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MIDDLETON – The Marshfield baseball team was swept in a nonconference doubleheader Saturday at Middleton, losing 8-7 and 4-2.
Marshfield led 4-2 after a four-run second inning of Game 1 but couldn’t hang on as Middleton scored four runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth to pull ahead.
The Tigers scored twice in the seventh but couldn’t get the tying run across.
Braden Bohman and Jake Brueggen each drove in two runs, and Paul Maguire and Jared Klein both had two hits for Marshfield in the loss.
In Game 2, Middleton scored three unearned runs against Brueggen in the second inning.
Trevor Schwecke had two hits and Maguire drove in a pair of runs for the Tigers (4-6).
Marshfield hosts Stevens Point on Tuesday at Hackman Field.
Game 1
Cardinals 8, Tigers 7
Marshfield 040 010 2 – 7 10 1
Middleton 200 042 x – 8 7 2
WP: Brennan Schmitt. LP: Logan Jakobi. SV: Hunter Bindl.
SO: Jakobi (4 1/3 inn.) 0, Connor Jasurda (1 inn.) 1, Hunter Korger (2/3 inn.) 1; Schmitt (5 inn.) 4, Bindl (2 inn.) 3. BB: Jakobi 3, Jasurda 2, Korger 2; Schmitt 2, Bindl 3.
Top hitters: MAR, Braden Bohman 2B, 2 RBIs; Tyson Slade 2B; Paul Maguire 2×3; Jared Klein 2×4; Scott Berg 2 runs; Jake Brueggen 2 RBIs. MID, Brennan Schmitt 2B, 3 RBIs; Alan Roben 2×3, 3B, 2 RBIs; Ivan Monreal 2 runs.
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Game 2
Cardinals 4, Tigers 2
Marshfield 101 000 0 – 2 6 1
Middleton 030 010 x – 4 6 2
WP: Drew Finley-Haag. LP: Brueggen. SV: Bindl.
SO: Brueggen (5 inn.) 3, Connor Jasurda (1 inn.) 2; Finley-Haag (6 inn.) 3, Bindl (1 inn.) 1. BB: Brueggen 3, Jasurda 0; Finley-Haag 3, Bindl 0.
Top hitters: MAR, Trevor Schwecke 2×3; Braden Bohman 2B; Paul Maguire 2 RBIs. MID, Logan Ziegler 2×3, 2B.
Records: Marshfield 4-6; Middleton 8-1.