Baseball: Blue Devils double up on Evansville

TOWN OF DANE — Aidan Berg pitched a four-hitter with three strikeouts as Lakeside’s baseball team extended its win streak to nine games with a 6-1 road victory over Lodi on Friday in Capitol North play.

“Aidan was super efficient on the mound again for us,” Lakeside baseball coach Jake Ziel said. “He was in command all night and has just done an outstanding job on the bump all year for us. He is a true gamer and we feel confident every time he takes the ball.”

Lodi is 12-8 overall, with a 2-4 record in Capitol North Conference play.

Cooper Brakmanis led off the game with a line-shot double to center for the Warriors (14-3, 4-1 in conference). He took third on Tyler Chopp’s sacrifice bunt and scored on a single up the middle by Nolan Meis.

“Cooper continues to be a spark for us at the top of the lineup,” Ziel said. “He scored three times today and got us going right away with a double.”

Lakeside extended its lead in the third. Brakmanis led off the frame by drawing a walk before Chopp bunted and reached on an error by the pitcher. Meis gave the Warriors a 3-0 lead with a two-run double to left and then came around on Logan Schwab’s sac fly.

Chopp plated a pair of insurance runs with a two-out single in the sixth for the final margin.

“Offensively, we executed well tonight,” Ziel said. “We bunted when we needed to, we drove in runs when we needed to and we made their pitchers work.

“We are playing solid baseball right now and definitely have room for improvement, and that to me is really exciting.”

Lakeside plays at Lake Mills on Tuesday.

LAKESIDE 6, LODI 1Lakeside 103 002 0 — 6 7 1

Lodi 000 010 0 — 1 4 3

Leading hitters -- LL: Brakmanis 2x3 (2B), Meis 2x3 (2B); LO: Breunig 2x2.

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- LL: Berg W; 7-4-1-0-2-3; LO: E. Schneider L; 5.2-5-5-3-4-4, K. Schneider 1.1-2-1-1-1-1.

Lodi 8, Evansville 4A four-run outburst in the fifth inning broke a 2-2 tie and carried the Blue Devils to victory on Saturday, May 11.

Going 2-for-3, William Eckstein also had two RBIs.

Eli Schneider was 2-for-4, with two runs scored, as Mason Breunig collected two hits and an RBI.

Alex Breunig drove in a run, as did Blake Meier.

Eckstein also turned in a strong performance on the mound, going six and a third innings. Of the four runs he allowed, three were earned, as Eckstein struck out eight and walked two to get the win.