After losing a pair of games last weekend, the Sobieski Skis got back in the Win column with a 5-3 win over the visiting Avon Lakers on Sunday.
Avon took a 1st inning lead when Ryan Janzen led off the game with a single and stole 2nd. After Skis starter Dusty Parker got a strikeout, Nolan Dumonceaux reached on an infield single behind 2nd base, then Reese Gregory drove in Janzen with a single into left put Avon ahead 1-0.
The Skis answered right back in the bottom of the 1st when Beau Thoma beat out an infield single and stole 2nd. After Avon starter Drew Lieser got a strikeout and a ground out to 2nd baseman Ryan Janzen, Alex Thoma walked with 2 outs. Dusty Parker then singled to score Thoma and tie the game at 1-1 after 1 inning.
After the 2nd and 3rd innings went by withouit a run scored, Avon scored 2 in the top of the 4th on a 2-run double from Elliott Burnett to put the Lakkers ahead 3-1.
In the bottom of the 5th, Hudson Filippi singled with 1 out. After Drew Leiser got a strikeout for the 2nd out, Beau Thoma sailed a Lieser pircher over the right-center wall for a 2-run Homer and the game was tied at 3-3 after 5 innings.
Collin Eckman took over from Dusty Parker on the mound to start the 7th and gave up a 1-out double to Nolan Dumonceaux, but then got back-to-back strikeouts to keep it a 3-3 game.
The Skis took their first lead in the bottom of the 7th on a Collin Eckman infield single, and a sacrifice bunt from Hudson Filippi. After a strikeout, Beau Thoma put Sobieski in front with a single to score Eckman and make it 4-3. Collin Kray then singled to right and when the throw in to the infield rolled away for an error, Beau Thoma raced home to make it 5-3.
Collin Eckman came out and had a 1-2-3 top of the 8th with a fly ball to Hudson Filippi in right, a pop up back to the mound and another strikeout.
In the 9th, Avon got a 2-out infield single from Elliott Burnett to get the potential tying run to the plate, but Collin Eckman finished things off with a strikeout of Nolan Dumonceaux to seal the Skis 5-3 win.
Avon 3 8 1 – 3
Sobieski 5 9 2 – 5
WP: Collin Eckman 3.0 IP 0 runs 2 hits 4k 0bb
Dusty Parker 6.0 IP 3 runs 6 hits 3k 0bb 2hp
LP: Drew Lieser 7.0 IP 5 runs 8 hits 9k 1bb
Matt Pichelmann 1.0 IP 0 runs 1 hit 1k 0bb 1hp
Skis:
Beau Thoma 3-4 Hr, sb, 3 rbi, 3 runs
Collin Kray 2-4
Matt Filippi 0-4
– Gabe Hirsch
Alex Thoma 0-3 bb
Dusty Parker 2-4 2B, rbi
Jake Kapphahn 0-4
Collin Eckman 1-3 hp, run
– Matt Baier 0-0 sb
Hudson Filippi 1-3 sac, run
Riley Czech 0-3
Lakers:
Ryan Janzen 3-5 2B, sb, 2 runs
Elliott Burnett 2-5 2B, 2 rbi
Nolan Dumonceaux 2-5 2B, sb
Reese Gregory 1-3 hp, rbi
Elian Mezquita 0-4
– Drew Lieser
Kadyn Mork 0-4
Jack Theisen 0-3 hp
Abe Kalthoff 0-3 sac
Carter Holthaus 0-4 run
