Wausau Pilot & Review
WAUSAU – Wausau East smacked 17 hits and rallied from a three-run deficit to defeat rival Wausau West 6-5 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference baseball game Thursday at East High School.
West led 4-1 after 3½ innings before East tied the game with a three-run fourth. After West scored a run in the fifth, the Lumberjacks forged ahead in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI double by Ryan Rodemeier and a run-scoring single from Caden Werth.
Davis Winter had two hits and earned the pitching win for Wausau East (1-1 overall and WVC), striking out three in two innings.
Travis Klade had three hits and two RBI for West (1-2, 1-1 WVC).
Iain Stahel, Rodemeier and Zach Pagel each had three hits for Wausau East.
Wausau West will play a nonconference game at Menomonie on Friday at 4:30 p.m.
Wausau East will also be back in action Friday, hosting Stratford for a nonconference game starting at 5 p.m.
Lumberjacks 6, Warriors 5
Wausau West 102 110 0 – 5 10 1
Wausau East 100 302 x – 6 17 0
WP: Davis Winter. LP: Lucas Hager.
SO: Hager 2; Caden Werth (5 inn.) 4, Winter (2 inn.) 3. BB: Hager 0; Werth 7, Winter 3.
Top hitters: WW, Tony Iaffaldano 2×5; Travis Klade 3×4, 2B, 2 RBI. WE, Iain Stahel 3×4, RBI; Winter 2×4, 2B, RBI; Ryan Rodemeier 3×4, 2B, 2 RBI; Werth 2×3, 2 RBI; Zach Pagel 3×3, 2B; Jack Barthels 2×3.
Records: Wausau West 1-2, 1-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference; Wausau East 1-1 overall and Wisconsin Valley Conference.
