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SPENCER – Stratford used a seven-run fourth inning to take control and went on to defeat Spencer 13-8 in a nonconference baseball matchup Thursday at Spencer High School.
Spencer led 3-1 before the Tigers exploded in the fourth. Stratford added three more runs in the fifth, and after Spencer got back in it with a four-run sixth, the Tigers scored twice in the seventh to provide the final margin.
Landon Zawislan and Jackson Ormond each had two hits and three RBI, and Riley Spindler had a pair of RBI as well for the Tigers (13-3).
Kaiden Miller and Reed Knecht both had two hits and drove in two runs apiece for Spencer (11-7).
Spencer wraps up its Cloverbelt Conference East Division schedule at Neillsville on Friday.
Stratford hosts Medford for a nonconference game Friday at 4:45 p.m. at the Tiger Stadium Baseball Field.
Tigers 13, Rockets 8
Stratford 010 730 2 – 13 7 3
Spencer 003 014 0 – 8 9 4
WP: Vance Kielman. LP: Tyler Peterson.
SO: Kielman (3 1/3 inn.) 8, Landon Zawislan (2 inn.) 3, Riley Kroening (1 inn.) 2; Peterson (3 1/3 inn.) 2, Carter Luepke (2/3 inn.) 0, Peyton Brookhart (3 inn.) 2. BB: Kielman 1, Zawislan 1, Kroening 0; Peterson 2, Luepke 4, Brookhart 5.
Top hitters: ST, Jackson Ormond 2×3, 2 runs, 3 RBI; Braeden Schueller 1×2, 3 runs, RBI; Zawislan 2×3, 3B, 2 runs, 3 RBI; Riley Spindler 1×2, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Kielman 1×4, 2 runs, RBI. SP, Luke Roehrborn 2B, 3 runs; Reed Knecht 2×4, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Kaiden Miller 2×4, 2 RBI; Andrew Sieracki 2B, RBI; Zack Roehrborn 1×2, 2 RBI.
Records: Stratford 13-3; Spencer 11-7.