for the Tigers, tossing a complete game with six strikeouts and one walk, and had three hits, including a home run, and scored twice.

Parker Weik and Peter Earll each had three hits, with Weik driving in three runs and Earll two, and Adam Zee had two singles and scored twice in the win for the Tigers.

In Game 2, Trey Montalvo earned the win, striking out four in 6 2/3 innings. Zee smacked a solo home run, Tim Kraus and Earll each had two hits, and Weik had two RBIs for Marshfield, which scored eight runs in the second inning.

Marshfield is off until Thursday when it plays a Wisconsin Valley Conference doubleheader at Wausau East.

Game 1
Tigers 11, Rangers 1
Marshfield 033 301 1 – 11 14 0
La Crosse Logan 000 100 0 – 1 7 6
WP:
Simon Slade. LP: Eli Forer.
SO: Slade 6; Forer (3 inn.) 1, Gabe Katchee (4 inn.) 3. BB: Slade 1; Forer 2, Katchee 3.
Top hitters: M, Parker Weik 3×5, 3 RBIs; Logan Homolka 2B; Slade 3×4, HR, 2 runs, RBI; Adam Zee 2×3, 2 runs, RBI; Peter Earll 3×5, 2 RBIs. L, Curtis Leaver 2×2.

Game 2
Tigers 11, Rangers 5
Marshfield 081 020 0 – 11 7 4
La Crosse Logan 010 301 0 – 5 5 6
WP:
Trey Montalvo. LP: C. Leaver.
SO: Montalvo (6 2/3 inn.) 4, Will Fetting (1/3 inn.) 1; C. Leaver (1 1/3 inn.) 0, Nick Gavrilos (2/3 inn.) 1, Johnny Leaver (2 1/3 inn.) 1, Pierce Nelson (1 2/3 inn.) 1, Jonah Gruen (1 inn.) 0. BB: Montalvo 2, Fetting 0; C. Leaver 2, Gavrilos 3, J. Leaver 2, Nelson 3, Gruen 0.
Top hitters: M, Nick Urban 2 runs; Weik 2 RBIs; Zee HR, RBI; Earll 2×4, 2B, RBI; Tim Kraus 2×3, 3 runs. L, J. Leaver 3B, RBI; Cooper Paisley 2×2, RBI.
Records: Marshfield 7-4; La Crosse Logan 1-5.