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SHEBOYGAN – The Marshfield Post 54 Senior Legion baseball team split a pair of games at the Sheboygan Legion Tournament on Saturday.
Plover defeated Marshfield 9-1 before the Blue Devils came back to defeat Wausau 12-7 and improve to 9-6 this season.
Jon Nafe held Marshfield to just four singles in a complete-game effort for Plover (13-4).
Carl Biechler and Matt Eiden each had two hits, with Biechler scoring three times and Eiden driving in three for the Black Sox.
Cody Donahue had Marshfield’s lone RBI in the bottom of the seventh inning to break up the shutout bid for Nafe.
In Game 2, Marshfield had 13 hits and was able to overcome six errors to beat Wausau.
Marshfield scored seven times in the top of the first inning and never relinquished the lead despite Wausau scored in four different innings.
Nick Urban and Carsten Jirschele each had three hits for the Blue Devils, with Urban scoring three times and Jirschele driving in four runs.
Brock Bennington hit a home run and had two RBI, and Cole Timmler also had two RBI in the victory.
Marshfield will complete play at the tournament on Sunday.
Plover 9, Marshfield 1
Plover 014 310 0 – 9 9 0
Marshfield 000 000 1 – 1 4 1
WP: Jon Nafe. LP: Cody Donahue.
SO: Nafe 1; Donahue (3 2/3 inn.) 2, Isaac Zeps (1 1/3 inn.) 0, Ben Dietsche (2 inn.) 2. BB: Nafe 0; Donahue 8, Zeps 1, Dietsche 0.
Top hitters: P, Tommy Drohner 1×2, 2 BBs, 2 RBI; Brycen Cashin 3B; Landon Moe 2 runs; Kenny Schultz 2B; Carl Biechler 2×2, 3 runs; Matt Eiden 2×3, 2B, 3 RBI; Kaleb Mayer 2B, 2 runs, 2 RBI. M, Donahue 1×3, RBI.
Records: Plover 13-4; Marshfield 8-6.
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Marshfield 12, Wausau 7
Marshfield 720 100 2 – 12 13 6
Wausau 311 002 0 – 7 9 1
WP: Mason Pavloski. LP: Gavin Steppert.
SO: Pavloski (6 inn.) 4, Cole Timmler (1 inn.) 2; Steppert (0 inn.) 0, Wes Schneider (5 1/3 inn.) 2, Evan Graff (1 2/3 inn.) 1. BB: Pavloski 1, Timmler 1; Steppert 2, Schneider 5, Graff 0.
Top hitters: M, Brock Bennington 2×3, HR, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Logan Homolka 2×5, RBI; Riley Bauman 2 runs; Nick Urban 3×5, 3 runs, RBI; Timmler 1×3, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Carsten Jirschele 3×3, 2B, 4 RBI. W, Lane Juedes 3×4, 2 runs, RBI; Steppert 2B, RBI; Bryce Heil 2B, RBI; Cole Osness 2 RBI; Nate Woehlert 2×4, 2B, RBI.
Records: Marshfield 9-6; Wausau 8-6.