Baseball: Fort falls 10-4 to Madison West in regular-season finale

MADISON — Madison West rallied to the tune of six runs in the sixth inning to upend Fort Atkinson 10-4 in nonconference baseball at Mansfield Stadium on Wednesday.

The Regents (10-15) used three hits to score three runs in the first inning, adding a second-inning run on Ryan Schiessl’s double.

The Blackhawks (6-19) chipped away with three runs off three hits in the third. Braeden Hoth plated Jackson Leibman on a single to make it 4-1. With two outs, Gavin Kanters produced the first of his two doubles, scoring Hoth and Trent Wilson.

Fort tied it at 4-4 in the top of the sixth when Alexis Martinez led off the inning by drawing a walk, stole second, took third on Braden Hausen’s bunt single and scored on a bunt for a hit by Wilson, who was 3-for-4.

The Regents greeted Fort reliever Wilson with five consecutive one-out hits in the sixth. Benji Wenkman doubled home the go-ahead run. Quinn Lightbourne, Milo Dean and Schiessl also contributed run-scoring hits.

Jordan Zahn started for Fort, allowing four runs (one earned) on five hits in five innings in a no decision. Wilson surrendered four earned runs on four hits and got one out in the sixth in the loss. Colin Schrader retired the final two batters in the sixth and was charged with an unearned run.

Fort is the No. 12 seed in its Division 1 playoff bracket and faces fifth-seeded Kettle Moraine at Wales Park in Tuesday’s regional semifinal at 4:30 p.m.

MADISON WEST 10, FORT 4Fort 003 001 0 — 4 11 5

Madison West 310 006 x — 10 9 1

Leading hitters — FA: Wilson 3x4, Kanters 2x3 (2 2B); MW: Schiessl 2x4 (2B), Cal. Donovan 2x4, Thums 2x3, Holmes (2B), Wenkman (2B), Lightbourne (2B).

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — FA: Zahn 5-5-4-1-0-1, Wilson L; 0.1-4-4-4-0-1, Schrader 0.2-2-1-0-1-1; MW: Mattison 5-6-4-4-4-2, Holmes W; 1-2-0-0-0-1, Donovan 1-1-0-0-0-1.