Auburndale baseball outlasts Abbotsford/Colby

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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale baseball team plated eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and held off a seventh-inning rally to defeat Abbotsford/Colby 10-7 in a nonconference game Thursday at Auburndale High School.

The game was tied 2-2 before the Eagles exploded for the eight-run sixth.

Abby/Colby responded with five runs in the top of the seventh before Ian Brown was able to wiggle out of the jam.

Caden Weinfurter had three RBI and Kaden Anderson drove in a pair for Auburndale (3-3).

Carlos Lara had a double and two RBI for Abbotsford/Colby (5-4).

Auburndale hosts Wisconsin Rapids Assumption in a Marawood Conference South Division game Friday at 4:45 p.m.

Eagles 10, Falcons 7
Abbotsford/Colby 001 100 5 – 7 3 1
Auburndale 002 008 – 10 8 5
WP:
Ian Brown. LP: Brandon Diedrich.
SO: Diedrich (5 1/3 inn.) 7, Nick Olvera (2/3 inn.) 1; Alex Willfahrt (4 inn.) 0, Brown (3 inn.) 1. BB: Diedrich 5, Olvera 1; Willfahrt 1, Brown 3.
Top hitters: AC, JV Castillo 2 runs; Blake Bargender 2 runs; Diedrich 2B, RBI; Carlos Lara 2B, 2 RBI. AUB, Willfahrt 2B, 2 runs; Caden Weinfurter 1×3, 3 RBI; Kaden Anderson 2B, 2 RBI; Blake Raab 2×4, 2 runs.
Records: Abbotsford/Colby 5-4; Auburndale 3-3.