Wausau Pilot & Review
EAU CLAIRE – Eau Claire North scored six times in the bottom of the seventh inning to erase a five-run deficit and defeat Wausau East 11-10 in a nonconference baseball game Saturday at Carson Park.
Logan Hesselman singled home the winning run to complete the improbable comeback for Eau Claire North (4-3).
Chase Watkins hit a grand slam home run for the Huskies in the third inning to put North up 5-4 before Wausau East (2-3) stormed back with six runs over the final four innings to take a 10-5 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh.
Jack Barthels and Ryan Rodemeier each had two hits for Wausau East.
Wausau East will host Adams-Friendship for a nonconference game Monday at 4:30 p.m.
Huskies 11, Lumberjacks 10
Wausau East 400 131 1 – 10 10 1
Eau Claire North 014 000 6 – 11 8 2
WP: Ben Mettler. LP: Caden Werth.
SO: Ryan Rodemeier (2 inn.) 4, Davis Winter (4 inn.) 2, Zach Pagel (1/3 inn.) 1, Werth (0 inn.) 0; Kaleb Bruesewitz (1/3 inn.) 0, Chase Williams (3 2/3 inn.) 1, Logan Twitchell (1/3 inn.) 0, Mettler (2 2/3 inn.) 3. BB: Rodemeier 3, Winter 3, Pagel 3, Werth 0; Bruesewitz 4, Williams 2, Twitchell 2, Mettler 0.
Top hitters: WE, Rodemeier 2×4; Werth 1×3, 2 runs, RBI; Pagel 2 runs; R.J. Stroming 1×2, 2 RBI; Jed VanderSanden 1×4, 2 RBI; Jack Barthels 2×4, 2B, RBI. ECN, Tyler Barrows 2×4; Chase Watkins HR, 2 runs, 4 RBI; Gunnar Hayden 2 runs; Mettler 2B, 2 RBI.
Records: Wausau East 2-3; Eau Claire North 4-3.
