In the only Saturday game in the Victory League, the St. Wendel Saints cruised past the Freeport Black Sox 13-2 on Saturday night at Black Sox Park.
St. Wendel got on the board when Tanner Reis Homered to lead off the top of the 2nd, then increased their lead to 4- 0 in the top of the 3rd when Rolando Ramos had a sacrifice fly, Jake Ethen stole home on the back end of a double steal with Tanner Reis and Carter Voss drove in a run with a fielders choice grounder to make it 4-0.
Freeport finally got on the board against Saints starter Nathan Psyck in the bottom of the 5th when Carter Neuenschwander stole home as past of a double steal with Dominic Ritter to make it 4-1 after 5 innings. Psyck had allowed only 1 baserunner throught the first 4 innings and that was a Mason Toutges lead-off single in the bottom of the 2nd.
In the top of the 6th, after Austin Dickmann singled and Logan Harren was hit by a pitch with 1 out, Tyler Huls was used as a pinch-runner for Dickmann at 2nd. After Jake Ethen fouled out to catcher Ben Millard for the 2nd out, Tanner Reis cracked a 2-run double to score both Huls and Harren to give St. Wendel a 6-1 lead.
In the top of the 8th, Tanner Reis reached on an error, Rolando Ramos was hit by a pitch and Peter Schumer singled to load the bases. Will Ethen then drove in Reis with a sacrifice fly to make it 7-1. Ramos would later score on another double steal, combing with Schumer to make it 8-1.
In the top of the 9th, Tyler Huls singled with 1 out and Logan Harren walked. Chase Lyon then also walked to load the bases, bringing up Tanner Reis. He doubled to drive in Huls and Harren to make it 10-1. After an infield pop up, Peter Schumer walked to load the bases again. Will Ethen then walked to force in Chase Lyon to make it 11-1. A 2-run single to center by Brody Ulik then plated both Tanner Reis and Peter Schumer to make it 13-1.
In the bottom of the 9th, the Black Sox got 3 straight 1-out singles from Jared Laudenbach, Mason Toutges and Carter Neuenschwander to load the bases. Dominic Ritter then singled to center to score Laudenbach to make it 13-2. But Nathan Psyck then got the final 2 outs on fly outs to seal the Saints 13-2 win over Freeport.
St. Wendel 13 12 2 – 13
Freeport 2 6 1 – 2
WP: Nathan Psyck 9.0 IP 2 runs 6 hits 12k 2bb
LP: Kaden Toutges 6.0 IP 6 runs 7 hits 2k 5bb 3hp
Carter Neuenschwander 3.0 IP 7 runs 5 hits 5k 6bb 1hp
Saints:
Zack Cekalla 0-6 bb
Austin Dickmann 2-3 2B, bb
– Tyler Huls 1-2 2 runs
Logan Harren 0-3 bb, 2hp, sb, 3 runs
Jake Ethen 2-4 sb, run
– Chase Lyon 0-1 bb, run
Tanner Reis 3-5 Hr, 2B, bb, 5 rbi, 4 runs
Rolando Ramos 0-3 bb, hp, sac fly, 2 sb, rbi, run
Peter Schumer 2-4 2bb, run
Will Ethen 1-3 bb, hp, 2 rbi
Carter Voss 0-2 bb, rbi
– Brody Ulik 1-2 bb, 2 rbi
Black Sox:
Matt Johnson 0-4
Trevor Sawyer 0-4
Jared Laudenbach 1-4 run
Mason Toutges 2-3 bb
Carter Neuenschwander 0-4 run
Dominic Ritter 2-4 rni
Addi Dobowey 1-4
Ben Mettenburg 0-1
– Iver Papke 0-3
Ben Millard 0-2 bb