Legion baseball: Fort Atkinson thumps Middleton 9-1

MIDDLETON -- Colin Schrader pitched four effective innings with three strikeouts as Fort Atkinson's American Legion Post 166 19U baseball team beat host Middleton 9-1 on Tuesday.

Schrader gave up an earned run on three hits and walked one in the decision. Braiden Wainwright pitched a scoreless fifth, Alexis Martinez tossed a scoreless sixth before Jaren Strasburg struck out the side in the seventh.

The Hawks scored four times in the third inning, adding five runs in the fifth to break it open.

Schrader and Cam Haagensen tallied two hits apiece for Fort, which hosts its regional tournament this weekend at Jones Park. The three-team double-elimination tournament gets started on Saturday with Grafton facing Cedarburg at 1 p.m., followed by Grafton vs. Fort Atkinson at 4 p.m. and Fort vs. Cedarburg at 6:30 p.m.

Sunday's schedule is as follows: game 4 at 10 a.m., game 5 at 12:30 p.m. and game 6, if necessary, at 3 p.m. If all teams go 1-1 on Day 1, the same order will be used for games on Day 2. Play could continue on Monday if the first two days produce even results or if weather disrupts the schedule.

FORT ATKINSON 9, MIDDLETON 1

Fort 004 050 0 -- 9 8 0

Middleton 100 000 0 -- 1 5 4

Leading hitters -- FA: Haagensen 2x5, Schrader 2x4 (2B); M: Schecher 2x3.

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- FA: Schrader W; 4-3-1-1-1-3, Wainwright 1-0-0-0-0-0, Martinez 1-0-0-0-0-1, Strasburg 1-0-0-0-0-3; M: Studee 2-2-1-1-1-1, Faessler L; 2-3-3-2-3-1, Lucchesi 1-4-5-5-2-0, Feyner 2-1-0-0-1-1.