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STEVENS POINT – The Marshfield Clinic Post 54 baseball team rolled to another victory in the Class AAA American Legion regional at Bukolt Park on Wednesday, blasting host Stevens Point 13-5 to improve to 2-0 in the double-elimination tournament.
Bobby Pilz earned the win for the Blue Devils (22-6), allowing four runs in 5 1/3 innings. Jake Brueggen picked up the save as he gave up just one run over the final 3 2/3 innings. Pilz is now 8-0 this season and tied a pair of Marshfield team records with the victory Wednesday. His eight wins ties Jack Donahue (2014) and Craig Haffenbredl (2001) for the most in a season, and his eight-consecutive wins ties Donahue’s mark that he set last year.
Donahue smacked a home run, walked three times and scored four runs for Marshfield. Donahue also hit a home run in the Blue Devils’ 17-2 win over Wisconsin Rapids in their regional opener on Tuesday.
Logan Johnson and Sam Neville had RBI singles to key a four-run second inning to push Marshfield ahead.
Stevens Point scored a pair of runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to close to within 5-4 before the Blue Devils put the game away with five runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh.
The Sixers had four errors in the sixth-inning uprising, that included Donahue’s home run and a two-RBI single by Nolan Matson.
Marshfield moves on to a winners’ bracket game against Plover (21-9) at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The winner moves into the championship round on Friday, while the loser will play again at 7:30 p.m. against the winner of the Stevens Point-D.C. Everest game, which is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
Plover outlasted Wausau 8-7 in 11 innings earlier Wednesday, while Everest beat Wisconsin Rapids 5-4 in 10 innings. Wausau and Rapids were eliminated from the tournament.
The champion of the tournament qualifies for the Class AAA Wisconsin State American Legion Baseball Tournament on July 28-31 at Watertown.
This story will be updated when complete statistics are provided.
Blue Devils 13, Sixers 5
Stevens Point 000 220 010 – 5
Marshfield 040 105 30x – 13
WP: Bobby Pilz (5 1/3 inn.). LP: Aaron Nickel. SV: Jake Brueggen (3 2/3 inn.).
Records: Stevens Point 16-11; Marshfield 22-6.
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2015 Class AAA American Legion Baseball Regional
July 21-24, at Bukolt Park, Stevens Point
Tuesday, July 21
Plover 14, D.C. Everest 4
Marshfield 17, Wisconsin Rapids 2
Stevens Point 5, Wausau 4
Wednesday, July 22
D.C. Everest 5, Wisconsin Rapids 4 (10 inn.)
Plover 8, Wausau 7 (11 inn.)
Marshfield 13, Stevens Point 5
Thursday, July 23
D.C. Everest vs. Stevens Point, 1:30 p.m.
Plover vs. Marshfield, 4:30 p.m.
Winner of 1:30 p.m. game vs. Loser of 4:30 p.m. game, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 24
Championship games, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. (if necessary)