The Upsala Bluejays broke a 3-3 tie with the visiting Flensburg Falcons after 5 1/2 innings by scoring 10 runs over the next 3 innings to beat the Falcons 13-3 in 8 innings. The Upsala offense was led by lead-off man Justin Cichon, who went 5-5 with a pair of doubles and a walk, 2 rbi and scored 3 times.
Upsala took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 2nd when Jack Primus led off with a single and stole both 2nd and 3rd, and scoring on an error. Jeremy Mugg walked with 2 outs, went to 2nd on a single from Brock Cichon and then scored on an rbi double from Justin Cichon to make it 2-0 after 2 innings.
Flensburg then rallied to tie it up in the top of the 3rd when Reece Hubbard reached on a 1-out error. After stealing 2nd, Hubbard scored on a 2-out rbi single from Spencer Friese to make it 2-1. A Simon Pantzke single moved Friese to 3rd and then Seth Primus tied things up with the Falcons 3rd straight hit, an rbi single to score Friese and make it 2-2.
Upsala regained the lead in the bottom of the 5th when Jack Primus walked with 1 out and stole 2nd. Primus then scored on a Jaxon Bartkowicz rbi single to put Upsala ahead 3-2.
Flensburg answered right back in the top of the 6th when Eli Epling led off with a double to left. He would eventually score on a Dan Kokett sacrifice fly to make it a 3-3 game.
The Bluejays then took control in the bottom of the 6th, pushing 5 runs across the plate. Hunter Moore started the rally with a single and a steal of 2nd. Justin Cichon then doubled to drive in Moore to make it 4-3. After a walk to Bryce Binek, Brandon Welinski singled to load the bases. CJ Clear then singled to drive in Justin Cichon to make it 5-3, and Jack Primus drove in Bryce Binek with a fielders choice to make it a 6-3 score. A Jaxon Bartkowicz sacrifice fly brought home Brandon Welinski to make it 7-3 and Brady Burggraff finished off the frame with an rbi single, plating Jack Primus to give Upsala and 8-3 lead after 6 innings.
In the bottom of the 7th, Upsala added 2 more runs when Hunter Moore reached 2nd on an error, went to 3rd on Justin Cichon’s 5th hit of the game, a single, and then scored on a passed ball to make it 9-3. After Bryce Binek was hit by a pitch, a Brandon Welinski rbi double brought home Justin Cichon to make it a 10-3 game after 7 innings.
Upsala was then able to end the game early in the 8th when Zach Johnson reached on a 1-out error, then went to 2nd on a passed ball. A 2-out rbi single from Hunter Moore brought home Johnson to make it 11-3. Justin Cichon then walked to reach base for the 6th time in the game, and Bryce Binek was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Brandon Welinski then ended the game with a walk-off 2-run double to make the final 13-3 in 8 innings.
Flensburg 3 4 5 – 3 8 innings
Upsala 13 16 4 – 13
WP: Brock Cichon 6.0IP 3 runs 4 hits 4k 1bb 2hp
CJ Clear 2.0IP 0 runs 0 hits 1k 0bb 1hp
LP: Dan Kokett 6.0IP 8 runs 12 hits 3k 5bb
Simon Pantzke 1.2IP 5 runs 4 hits 0k 1bb 1hp
Bluejays:
Justin Cichon 5-5 2B(2), bb, 2 rbi, 3 runs
Bryce Binek 0-4 bb, hp, run
Brandon Welinski 2-6 2B, 2 rbi, run
CJ Clear 3-5 2B, 2 rbi
Jack Primus 1-4 bb, 4 sb, rbi, 3 runs
Jaxon Bartkowicz 1-2 bb, sac fly, 2 rbi
– Isaac Gapinski 0-1
Brady Burggraff 1-4 rbi
– Zach Johnson 0-1 run
Jeremy Mugg 0-3 bb, run
– Chuck Kurowski 0-1
Brock Cichon 1-1 bb
– Hunter Moore 2-3 sb, rbi, 3 runs
Falcons:
Reece Hubbard 0-4 2 sb, run
Kurt Crosby 0-3 hp
Spencer Friese 1-3 hp, rbi, run
Simon Pantzke 1-3 hp
Seth Primus 1-4 rbi
Eli Epling 1-4 2B, run
Gerard Kokett 0-3 bb
Dan Kokett 0-2 sac fly, rbi
Nick Kokett 0-3
– Kaleb Primus 0-0