The Foley Lumberjacks socred4 runs in the top of the 1st on Saturday as never trailed as they defeated the Sobieski Skis 9-6 in a District 4B elimination game in Sobieski. The win advances Foley to Sunday’s State Qualifying game against Buckman at 1:00 pm. With the loss, the Skis season comes to an end.
Foley came ready to play as Drew Beier belted a lead-off Homer on the 1st pitch of the game from Matt Filippi to make it 1-0. Josiah Peterson then got hit by a pitch and Lucas Olson sacrificed Peterson to 2nd. Lane Olson then singled, moving Peterson to 3rd with 1 out. A walk to Charles Hackett loaded the bases, then Brett Leabch got hit by a pitch from Filippi to force in Peterson and make it 2-0. Matt Filippi then struck out Dan Marod for the 2nd out, but Ean Von Wald walked and another run came in when Lane Olson scored to make it 3-0. Joe Ziwicki then sent an rbi singled into left field to drive in Charles Hackett to make it 4-0 as Brett Leabch was thrown out at home to end the inning.
Sobieski got a 2-out double from Collin Kray in the bottom of the 1st off Foley starter Logan Winkelman but that was it as Winkelman struck out Jake Kapphahn to end the 1st with Foley leading 4-0.
Foley added another 2 runs in the top of the 2nd when Drew Beier reached on an error, Josiah Peterson singled, as did Lucas Olson on a bunt single to load the bases. Drew Beier then scored on a wild pitch to make it 5-0 as Lane Olson walked to fill the bases again as Jake Kapphahn relieved Matt Filippi on the mound for the Skis. Kapphahn struck out Charles Hackett for the 1st out but then an error on a ball hit by Brett Leabch allowed Josiah Peterson to score and give the Lumberjacks a 6-0 lead.
Sobieski got on the board in the bottom of the 2nd when Collin Eckman reached on an error, then went to 2nd on a wild pitch. After going to 3rd on a passed ball, Eckman scored on a sacrifice fly from Hudson Filippi to make it 6-1 after 2 innings.
It stayed 6-1 until the bottom of the 6th when Foley tacked on 2 more. Ean Von Wald led off with a walk, then Drew Beier singled with 1 out, moving Von Wald to 3rd. After Jake Kapphahn struck out Josiah Peterson for the 2nd out, Ean Von Wald scored on a wild pitch and Lucas Olson delivered an rbi single to plate Drew Beier and make it 8-1.
In the bottom of the 6th, Jake Kapphahn singled with 1 out, then Dusty Parker singled with 2 outs. Hudson Filippi drove in Kapphahn with a single to left to make it 8-2 after 6 innings.
In the top of the 8th, Foley added their final run when Joe Ziwicki singled and Drew Beier walked with 1 out. A Josiah Peterson single loaded the bases and a ground ball by Lucas Olson was booted for an error, allowing Ziwicki to score and make it 9-2.
In the bottom of the 8th, both Collin Kray and Jake Kapphahn started the inning with singles. After a wild pitch advanced both runners, A ground ball by Collin Eckman brought in Kray and with an error on the play, Kapphahn scored as well to make it 9-4 after 8 innings.
In the bottom of the 9th, Beau Thoma doubled with 2 outs, followed by a 2-run Homer from Matt Filippi to make it 9-6. Collin Kray then singled, but the game then ended on an infield pop out to clinch the 9-6 win for Foley.
Foley 9 10 3 – 9
Sobieski 6 10 3 – 6
WP: Logan Winkelman 6.0IP 2 runs 5 hits 5k 2bb
Michael Moulzolf 3.0IP 4 runs 5 hits 1k 0bb
LP: Matt Filippi 1.0IP 6 runs 5 hits 1k 3bb 2hp
Jake Kapphahn 7.0IP 3 runs 5 hits 5k 2bb 1hp
Collin Eckman 1.0IP 0 runs 0 hits 2k 0bb
Lumberjacks:
Drew Beier 2-4 Hr, bb, sb, rbi, 3 runs
Josiah Peterson 3-4 hp, 2 runs
Lucas Olson 2-4 bb, sac, sb
Lane Olson 1-4 bb, sb, run
Charles Hackett 0-4 bb, run
Brett Leabch 0-2 hp, 2 rbi
– Wyatt Ziwicki 0-1 hp
Dan Marod 0-3
– Noah Winkelman 0-1
– Sam Keeler 0-1
Ean Von Wald 0-2 2bb, rbi, run
Joe Ziwicki 2-6 rbi, run
Skis:
Beau Thoma 1-4 2B, bb, run
Matt Filippi 1-5 Hr, 2 rbi, run
Collin Kray 3-5 2B, run
Jake Kapphahn 2-4 bb, 2 runs
Collin Eckman 0-3 sac, run
Dusty Parker 2-4
Hudson Filippi 1-3 sac fly, 2 rbi
Riley Czech 0-3
– Matt Baier 0-1
Owen Bode 0-2
– Alex Thoma 0-1
– Zach Opatz 0-1
