Wausau Pilot & Review
WAUSAU – Brennan Fictum and Ty Teske combined on a two-hitter as the Wausau West baseball team downed rival Wausau East 6-2 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference opener for both teams Tuesday at West High School.
Fictum struck out eight in 5 1/3 innings to earn the win and Teske finished up with a 1 2/3 innings of shutout ball as West improved to 1-1 overall.
Tony Iaffaldano, Jackson Albee and Joe Graveen each had two hits for West, with Albee and Travis Klade each collecting a pair of RBI.
Oliver Turjaski had a single and an RBI for Wausau East (3-2 overall).
The two teams will meet again Thursday at Wausau East.
Warriors 6, Lumberjacks 2
Wausau East 000 200 0 – 2 2 1
Wausau West 012 003 x – 6 11 2
WP: Brennan Fictum. LP: Jack Barthels. SV: Ty Teske.
SO: Barthels (4 inn.) 4, R.J. Stroming (2 inn.) 3; Fictum (5 1/3 inn.) 8, Teske (1 2/3 inn.) 3. BB: Barthels 1, Stroming 2; Fictum 4, Teske 2.
Top hitters: WE, Oliver Turjaski 1×2, RBI. WW, Tony Iaffaldano 2×2, 2B, 2 runs; Joe Graveen 2×4, 2 runs, RBI; Jackson Albee 2×4, 2B, 2 RBI; Travis Klade 2B, 2 RBI.
Records: Wausau East 3-2, 0-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference; Wausau West 1-1, 1-0 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
