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SCHOFIELD – The Marshfield Post 54 American Legion baseball team ended its regular-season schedule on a high note, beating D.C. Everest 3-2 in a Wisconsin Valley Legion League game Friday night at Simon Field.
Marshfield is now 12-12 overall and finishes its WVLL schedule with a 8-6 mark. The Blue Devils will be off until Class AAA regional play begins Tuesday at Plover.
Marshfield scored two runs in the top of the first inning and added another in the fourth to take a 3-0 lead, and held on from there.
Ryan Krueger had an RBI single and Branden Montalvo walked with the bases loaded to put the Blue Devils up 2-0 in the first.
Logan Jakobi’s RBI single scored Connor Berry in the fourth to make it 3-0 and the Blue Devils’ pitching did the rest.
Dawson Brock allowed one unearned run in four innings and Hunter Korger pitched the final five, striking out seven and giving up another single tally to Everest in the eighth inning.
Marshfield was limited to six hits, two from Jacob Neve, who hit in the leadoff spot. Andrew Barnanowski went 3-for-5 for Everest.
Marshfield 3, D.C. Everest 2
Marshfield 200 100 000 – 3 6 1
D.C. Everest 000 100 010 – 2 9 3
WP: Hunter Korger. LP: Andrew Baranowski.
SO: Dawson Brock (4 inn.) 0, Korger (5 inn.) 7; Baranowski (2 inn.) 2, Nate Jagodzinski (3 inn.) 2, Sam Nielsen (4 inn.) 4. BB: Brock 0, Korger 2; Baranowski 5, Jagodzinski 0, Nielsen 0.
Top hitters: M, Jacob Neve 2×3, 2B, run; Logan Jakobi 1×1, run, RBI, 2 BBs; Ryan Krueger 1×4, RBI. DC, Baranowski 3×5; Cody Duffrin 2×3, RBI; Jagodzinski 2B.