Cooper Krings hits homer for Apaches

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARATHON — Auburndale had the Marawood Conference South Division-leading Marathon baseball team on the ropes, but the Raiders were able to score a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull out a 5-4 victory on Friday.

Auburndale tied the game 4-4 with a run in the sixth inning and two more in the seventh, but the Raiders were able to scratch out a run in the bottom of the inning to win it and clinch at least a tie for their seventh-straight Marawood South championship.

Aaron Willfahrt had three hits, including a double, and drove in a run, and Cooper Krings hit a home run for the Apaches (5-9, 4-6 Marawood South).

Auburndale hosts Loyal and Amherst in its home tournament on Saturday.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Raiders 5, Apaches 4

Auburndale 001 001 2 – 4 6

Marathon 012 010 1 – 5 8

Marathon statistics not reported.

LP: Caleb Weinfurter.

SO: Weinfurter (6 inn.) 1, Wyatt Weiler (2/3 inn.) 0. BB: Weinfurter 2, Weiler 3.

Top hitters: A, Aaron Willfahrt 3×3, 2B, RBI; Cooper Krings HR.

Records: Marathon 17-2, 9-0 Marawood Conference South Division; Auburndale 5-9, 4-6 Marawood South.