In Brodhead, the Cardinals and Cougars split a doubleheader on Saturday but it was Clinton that walked away as the big winners as it put itself in possession to claim a share of the RVC Rock title.
The Cardinals won the first game of the doubleheader 6-4 but fell in the second game 10-8 in eight innings.
Brodhead/Juda finishes 10-5 in the conference while the Cougars are 9-5 with one RVC Rock game left, a showdown with winless Whitewater on Monday. If Clinton manages to avoid the upset it would share the conference crown with the Cardinals.
RBI singles from Tyler Moe and Payton Whalen in the top of the seventh acted as insurance as the Cougars won the first game on Saturday. Ryan Searls’ RBI groundout in the bottom half wasn’t enough for a comeback.
Logan Hendricks had two hits for Clinton (11-7) while Whalen and Gavin Wesling had two hits and two RBI. Searls paced Brodhead/Juda (12-10) with three hits while Gabe Bockhop had two.
Tim Arnold earned the win for the Cougars as he went six innings and allowed four runs (one earned) with five strikeouts. Evan Senobe went six innings for the Cardinals while allowing three hits, four runs (four earned) with four walks and eight strikeouts.
In the nightcap, Ryan Searls’ sacrifice fly broke a seven-all tie and two runs scored on a Cougars’ error as Brodhead/Juda beat Clinton in eight innings.
Down 7-4, Wesling had an RBI double, Moe hit an RBI sacrifice and Whalen’s one-run single tied it at seven to send it to extras. The Cougars got a run back on an error but two outs ended the comeback.
The two squads combined for nine errors.
Wesling, Moe, Whalen and Arnold all had two hits for Clinton. Clayton Elliott smacked a two-run home run and Senobe had an RBI triple for the Cardinals, who drew seven walks.
GAME ONE
CLINTON 6, BRODHEAD/JUDA 4
Clinton 000 211 2 — 6 7 5
Brodhead 010 110 1 — 4 6 0
Leading hitters — Clin, Hendricks (C) 2x2, Wesling (C) 2x3, Whalen (C) 2x4, R. Searls (B) 3x4, Bockhop (B) 2x4.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — C: Arnold (W, 6-6-5-1-1-5), Wesling (1-0-0-0-0-0); B: Senobe (L, 6-3-4-4-4-8), Elliott (1-4-2-2-0-1).
GAME TWO
BRODHEAD/JUDA 10, CLINTON 8 (8)
B 230 011 03 — 10 5 3
C 000 031 31 — 8 9 6
Leading hitters — B/J, Senobe (B) 2x4, Elliott (B) 2x5, Wesling (C) 2x4, Whalen (C) 2x3, Moe (C) 2x3, Arnold (C) 2x4.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — B: Sawle (W, 6 2/3-9-7-5-1-6), Elliott (1 1/3-0-1-0-0-3); C: Wesling (L, 5-3-6-3-3-3), Atkinson (3-2-4-2-4-3).
Edgerton 14, Whitewater 4 (6)/Edgerton 12, Big Foot 2 (5) — The Crimson Tide picked up two lopsided victories over the weekend.
On Friday, Edgerton defeated the Whippets 14-4 in six innings. The Crimson Tide picked up 10 hits in their victory and scored 13 runs in the final six innings of the game.
On Saturday, the Crimson Tide downed the Chiefs 12-2 in five innings. Edgerton opened the bottom of the first with six runs to run away with the win.
FRIDAY
EDGERTON 14, WHITEWATER 4 (6)
Edgerton 100 715 — 14 10 0
Whitewater 400 000 — 4 5 3
Leading hitters — Friend (W) 2x3, Kittleson (E) 2x4, Fox (E) 3x3. 2B — Pope (W), Fox, Kurt (E), Hatch (E), Towns (E).
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-k-bb) — W: Sagrero (2/3-1-1-1-0-3), Hicks (L, 5 1/3-9-13-9-0-6); E: Towns (W, 5-5-4-4-8-4), Appel (1-0-0-0-3-0).
SATURDAY
EDGERTON 12, BIG FOOT 2 (5)
Big Foot 110 00 — 2 5 1
Edgerton 610 32 — 12 7 0
Leading hitters — Stengel (E) 2x2. 2B — Weeks (BF), Henningfeld (BF). HR — Stengel.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-k-bb) — E: LaSchum (W, 5-5-2-1-5-0); BF: Martinez (1/3-2-2-2-0-2), Wojcik (3 2/3-5-4-4-2-0), Smith (L, 1/3-0-6-6-0-5).
Jefferson 7, Beloit Turner 2 — In Whitewater, The Trojans committed three errors and were limited to an RBI doubles from Noah Pfundheller and Andy Buckley in a loss to the Eagles at the UW-Whitewater Triangular on Saturday.
Jefferson (20-5) was up 4-1 after two innings and added two runs in the sixth. Fernando Tillery had two of Turner’s six hits while Ethan Halon took the loss from the mound as he allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and three walks with three strikeouts in three innings.
Payton Heard went 3-for-4 with two RBI for Jefferson while Gavin Berge had a two-run double.
Denmark 2, Beloit Turner 1 — Brandon Dvorak brough the go-ahead run home with his RBI groundout in the top of the seventh as the Vikings edged the Trojans in Whitewater.
Pfundheller made it one-all with his sacrifice fly in the sixth as Zack Ries and Jayden Mosley each had two of Turner’s six hits.
Buckley allowed just one hit but walked five and allowed an earned run in his start from the mound for the Trojans (11-10). He struck out four in the three innings while Carston Jacobson allowed an unearned run on three hits with two strikeouts in four innings.
Ebyn LaForest had two hits for Denmark (17-5), which was outhit 6-4.
JEFFERSON 7, BELOIT TURNER 2
Beloit Turner 011 000 0 — 2 6 3
Jefferson 310 102 — 7 8 0
Leading hitters — BT, Tillery (BT) 2x2, Heard (J) 3x4.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — BT: Halon (L, 3-5-4-3-3-3), Ries (2 1/3-3-3-2-0-0), Wightman (2/3-0-0-0-0-0); J: Vogel (W, 2 1/3-3-2-2-2-2), Wagner (4 2/3-3-0-0-2-2).
DENMARK 2, BELOIT TURNER 1
Denmark 100 000 1 — 2 4 0
Beloit Turner 000 001 0 — 1 6 1
Leading hitters — LaForest (D) 2x3, Ries (BT) 2x3, Mosley (BT) 2x2.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — D: Dorak (W, 4-3-0-0-1-1), DeLarwelle (3-3-1-1-3-2); BT: Buckley (3-1-1-1-5-4), Jacobson (L, 4-3-1-0-2-2).
OTHER AREA RESULTS
FRIDAY
BIG FOOT 2, ORFORDVILLE PARKVIEW 1
Parkview 000 001 0 — 1 8 3
Big Foot 002 000 X — 2 3 0
Leading hitters — Grenawalt (P) 2x4, Treinen (P) 3x3. 2B — Weeks (BF), Grenawalt, Treinen.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-k-bb) — BF: Jacobs (1-1-0-0-0-0), Glos (W, 6-7-1-1-7-3); P: Hobon (L, 6-3-2-1-8-0).
SATURDAY
ELKHORN 14, EVANSVILLE 1 (5)
Evansville 001 00 — 1 5 2
Elkhorn 356 0X — 14 12 1
Leading hitters — Lueptow (EL) 3x3, Paddock (EL) 2x2, Greely (EL) 2x3, Yesbeck (EL) 2x3, Bakken (EV) 2x3. 2B — Paddock, Yesbeck, Rushing (EL), Person (EL), Lueptow. 3B — Paddock.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-k-bb) — EL: Herchenbach (2-1-0-0-2-1), Lysaght (W, 3-4-1-1-5-2); EV: Bakken (2-6-6-6-1-1), Harris (L, 2-6-8-7-0-0).
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