Weinfurter tosses complete game for Apaches

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

STRATFORD — Auburndale scored four times in the top of the fifth inning, and the Apaches held on from there to beat Stratford 5-4 in a Marawood Conference South Division baseball game Thursday.

Stratford scored three times in the first inning before Auburndale stormed back with a run in the fourth and four more in the fifth to take the lead for good.

Caleb Weinfurter earned the win with a complete game, striking out five and scattering nine hits for the Apaches (2-5, 2-4 Marawood South).

Dakota Singer was 3-for-4, and Dylan Peterson drove in three runs for Stratford (5-6, 4-4 Marawood South).

Auburndale hosts Wisconsin Rapids Assumption on Friday, while Stratford is off until Monday when it is home against Marathon.

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

Apaches 5, Tigers 4

Auburndale 000 140 0 – 5 5 2

Stratford 300 010 0 – 4 9 2

WP: Caleb Weinfurter. LP: Cole Hoffman.

SO: Weinfurter 5; Hoffman (4 2/3 inn.) 5, Kade Ehrike (2 1/3 inn.) 3. BB: Weinfurter 4; Hoffman 4, Ehrike 2.

Top hitters: A, Ryan Isaacson 2B, 2 runs. S, Dakota Singer 3×4; Dylan Peterson 3 RBIs.

Records: Auburndale 2-5, 2-4 Marawood South; Stratford 5-6, 4-4 Marawood South.