Marshfield Senior Legion splits two at Sheboygan Tournament

Marshfield Legion’s Cole Timmler. (Paul Lecker file photo)

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SHEBOYGAN – The Marshfield Post 54 Legion baseball team split a pair of games at the Sheboygan Legion Tournament on Friday, losing to Viroqua 6-4 before coming back to beat Sheboygan 6-1.

Brock Bennington, Nick Urban and Ben Dietsche each had two hits in the loss to Viroqua.

Homolka picked up the win against Sheboygan, striking out seven without a walk in five innings. Cole Timmler had a double and two RBI, and Bennett Lang and Mason Pavloski each had RBI in the victory for the Blue Devils (8-5).

Marshfield will play Plover at 12:30 p.m. Saturday as the tournament continues.

Viroqua 6, Marshfield 4
Marshfield 101 010 1 – 4 9 2
Viroqua 112 200 x – 6 8 3
WP:
Olson. LP: Nick Urban. SV: Geary.
SO: Urban 4; Olson (5 inn.) 4, Geary (2 inn.) 1. BB: Urban 2; Olson 3, Geary 1.
Top hitters: M, Brock Bennington 2×4, 2B, RBI; Riley Bauman 2B, RBI; Ben Dietsche 2×4; Logan Homolka 2B; Urban 2×2. V, Kowalcyzk 2×3, 2 3Bs, 2 RBI; Gelhaus 2×3, 2B, RBI; Haubatch 2B, RBI.

Marshfield 6, Sheboygan 1
Marshfield 402 000 0 – 6 2 2
Sheboygan 001 000 0 – 1 4 1
WP:
Homolka. LP: Leonhard.
SO: Homolka (5 inn.) 7, Bennington (2 inn.) 0; Leonhard (3 2/3 inn.) 1, Hilbelink (3 1/3 inn.) 1. BB: Homolka 0, Bennington 2; Leonhard 10, Hilbelink 0.
Top hitters: M, Cole Timmler 2B, 2 RBI; Bennett Lang 1×2, RBI. S, Hilbelink 3B.