WHITEWATER, Wis. — A strong offensive outing combined with some great pitching from starter Logan Thill helped the Clinton baseball team officially lock in a tie for second place in Rock Valley Conference Rock Division.
With the Cougars’ 7-2 win over Whitewater on Monday, Clinton and Beloit Turner each finish conference play with a 9-6 record. Brodhead/Juda took the league title at 10-5.
The Whippets struck first with a run in the first inning before Logan Thill tied it with an RBI groundout in the second and an error brought Payton Whalen home on the same play for the 2-1 lead.
Gavin Wesling had an RBI triple and Grayson Guetschow a one-run single as part of a four-run third for Clinton (12-7 overall). Thill’s RBI double in the seventh gave the Cougars their seventh and final run.
Logan Hendricks and Guetschow each had two of Clinton’s 11 hits. Thill limited Whitewater (2-19, 0-14 RVC Valley) to just two runs (one earned) on three singles and three walks with nine strikeouts. Whalen threw the seventh and allowed a single but got a double play to face the minimum.
• BIG FOOT 7, MONROE 1: In Monroe, It was a great day for the Wojcik family as brothers Brady and Will knocked in four of the Chiefs’ seven runs to help win Monday’s RVC crossover.
Will and Brady Wojcik each had one-run singles in the four-run fourth, where Connor Weeks added an RBI single and Skylar Jacobs had a sac fly.
Each brother added another RBI single in the fifth, and a second run came home on Will’s single via an error by the third baseman.
Evan Henningfield and the Wojciks all finished with two hits while Ashton Hale had two for the Cheesemakers (7-17, 4-10).
Big Foot (6-14, 3-11) used three pitchers with Weeks going the final three innings and striking out three while allowing three hits with no runs
• WESTOSHA CENTRAL 10, BELOIT MEMORIAL 1: In Beloit, Owen West stole home in the third inning but the Purple Knights couldn’t muster enough offense in a loss to the Southern Lakes Conference-leading Falcons.
West added a double to his solid day while Brooks Mitchell, Mitch Stuessy, Tayvon Cates, Hayden Wells and Mike Nora all added singles.
Dustin Foss took the loss for Beloit (1-15, 1-12) as he started and went six innings while allowing seven earned runs on 11 hits with two strikeouts.
Brody Schulte was strong for Westosha Central (19-4, 12-1) as he allowed just one earned run on six hits.
• LINESCORES:
CLINTON 7, WHITEWATER 2
Clin 024 000 1 — 7 11 3
Whit 100 001 0 — 2 4 2
Leading hitters: Clin, Hendricks 2x4, 1 Run; Guetschow 2x3, 1 RBI; Wesling 1x3, 1 Run, 1 RBI; Gill 1x3, 2 Runs; Moe 1x4, 1 Run, 1 RBI; Whalen 1x1, 1 Run; Thill 1x4, 2 RBI. Whit, Friend 1x4, 1 Run; Sagrero 1x1, 1 Run, 1 RBI.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): Clin, Thill (W) 6.0-3-2-1-3-9, Whalen 1.0-1-0-0-0-0. Whit, Pope 2.0-2-2-1-0-1, Carollo (L) 3.0-6-5-4-3-3-1, Rohloff 2.0-3-1-1-1-1.
BIG FOOT 7, MONROE 1
BF;000;430;0;—;7;8;0
Mon;001;000;0;—;1;7;2
Leading hitters: BF, Henningfeld 2x4, 2 Runs; W. Wojcik 2x4, 2 RBI; B. Wojcik 2x4, 2 RBI; Weeks 1x4, 1 RBI. Mon, Hale 2x3, 1 Run; Dahmen 1x4, 1 RBI.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): BF, Haeberlin 1.0-1-0-0-2-0, Jacobs 3.0-3-1-1-0-0, Weeks 3.0-3-0-0-1-3. Mon, Dahmen 4.0-4-4-1-7, Berg 3.0-5-3-2-0-1.
WESTOSHA CENTRAL 10, BELOIT MEMORIAL 1
WC 101 221 3 — 10 13 0
BM 001 000 0 — 1 6 2
Leading hitters: WC, Sieler 2x4, 1 Run, 3 RBI; Mitacek 2x4, 1 Run, 3 RBI; Schulte 2x3, 1 Run, 1 RBI; Leafblad 1x4, 1 RBI; Dietz 3x4, 3 Runs. BM, West 1x3, 1 Run.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): WC, Schutle 6.0-6-1-1-1-6, Nottingham 1.0-0-0-0-0-2. BM, Foss 6.0-11-7-7-2-2, Mitchell 1.0-2-3-2-1-1.
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