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OWEN – The Marshfield Columbus Catholic baseball team rallied with four runs in the top of the seventh inning to defeat Owen-Withee 10-9 in a wild Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Tuesday.
Columbus led 5-0 after 1½ innings before O-W tied it up with a five-run second.
After the Dons regained the lead with a run in the fourth, Owen-Withee scored a pair of runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to grab a 9-6 advantage.
Columbus responded with a four-run seventh and Jeremy Binder held the Blackhawks scoreless in the bottom of the inning to preserve the victory. Binder struck out six and did not walk a batter.
Billy Young and Tyler Fuerlinger each went 3-for-5, with Young driving in four runs and Fuerlinger finishing with three RBIs for Columbus (3-2 overall and Cloverbelt East). Matthias Gouin added a pair of singles for the Dons.
The Dons host Loyal on Thursday at Jack Hackman Field.
Dons 10, Blackhawks 9
Columbus Catholic 140 100 4 – 10 10 4
Owen-Withee 050 022 0 – 9 10 2
WP: Jeremy Binder. LP: Kole Karaba.
SO: Binder 6; Karaba 8, Kolton Kaduce 0. BB: Binder 0; Karaba 8; Kaduce 0.
Top hitters: C, Matthias Gouin 2×4; Tyler Fuerlinger 3×5, 3 RBIs; Billy Young 3×5, 2B, 4 RBIs. OW, Kaduce 2×4; A.J. Ovyn 2×4; Hayden Houts 2B.
Records: Columbus Catholic 3-2 overall and Cloverbelt East; Owen-Withee 2-3-1, 2-3 Cloverbelt East.