Plover pushes past Wausau Legion baseball

Wausau Pilot & Review

PLOVER – Plover exploded four seven runs in the fifth and sixth innings and went on to defeat Wausau 7-1 in an American Legion baseball game Wednesday at Memorial Field.

Caden Werth singled home Luke Smogoleski in the top of the fourth to give Wausau a 1-0 lead.

Wausau had runners on base in each of the next three innings but couldn’t push another run across.

Plover scored four times in the fifth inning and Braylen Nystrom hit a three-run homer in the sixth to push the Black Sox (18-12) to the victory.

Nystrom struck out 10 over 6 2/3 innings to earn the win.

Tony Iaffaldano went the distance on the mound for Wausau, striking out four and walking three.

Wausau (13-18) hosts D.C. Everest on Thursday at Athletic Park starting at 7 p.m.

Black Sox 7, Bulldogs 1

Wausau 000 100 0 – 1 4 3

Plover 000 043 x – 7 8 2

WP:

Braylen Nystrom. LP: Tony Iaffaldano.

SO: Iaffaldano (6 inn.) 4; Nystrom (6 2/3 inn.) 10, Willie Washington (1/3 inn.) 0. BB: Iaffaldano 3; Nystrom 3, Washington 0.

Top hitters: W, Dylan Dobratz 1×3; Caden Werth 1×3, RBI; Ethan Sillars 1×1; Iain Stahel 1×3. P, Nystrom 2×4, HR, 3 RBI; Darren Grabski 2×3.

Records: Wausau 13-18; Plover 18-12.