Legion baseball: Fort Atkinson turned back by Oconomowoc, 8-4

Cole Esenther drove in three runs on a double in the third inning as Oconomowoc beat Fort Atkinson’s 19U Senior Legion baseball team 8-4 at Jones Park on Monday.

Oconomowoc grabbed the lead for good, 3-2, in the third on Mason Wolter’s two-run single with one away. With two outs, Esenther lined a bases-clearing double to left, capping the team’s five-run rally.

Fort cut its deficit to 6-4 in the home half of the third on Colin Schrader’s two-out single, followed by Cam Haagensen reaching on an error at second base that brought Schrader around.

Oconomowoc tacked on single runs in the sixth and seventh innings.

Mason Schmidt earned the decision for Oconomowoc, allowing four unearned runs on five hits with three strikeouts in six innings.

Jordan Zahn, who started for Fort, took the loss, allowing six unearned runs on four hits in three innings. Mason Ketterhagen allowed a run on two hits in three innings before Alex Block gave up a run on one hit in the seventh inning.

OCONOMOWOC 8, FORT 4Oconomowoc 105 001 1 — 8 7 3

Fort 022 000 0 — 4 6 3

Leading hitters — O: Esenther (2B).

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — O: Schmidt W; 6-5-4-0-2-3, Esenther 1-1-0-0-0-0; FA: Zahn L; 3-4-6-0-2-1, Ketterhagen 3-2-1-1-4-1, Block 1-1-1-1-1-0.