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STEVENS POINT – Bryce Schade and Caleb Schaefer combined on a one-hitter as the Marshfield Junior Legion baseball team kept its season alive with a 5-4 victory over Stevens Point in an elimination game at the 17U regional on Saturday at Bukolt Park.
Schade walked eight and allowed four runs, but did not give up a hit in his six innings of work. Schaefer came in and earned the save with a shutout seventh.
Tyler Kremer went 2-for-3 and drove in a run, Mason Anderson had two RBI, and Schaefer scored twice for the Junior Devils (9-21).
A rain out Saturday night will force the tournament to move its schedule into Monday. Plover and Wausau will play a winners’ bracket game at 10 a.m. Sunday, with the loser taking on Marshfield at 1 p.m. for a berth in the championship round. Wisconsin Rapids and the Plover-Wausau winner at 4 p.m. and will also move on to the championship, which will be played at 4 p.m. Monday, and 7 p.m. if necessary.
Marshfield 5, Stevens Point 4
Stevens Point 121 000 0 – 4 1 2
Marshfield 301 100 x – 5 8 3
WP: Bryce Schade. LP: Roth. SV: Caleb Schaefer.
SO: Schade (6 inn.) 3, Schaefer (1 inn.) 1; Krihak (1 inn.) 1, Roth (5 inn.) 0. BB: Schade 8, Schaefer 0; Krihak 3, Roth 1.
Top hitters: SP, Krihak 2B, run. M, Schaefer 2 runs; Easton Ledden 2B, RBI; Schade 2B; Mason Anderson 2 RBI; Tyler Kremer 2×3, RBI.
Records: Stevens Point not reported; Marshfield 9-21.