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MARSHFIELD – Greenwood smacked 11 hits and took advantage of 16 walks to defeat Marshfield Columbus Catholic 17-6 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division baseball game Thursday at Jack Hackman Field.
Greenwood’s win ends Columbus Catholic’s five-game winning streak and allows the Indians to get back to .500 on the season at 6-6 (4-2 Cloverbelt East). Columbus is now 7-6 and 5-2 in conference play.
Xander Hinker, Austen Humke and Dakota Clark each had two hits and two RBIs to pace Greenwood, which led 12-1 after an inning and a half.
Sully Whitford had three walks and three RBIs, and Bredlau and Jonah Hinker each drove in a pair as well in the win.
Grant Olson had two of the Dons’ seven hits and also added two RBIs.
Columbus Catholic hosts first-place Neillsville at 7 p.m. Friday at Hackman Field.
Indians 17, Dons 6
Greenwood 752 30 – 17 11 2
Columbus Catholic 122 01 – 6 7 3
WP: Sully Whitford. LP: Cole Timmler.
SO: Whitford (3 inn.) 4, Cooper Bredlau (1 2/3 inn.) 1, Westin Schmitz (1/3 inn.) 0; Timmler (1 inn.) 0, Emmitt Konieczny (2 inn.) 1, Brock Bennington (1 inn.) 0, Nathan Nemitz (1 inn.) 0. BB: Whitford 2, C. Bredlau 1, Schmitz 0; Timmler 5, Konieczny 8, Bennington 1, Nemitz 2.
Top hitters: G, Xander Hinker 2×4, 2 RBIs; Schmitz 4 BBs, 2 runs; C. Bredlau 2 runs; Austen Humke 2×4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs; Fletcher Bredlau 3 BBs, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Mason Learman 2B, 2 RBIs; Whitford 3 BBs, 3 RBIs; Dakota Clark 2×3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Jonah Hinker 2 runs, 2 RBIs. CC, Blake Jakobi 2 runs; Grant Olson 2×3, 2 RBIs.
Records: Greenwood 6-6, 4-2 Cloverbelt Conference East Division; Columbus Catholic 7-6, 5-2 Cloverbelt East.