The St. Wendel Saints defeated the Pierz Brewers 8-6 on Saturday afternoon in St. Wendel as Austin Dickman Homered and drive in 4 runs and also got the Win on the mound with relief help from Connor Breth.
The Brewers got on the board in the top of the 1st when Michael Nezerka led off the game with a single, followed by a walk to Gunnar Wicklund. 1 out later, a single by Stephen Nezerka loaded the bases, then Rylee Rauch delivered a 2-out rbi single to plate Michael Nezerka and put Pierz ahead 1-0. The Saints got off the field when Gunnar Wicklund was thrown out at the plate trying to score on the Rauch hit to end the inning.
The Saints tied it up in the bottom of the 1st when Austin Dickmann walked with 1 out against Brewers starter Nathan Solinger. Logan Harren then grounded into a fielders choice to force out Dickmann for the 2nd out. Logan Harren the stole 2nd and scored on a single by Tanner Reis to make it 1-1.
In the bottom of the 2nd, St. Wendel grabbed the lead when Jacob Worlie led off with a single to center, followed by a ground out that advanced Worlie to 2nd. Rolando Ramos then singled to center and the Brewers got a big play on defense when Worlie was thrown out at the plate for the 2nd out of the inning. Zack Cekalla then walked, bringing up Austin Dickmann, who cracked a 3-run Homer to right to put the Saints ahead 4-1.
In the top of the 3rd, the Brewers made it 4-2 on a Michael Nezerka single, a walk to Gunnar Wicklund, a sacrifce bunt by Kaden Kruschek and a sacrifice fly from Stephen Nezerka to make it 4-2.
St. Wendel answered right back with 3 runs in the bottom of the 3rd. Tanner Reis singled and later scored on a Cohen Habban rbi single to make it 5-2. After Habban stole 2nd, Jake Ethen single to put runners at the corners, bringing up Jacob Worlie, who singled to center to drive in Habban and make it 6-2. After a 1 out walk to Rolando Ramos and a strikeout, an Austin Dickmann rbi single scored Ethen to make it 7-2 after 3 innings.
In the top of the 5th, the Brewers got an rbi single by Stephen Nezerka to make it 7-3, then Gunnar Wicklund scored on a throwing error and it was 7-4.
In the top of the 6th, Pierz made it a 1-run game when Michael Nezerka singled, stole 2nd and then scored on an rbi double from Gunnar Wicklund to make it 7-5. After a Kaden Kruschek single, Stephen Nezerka was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Preston Veith then singled to drive in Wicklund and make it 7-6. The Saints kept the lead by reliever Connor Breth getting a fly out to Rolando Ramos in center to end the inning and leave the bases loaded.
In the bottom of the 7th, Zack Cekalla made it 8-6 with an rbi double to score Nathan Psyck.
The Brewers got a 1-out single from Kaden Kruschek in the 8th and a pair of hits from Parker Kimman and Derek Dahmen in the 9th but couldn’t find a way to get the tying run home as the Saints prevailed 8-6 on their home field.
Pierz Brewers 6 14 1 – 6
St. Wendel 8 13 1 – 8
WP: Austin Dickmann 5.0 IP 4 runs 7 hits 3k 5bb
SV: Connor Breth 4.0 IP 2 runs 7 hits 3k 0bb 1hp
LP: Nathan Solinger 2.2 IP 7 runs 8 hits 3k 3bb
Gunnar Wicklund 5.1 IP 1 run 5 hits 6k 2bb 1hp
Saints:
Zack Cekalla 2-4 2B, bb, rbi, run
Austin Dickmann 2-3 Hr, 2bb, 4 rbi, run
Logan Harren 0-5 run
Tanner Reis 3-5 run
Cohen Habben 0-5 sb, rbi, run
Jake Ethen 3-5 2B, run
Jacob Worlie 2-5 rbi
Nathan Psyck 0-3 hp, run
Rolando Ramos 1-2 2bb, run
Brewers:
Michael Nezerka 4-5 2B, sb, 4 runs
Gunnar Wicklund 1-2 2B, 3bb, rbi, 2 runs
Kaden Kruschek 2-4 sac, bb
Stephen Nezerka 2-3 hp, sac fly, 2 rbi
Preston Veith 1-5 2 rbi
Rylee Rauch 2-4 bb, rbi
Nathan Solinger 0-5
Derek Dahmen 1-4 bb
Parker Kimman 1-5