Brett Leabch led off the top of the 9th for Foley to break a 6-6 tie with St. Stephen and Drew Beier added a 2-run single to put the Lumberjacks ahead 9-6, only to have Mitch Delfino belt a 2-run Homer for the Steves in the bottom of the 9th to make it 9-8. The Steves left the tying and winning run on base as Michael Moulzolf finsihed the game with a strikeout to preserve Foley’s win.
Drew Beier led off the game with a Home Run to right to give Foley a 1-0 lead, then Brett Leabch doubled with 2 outs. Trey Emmerich followed with a walk and Mitch Keeler singled to drive in Leabch to make it 2-0 after 1 inning.
In the top of the 2nd, Joe Ziwicki doubled with 1 out, and after a Lukas Olson sacrifice bunt, Charles Hackett drove in Ziwicki with a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.
The Steves got on the board in the bottom of the 2nd when Jack Greenlun singled and Landon Lunser walked with 1 out. Derek Durant then singled to load the bases. With 2 outs, Jake Schelonka drilled a 2-run single to make it a 3-2 game after 2 innings.
The Lumberjacks added to their lead in the top of the 3rd when Trey Emmerich led off with a solo Homer to make it 4-2. Wyatt Ziwicki singled with 1 out, then Joe Ziwicki Homered with 2 outs to put Foley ahead 6-2.
In the bottom of the 4th, St. Stephen struck for 3 runs when Charlie Kent led off with a walk, then Cole Fuecker singled with 1 out. Mitch Delfino doubled to left to drive in 2 runs and make it 6-4. Jack Greenlun followed that with an rbi single and it was a 6-5 game after 4 innings.
In the bottom of the 7th, Mitch Delfino smashed a lead-off Homer for the Steves and the game was tied at 6-6 headed to the 8th inning.
After a scoreless 8th inning, Foley got their 3rd lead-off Homer of an inning in the game when Brett Leabch Homered to center to give Foley a 7-6 lead. After a walk to Trey Emmerich, Mitch Keeler doubled. Alex Foss walked with 1 out to load the bases. An infield pop up produced the 2nd ut of the inning, then Drew Beier came through with a big 2-run single to right to score both Trey Emmerich and pinch-runner Hunter Hamers to give Foley a 9-6 lead.
In the bottom of the 9th, Mat Meyer singled with 1 out, then Mitch Delfino slammed a 2-run Homer to right to bring the Steves within 1 at 9-8. After Michael Moulzolf recorded a strikeout for the 2nd out, he hit Joe Tuholsky with a pitch to put the tying run on base. Landon Lunser then reached on an error and the potential winning run was now on base with 2 outs. But Moulzolf ended the game by striking out Derek Durant as the Lumberjacks had the 9-8 victory.
Foley 9 13 1 – 9
St. Stephen 8 12 0 – 8
WP: Michael Moulzolf 5.0 IP 3 runs 4 hits 9k 0bb 1hp
Trey Emmerich 4.0 IP 5 runs 8 hits 3k 4bb
LP: Landon Lunser 2.0 IP 3 runs 4 hits 2k 2bb
Jack Greenlun 7.0 IP 6 runs 9 hits 6k 3bb 1hp
Lumberjacks:
Drew Beier 2-4 Hr, hp, bb, 3 rbi, run
Lukas Olson 0-5 sac, sb
Charles Hackett 0-5 sac fly, rbi
Brett Leabch 2-4 Hr, 2B, bb, rbi, 2 runs
Trey Emmerich 2-3 Hr, 2bb, rbi, 2 runs
Mitch Keeler 3-5 2B, rbi
– Hunter Hamers 0-0 run
Wyatt Ziwicki 1-5 run
Alex Foss 0-4 bb
Joe Ziwicki 3-5 Hr, 2B, 2 rbi, 2 runs
Steves:
Jake Schelonka 1-5 2 rbi
Cole Fuecker 1-3 2bb, run
Mat Meyer 1-5
– Carter Kent 0-0 run
Mitch Delfino 3-5 Hr(2), 2B, 5 rbi, 3 runs
Jack Greenlun 2-5 rbi, run
Joe Tuholsky 1-4 hp
Landon Lunser 2-4 bb, run
Derek Durant 1-5
Charlie Kent 0-3 bb, run
