The Randall Cubs won for the 5th time in 6 games with a 9-4 win at Hellie Field against the Pierz Bulldogs on Sunday. Adam Nibaur gave the Cubs an outstanding effort on the mound, throwinfg a Complete Game, striking out 7 without issuing a walk while scattering 8 hits. Rick Drew had 3 hits including a solo Homer, Brett Strack was 2-4 with 3 rbi and Nate Benning had 2 hits, including a 2-run double to pace the Cubs offense.
Randall scored twice in the top of the 1st when Nate Benning singled with 1 out off Bulldogs starter Brayden Haberman. After a wild pitch and a walk to Matt Otremba, Rick Drew reached on an error on what might have been an inning-ending double play ball. After Haberman fanned Caleb Strack, Brett Strack came up with a great at-bat. After fouling off 3 straight 2-strike pitches, Strack laced a 2-run single to left to bring in Benning and Otremba to make it 2-0.
Randall starter Adam Nibaur then came out and needed just 7 pitches to reture the Bulldogs in order, finishing with a strikeout of Brian Kiel.
In the top of the 2nd,k Randall pushed their lead to 6-0 with singles from Alex Gwost and Adam Nibaur to open the inning, then a walk to Garrett Lindberg to load the bases with no outs. Nate Benning then doubled to the gap in right-center to bring in Gwost and Nibaur to make it 4-0. Rick Drew added a 1-out rbi single to make it 5-0 and Brett Strack added a 2-out rbi single to make it 6-0.
The Bulldogs brought in Kirby Fischer to relieve Brayden Haberman after 3 innings, and Randall’s Rick Drew belted a 2-out solo Homer just inside the right field foul pole in the top of the 4th to give the Cubs a 7-0 lead.
The Bulldogs finally got to Cubs starter Adam Nibaur in the bottom of the 5th when Aiden Janson singled with 1 out. Janson went to 2nd on a ground out by Jackson Thielen, then scored on an rbi single to right from Kirby Fischer to make it 7-1 after 5 innings.
With the score still 7-1 at the 7th inning stretch, Teddy Dehler led off with a single for the Bulldogs, and after a fly out to right fielder Charlie Smieja, Aeden Janson doubled to score Dehler from 1st and it was 7-2. Jackson Thielen then singled to put runners at the corners. Kirby Fischer then singled to drive in Janson to make it 7-3, followed by a Craig Luberts sacrifice fly to score Thielen and it was 7-4 after 7 innings.
After a scoreless 8th, Randall tacked on 2 additional runs in the top of the 9th when Charlie Smieja led off by getting hit by a pitch from reliever Brian Kiel, then Alex Gwost tripled to bring home Smieja and make it 8-4. Adam Nibaur then finished off the scoring with an rbi single to score Gwost and make it 9-4.
Adam Nibaur then came out and set the Bulldogs down in order to finish off the Cubs 9-4 win.
Randall 9 17 2 – 9
Pierz Bulldogs 4 8 1 – 4
WP: Adam Nibaur 9.0 IP 4 runs 8 hits 7k 0bb
LP: Brayden Haberman 3.0 IP 6 runs 7 hits 6k 2bb
Kirby Fischer 4.0 IP 1 run 7 hits 2k 0bb
Brian Kiel 2.0 IP 2 runs 3 hits 2k 1bb 1hp
Cubs:
Garrett Lindberg 2-5 bb, run
Nate Benning 2-6 2B, 2 rbi, 2 runs
Matt Otremba 1-4 2bb, run
– Bob Sanders 0-0
Rick Drew 3-6 Hr, 2 rbi, run
– Ethan Schultz 0-0
Caleb Strack 2-5
Brett Strack 2-4 3 rbi
– Richard Payne 0-1
Charlie Smieja 0-4 hp, run
Alex Gwost 2-5 3B, rbi, 2 runs
Adam Nibaur 3-4 rbi, run
– Dane Peterson 0-1
Bulldogs:
Reese Young 0-4
Sawyer Lochner 0-4 sb
Brian Kiel 0-4
Teddy Dehler 2-4 run
Cody Weiss 1-4
– Ashton Poser 0-0
Aeden Janson 2-4 2B, rbi, 2 runs
Kyle Hastings 0-1
– Jackson Thielen 1-3 run
Brayden Haberman 0-1
– Kirby Fischer 2-3 sb, 2 rbi
Craig Luberts 0-2 sac fly, rbi
– Link Toops