Marshfield Chaparrals win season opener

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WESTON – John Safford was 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs to lead the Marshfield Chaparrals baseball team to a 5-3 win over the Everest Merchants in their season opener Wednesday night.

Marshfield opened up a 5-2 lead with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth. Everest scored once in the bottom of the sixth before Jordan Southworth, Lucious Messerschmidt and Howie Heinrich each tossed a shutout inning to close out the victory.

Cain Trunkel earned the win for the Chaps, striking out two and walking five in five innings.

Chaparrals 5, Merchants 3
Marshfield 012 002 000 – 5 5 4
Everest 100 011 000 – 3 7 0

WP: Cain Trunkel. LP: Dan Genrich. SV: Howie Heinrich.
SO: Trunkel 2, Jordan Southworth 0, Lucious Messerschmidt 1, Heinrich 1; Genrich 7, Josh Hoekstra 2. BB: Trunkel 5, Southworth 1, Messerschmidt 0, Heinrich 0; Genrich 8, Hoekstra 1.
Top hitters: M, John Safford 2×3, 2 2Bs, 2 RBIs. DC, Genrich 2B; Ryan Hubacek 2 runs.
Records: Marshfield 0-1; Everest 0-1.