After being held scoreless for the first 3 innings in Flensburg, the Opole Bears scored 8 in the 4th, 5 in the 5th, 1 in the 6th and then 13 in the 7th to rout the Flensburg Falcons 27-4 in 7 innings on Sunday.
The Falcons actually had a lead in this game when they scored in the bottom of the 3rd on a 2-out rbi single by Juan Melanciano, scoring Kurt Crosby to make it 1-0 after 3 innings.
The Bears then scored 8 times in the top of the 4th. The first run cam on a sacrifice fly by Will Eichten to tie the game at 1-1. An error by the Falcons then loaded the bases, followed by a strikeout for the 2nd out of the inning. Drew Lange then singled to drive in Dierks Opatz and Isaiah Folsom to make it 3-1. Brodi Huls then singled to drive in both Hunter Boeckermann and Drew Lange to make it 5-1. After Tate Lange was hit by a pitch, Luke Bieniek connected for a 3-run Homer to out the Bears up 8-1.
In the top of the 5th, Opole loaded the bases on a walk to Will Eichten, a single by Jordan Schmitz and another walk to Drew Lange. Brodi Huls singled to left to drive in Eichten and make it 9-1. Tate Lange then walked with the bases loaded to make it a 10-1 score. A sacrifice fly by Luke Bieniek brought in Drew Lange, followed by an rbi double by Dierks Opatz to score Brodi Huls to make it 12-1. Isaiah Folsom then grounded out, scoring Tate Lange to make it 13-1.
In the bottom of the 5th, the Falcons got a single from Kurt Crosby and a double from Spencer Friese. Carlos Melanciano then doubled to drive in both Crosby and Friese to make it 13-3. After a single by Juan Melanciano, a Simon Pantzke sacrifice fly brought in Carlos Melanciano to make it 13-4.
In the top of the 6th, Opole got an rbi triple from Drew Lange, scoring Masyn Patrick, who had walked and it was 14-4.
Then came the Bears monster 7th inning, scoring 13 times. With the bases loaded and no outs, a single by Will Eichten drove in 2 runs to make it 16-4. After Masyn Patrick was hit by a pitch to load the bases again, a walk to Dominic Hoikka brought in another run to make it 17-4. Pinch-hitter Chris Ebnet then singled to center to add another run, followed by a walk to Brodi Huls to make it 19-4. Tate Lange then got hit by a pitch to make it 20-4, followed by a sharp single to center by Luke Bieniek to drive in his 5th run of the game to make it 21-4. Dierks Opatz then singled home another run, as did Will Eichten to make it 23-4. Another bases-loaded walk, this time to Masyn Patrick, pushed the lead to 24-4. After a strikeout for the 2nd out, Drew Lange was hit by a pitch to make it 25-4, and then finally the final 2 runs scored on a single by Brodi Huls to make the final 27-4.
Opole 27 17 1 – 27 7 innings
Flensburg 4 11 2 – 4
WP: Isaiah Folsom 5IP 4 runs 10 hits 7k 0bb
Max Posch 1IP 0 runs 0 hits 0k 0bb
Tate Lange 1IP 0 runs 1 hit 1k 0bb
LP: Simon Pantzke 4IP 8 runs 7 hits 3k 3bb 2hp
Dan Kokett 2IP 6 runs 4 hits 2k 5bb
Landan Lashinski 0IP 5 runs 1 hit 0k 1bb 3hp
Gerard Kokett 1IP 8 runs 5 hits 3k 4bb 2hp
Bears:
Drew Lange 4-4 3B, 1bb, 1hp, 4 rbi, 2 runs
– Chris Ebnet 1-1 rbi, run
Brodi Huls 3-4 2bb. sac, sb, 6 rbi, 3 runs
Tate Lange 0-2 2bb, 3hp, 2 rbi, 3 runs
Luke Bieniek 4-5 Hr, 2B, sac fly, bb, 5 rbi, 4 runs
Dierks Opatz 2-3 2B, 2bb, 1hp, sb, 2 rbi, 3 runs
Isaiah Folsom 0-3 bb, run
– Max Posch 0-1 hp, run
Will Eichten 2-4 bb, 4 rbi, 3 runs
Hunter Boeckermann 0-2 sac, run
– Masyn Patrick 0-0 2bb, 1hp, rbi, 3 runs
Jordan Schmitz 1-3 run
– Dominic Hoikka 0-2 bb, rbi, run
Falcons:
Kurt Crosby 3-4 2 runs
Spencer Friese 3-4 2B, run
Carlos Melanciano 2-4 2B, 2 rbi, run
Juan Melanciano 2-3 rbi
Simon Pantzke 0-3
Connor Neu 0-2
– Charles Zwilling 0-1
Luke Venske 1-3
Eli Epling 0-1
– Nolan Sams 0-2
Dan Kokett 0-2
– Landan Lashinski 0-1
– Gerard Kokett 0-0