KENOSHA, Wis.—Kenosha St. Joseph starter Mason Ballard welcomed the Clinton baseball team to its first regional final appearance in 12 years by throwing five-plus strong innings while allowing just two hits and working around seven walks.
Reliever Dylan Love finished off the Cougars with 1 1-3 no-hit innings with a strikeout to help the Lancers win a WIAA Division 3 regional championship 6-1 on Thursday night.
Dominic Santarelli’s triple set up an RBI single by Tommy Santarelli to help Kenosha take a 1-0 lead in the first inning. An error put the second-seeded Lancers up 2-0 in the second before No. 6 Clinton cut the deficit in half with Collin Gill’s RBI single in the third.
But a one-run single by Dominic Santarelli and a sacrifice fly by Zach Rizzo made it 4-1 in the fourth. An RBI double by Peter Visconti and a one-run single by Tommy Santarelli in the fifth upped it to 6-1.
A Tyler Moe single was the only other hitting Clinton could manage, but it did work seven total walks, including two from Gavin Wesling.
Tim Arnold took the loss as he allowed 11 hits and six runs (five earned) with four walks and two punchouts in 5 1-3 innings against the hot-hitting Lancers (21-4).
The Cougars’ 14-8 record is their most victories in a season since 2012, when they went 20-6, and comes just two seasons after Clinton went just 3-18.
KENOSHA ST. JOSEPH 6, CLINTON 1
Clin 001 000 0 — 1 2 1
KSJ 110 220 — 6 11 0
Leading hitters: Clin, Gill 1x3, 1 RBI; Moe 1x2. KSJ, Janis 3x4, 1 Run; T. Santarelli 2x4, 2 RBI; D. Santarelli 2x3, 2 Run, 1 RBI; Visconti 2x4, 1 Run,1 RBI; Rizzo 1x3, 1 RBI; Kenesie 1x4, 1 Run.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): Clin, Arnold (L) 5.1-11-6-5-4-2, Wesling 0.2-0-0-0-0-1. KSJ, Ballard (W) 5.2-2-1-1-7-2, Love 1.1-0-0-0-0-1.
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