Auburndale baseball defeats Wittenberg-Birnamwood, blanks Peshtigo

Auburndale’s Blake Raab. (Paul Lecker file photo)

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WITTENBERG – The Auburndale baseball team had a combined 21 runs on 21 hits in a sweep of two games at the Wittenberg-Birnamwood Triangular on Saturday at Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School.

The Eagles defeated Witt-Birn 13-3 and blanked Peshtigo 8-0 to improve to 9-6 this season.

Aden Cherney earned the win with a complete game against Wittenberg-Birnamwood, striking out nine with just one walk. He also added two hits and scored twice.

Sloan Welch went 3-for-4 with four runs scored, and Kaden Anderson and Connor Brandl each had three RBI in the win for the Eagles.

Blake Raab and Caden Weinfurter combined on a three-hit shutout against Peshitgo. Raab went six innings and struck out five without a walk, and was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Weinfurter added three RBI for Auburndale.

Auburndale hosts Marathon in Marawood Conference South Division play Tuesday at 4:45 p.m.

Eagles 13, Chargers 2
Auburndale 405 200 2 – 13 12 0
Wittenberg-Birnamwood 120 000 0 – 3 8 3
WP:
Aden Cherney. LP: Calvin Scheurer.
SO: Cherney 9. BB: Cherney 1.
Top hitters: A, Cherney 2×4, 2 runs, RBI; Blake Raab 2×5; Sloan Welch 3×4, 4 runs, RBI; Kaden Anderson 2×3, 2B, 3 RBI; Connor Brandl 1×4, 3 RBI; Trayton Weber 3 runs. WB: Chase Krull 2B; Kaden Schmidt HR, 2 RBI.
Records: Auburndale 8-6; Wittenberg-Birnamwood 10-2.

Eagles 8, Bulldogs 0
Auburndale 000 100 7 – 8 9 0
Peshtigo 000 000 0 – 0 3 1
WP:
Raab. LP: Jake Berth.
SO: Raab (6 inn.) 5, Caden Weinfurter (1 inn.) 1; Berth (3 inn.) 4, Landon Lemke (2 2/3 inn.) 3, Collin McMahon (1/3 inn.) 0. BB: Raab 0; Weinfurter 0; Berth 3, Lemke 3, McMahon 0.
Top hitters: A, Raab, 3×4, 2B, RBI; Anderson 2 runs; Weinfurter 1×4, 3 RBI. P, Trevor Walters 2×3.
Records: Auburndale 9-6; Peshtigo 5-7.