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EAU CLAIRE – Carsten Jirschele tossed a three-hit shutout to lift the Marshfield Senior Legion baseball team to a 9-0 win over the Green Bay Hornets in its opening game at the Eau Claire Legion Baseball Tournament on Friday at Carson Park.
Jirschele struck out two and walked three in the victory in the five-inning game as Marshfield improves to 16-9 this season.
Marshfield had nine hits, five for extra bases. Riley Bauman hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first, Cole Timmler knocked in another with a double and Jackson Ormond drove in a run with a single to give the Blue Devils a quick 4-0 lead.
Logan Homolka had an RBI triple in the second and scored on a groundout by Brock Bennington as Marshfield pushed its lead to 6-0.
Marshfield pushed across three more runs in the fourth as Ormond delivered a sacrifice fly and Bennett Lang walked with the bases loaded.
Marshfield will play Winona LeJetz (Minn.) and Eau Claire on Saturday as the three-day tournament continues.
Blue Devils 9, Hornets 0
Green Bay 000 00 – 0 3 2
Marshfield 420 3x – 9 9 1
WP: Carsten Jirschele. LP: Johnson.
SO: Johnson (3 2/3 inn.) 0, Konkel (1/3 inn.) 0; Jirschele 2. BB: Johnson 4, Konkel 1; Jirschele 3.
Top hitters: GB, Lampshire 2B; Konkel 2B. M, Logan Homolka 2×2, 3B, 3 runs, RBI; Riley Bauman HR, 2 RBI; Brock Bennington 2 runs; Kale Weisenberger 2B; Cody Donahue 2B; Cole Timmler 2B, RBI; Jackson Ormond 2 RBI.
Records: Green Bay not reported; Marshfield 16-9.