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MARATHON – Tyler Underwood had an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning to bust open a tie game and lead Marathon to an 8-7 win over Stratford in a Marawood Conference South Division baseball game Tuesday at Marathon High School.
The Tigers trailed 7-4 before Jack Tubbs smashed a three-run homer to tie the game. Tubbs finished with three hits and scored twice.
Vance Kielman also had two hits and two RBI, and Braeden Schueller had a double and scored twice for Stratford (3-2, 2-1 Marawood South).
True Thurs had a home run and drove in three for Marathon (6-1, 4-0 Marawood South).
The teams will play again at the Tiger Stadium baseball field Thursday in Stratford starting at 4:45 p.m.
Raiders 8, Tigers 7
Stratford 202 300 0 – 7 8 6
Marathon 403 001 x – 8 5 3
WP: Cody Radtke. LP: Brady Schmidt.
SO: Henry Zaleski (4 1/3 inn.) 2, Schmidt (1 2/3 inn.) 3; Grant Warren (3 1/3 inn.) 3, Radtke (3 2/3 inn.) 3. BB: Zaleski 3, Schmidt 2; Warren 2, Radtke 3.
Top hitters: S, Jack Tubbs 3×4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 runs; Braeden Schueller 2B, 2 runs, RBI; Vance Kielman 2×2, 2 RBI. M, Daniel LaQua 2 runs; Tyler Underwood 2×3, 2B, 2 runs, RBI; Warren 2 RBI; True Thurs HR, 2 runs, 3 RBI.
Records: Stratford 3-2, 2-1 Marawood Conference South Division; Marathon 6-1, 4-0 Marawood Conference South Division.