MONROE — The Cheesemakers lost to Monona Grove 12-2 in a Badger South Game May 11.
The Silver Eagles scored five runs in the top of the first inning and made it 10-2 in the third to pull away. Monroe’s defense committed five errors.
Jared Cline took the loss on the bump, giving up nine runs — just five earned — on six hits and three walks in 2.1 innings of work. Jared Baumgartner was the first of three relievers used in the game. Baumgartner, Max Golembiewski and Zach Ripp combined to allow three runs to score on two walks and six hits over the final 3.2 innings of the game.
The Cheesemakers collected just three hits against Monona Grove starter Brady Gerothanas. Trevor Meier, Conner Foley and Payton Sawdey each had a single. Sawdey drove in both Monroe runs with a single in the second inning.
Game 1: Brodhead-Juda 4, Monroe 0
Game 2: Monroe 7, Brodhead-Juda 4
BRODHEAD — The Cardinals split a nonconference doubleheader with the Cheesemakers May 11. The twinbill was originally scheduled to be played at UW-Whitewater but was postponed due to inclement weather.
In Game 1, Brodhead-Juda led 3-0 after the second inning and added an insurance run in the seventh. Andrew Brockwell got the win on the mound, throwing all seven innings for the Cardinals and allowing just four hits and three walks with five strikeouts on 95 pitches.
Monroe’s Henry Brukwicki was tagged with the loss, lasting five innings an giving up five hits and four walks. Just one of the three runs against him were earned. Max Golembiewski tossed the bottom of the sixth, giving up an earned run while striking out two.
Chase Harnack was the only player for either team with two hits, though Cardinals teammates Jake Miller and Brady Malkow each walked twice. Foley and Payton Stauffacher were each 1 for 2 with a walk.
In Game 2, Brodhead-Juda scored four times in the top of the third, but Monroe rallied with a five-run fourth. The Cheesemakers added two runs in the fifth.
Tyler Matley was 3 for 4 with two RBIs for Monroe, with Stauffacher going 2 for 4 and Jared Dillon finishing 2 for 3 with two RBIs. Malkow had two hits for Brodhead.
Max Lange got the win on the mound, allowing four runs on six hits and a walk in six innings of work. Lang struck out four batters. Dillon pitched the seventh for the save, striking out two batters and walking one.
Cade Walker took the loss for Brodhead-Juda, lasting just 3.1 innings and allowing five earned runs on four hits and three walks. Conner Green pitched 1.2 innings of relief, giving up a pair of unearned runs, and Marco Bueno got the final three outs for the Cardinals, scattering three hits.
Evansville 3, Brodhead-Juda 1
BRODHEAD — The Cardinals gave up two runs in the top of the fifth that decided the game in a Rock Valley loss May 9.
Evansville took a 1-0 lead in the third, while the Cardinals tied it in the bottom of the fourth.
The two teams combined for just seven hits.
Quinton Kammerer labored through five innings on the mound for Brodhead-Juda, giving up three runs on four hits and two walks while striking out five on 94 pitches. Gavin Kammerer and Brady Malkow each tossed a scoreless inning of relief for the Cardinals.
Evansville’s Ethan France was dazzling, throwing the complete game shutout on just 70 pitches, giving up three hits and an unearned run without a walk. He struck out four.
Game 1: Shullsburg-Benton 6, Pecatonica 0
Game 2: Shullsburg-Benton 4, Pecatonica 2
SHULLSBURG — The third-ranked Vikings were swept by the fourth-ranked Miners in a doubleheader May 10.
In the opener, both teams scored two runs in the first inning, but it was the Miners that found a way to get in control after that.
Shullsburg-Benton scored a run in the third to grab the lead and then plated two more in the fourth. Pecatonica could only muster a single run in the seventh.
Colton Schraepfer was 3 for 4 for the Vikings, which collected nine singles but no extra base hits in the game.
Lane Busser was tagged for the loss, allowing four earned runs on four hits and two walks in three innings of work. Carter Ruegsegger threw three scoreless innings of relief, scattering three hits and striking out two while hitting a batter.
In Game 2, the Miners scored two runs in the top of the first, then added a run in the fourth, two more in the fifth and another in the seventh for good measure.
Pecatonica was held to just two base hits while walking four times. Busser walked twice in the two-hole.
Freshman Hunter Enloe was hung for the loss, pitching 4.2 innings and allowing four earned runs on eight hits. He struck out seven. Dakota Doescher allowed an unearned run to score while striking out three, walking two and giving up a hit in 2.1 innings of relief.
Darlington 4, Riverdale 0
MUSCODA — The Redbirds found a way to score in three different innings and received a gem on the mound from Preston Banfield in their SWAL win May 10.
Banfield threw a complete game, allowing just four hits and three walks while striking out five on 91 pitches.
Seven Redbirds collected a hit, with Banfield helping his cause with a two-run single in the top of the fifth.
Fennimore 14, Darlington 7
DARLINGTON — Braden Davis and Kolbe Ubersox each doubled and finished with two hits and Cayden Rankin hit a two-RBI double, but the Redbirds defense squandered the May 9 game early on.
Nick Andrae threw 79 pitches in 3.2 innings, giving up six hits and five walks with four strikeouts. All eight of the runs he allowed were unearned.
James Hartwig came on in relief and allowed five runs — just one earned — in 2.2 innings of work. Hartwig walked four and allowed a single. Barry Schliem gave up a hit and a walk before being pulled for Davis, who got the final two outs on three pitches.
Darlington took a 2-0 lead after the first inning, but Fennimore put a five-spot on the Redbirds in the top of the second. A three-run fourth knocked Andrae off the mound.
In the bottom of the sixth, the Redbirds scored five runs to make it 9-7, putting pressure on the Eagles. Fennimore responded with a five-run seventh inning.
New Glarus 16, Monticello-Albany 4
MONTICELLO — The Knights scored in five of the six innings of their nonconference game against the Ponies May 11.
New Glarus scored three runs in the top of the first and four more in the second to go up 7-0. Monticello-Albany responded with a four-run second inning, but the Knights added two more runs in the third, three in the fifth and four in the sixth to break the game wide open.
Connor Siegenthaler was 2 for 3 with a walk, two runs and four RBIs for New Glarus. Darris Schuett scored four runs and drove in two. Holden Latsch was 2 for 3 with a double, two runs, two walks and three RBIs. Ben Melvin finished 2 for 5 with two RBIs.
Monticello-Albany’s Devin Holtz had three hits and drove in a run, while Garrett Grossen was 2 for 3 with a run in the eight-hole.
Melvin pitched the first 1.1 innings for New Glarus, allowing four runs on five hits and a walk. Carter Siegenthaler allowed just two hits and a walk with four strikeouts over the next 3.2 innings of work, and Eli Zimmerman struck out the side in a scoreless inning of work.
Trayden Foster was tagged for six runs on three hits and two walks for the Ponies. Foster lasted just 1.2 innings before being removed for Corbin Kelly, who went 2.2 innings and allowed six runs on seven hits. Luke Johnson pitched an inning, giving up four earned runs on five walks, and Andrew Eyler stopped the bleeding for Monticello-Albany, striking out three.
Cambridge 3, New Glarus 1
CAMBRIDGE — The Knights couldn’t cap a rally in the seventh and lost to Cambridge in a Capitol South game May 10.
Peyton Mendleski was charged with the loss, giving up five hits and six walks in six innings.
Cambridge scored one run in the first and then scratched two across in the bottom of the sixth to make it a 3-0 game.
New Glarus had runners on the corners with one out in the seventh and scored on a fielder’s choice groundout. A Cooper Dreyfus double again put runners at the corners and Schuett walked on a full count to load the bases. Conner Siegenthaler, the Knights’ No. 3 hitter, struck out on three pitchers against a relief pitcher.
Game 1: Highland 12, Black Hawk 6
Game 2: Highland 15, Black Hawk 6
SOUTH WAYNE — In the first game of a Six Rivers crossover doubleheader May 10, the Warriors scored six runs in the bottom of the second to go up 6-4 but couldn’t hold the lead.
Jayden Stietz took the loss on the mound, throwing 92 pitches in four innings of work, allowing eight runs (four earned) on seven hits and seven walks. Jexen Stietz threw the final three innings, giving up four runs on four hits and three walks.
Seven of the nine Black Hawk hitters recorded base knocks. Avery Baumgartner, Brandon Schiferl and Jexen Stietz all doubled. Baumgartner drove in a pair of runs.
In Game 2, Highland took a 4-0 lead in the second and led 9-3 after the fourth. The Warriors brought it to within three runs with a three-run fifth, but Highland plated six runs in the bottom of the sixth to seal the doubleheader sweep.
Schiferl, Jexen Stietz and Rece Shelton each had two hits for Black Hawk in Game 2. Shelton and Brady Hagen each doubled and had two RBIs.
Thatcher Schliem pitched 4.2 innings for the Warriors, giving up nine runs on nine hits and seven walks. Schiferl and Baumgartner each pitched 2/3s of an inning, giving up a combined six runs on three hits and five walks.
Argyle 7, Black Hawk 4
ARGYLE — The Orioles used a four-run fifth inning to pull away from the Warriors in a makeup game played May 11.
Clay Ritschard had three hits for Argyle, while Mason Waage, Jayden Johnson and Lenny Tillmans each had two hits. One of Tillman’s hits was a double, and Tillman and Johnson each had two RBIs.
Schiferl was 2 for 4 for Black Hawk.
Clay Ritschard pitched all seven innings for Argyle, giving up six hits, two walks and a hit batsman. Three of the four Warriors runs were earned. Ritschard struck out four.
Shelton was hung with the loss for Black Hawk. The senior hurler allowed seven runs (four earned) on nine hits and three walks. He struck out three in 4.2 innings of work. Baumgartner scattered a pair of walks and hits in 1.1 scoreless innings.
Game 1: Belmont 7, Argyle 0
Game 2: Belmont 4, Argyle 3
ARGYLE — In the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, the Orioles gave up six runs in the first two innings and couldn’t catch up.
Argyle committed six errors in the game defensively, which led to four unearned runs.
Miken Godfrey couldn’t get out of the second inning, allowing six runs to cross on four hits and two walks on 57 pitches. Jake Ploessl then pitched the next five innings, holding the Braves to three hits and an unearned run with three strikeouts. Travis Dammen pitched a scoreless seventh with two Ks.
At the plate, BJ Penniston had three hits for the Orioles, including a double, while Johnson had a single and a double.
In Game 2, errors again came back to haunt Argyle. Mitchell Flannery pitched all 4.2 innings, allowing four runs (two earned) on six hits and a walk. The game ended in the bottom of the fifth on a two-out walk-off single to center with two runners on base by Luke Kamps.
Ritschard had two of Argyle’s three hits in the game, which included a double.
