Justin Cichon banged out 3 hits and Jack Primus doubled twice and drove in a pair of runs to help the Upsala Bluejays beat the Freeport Black Sox 10-7 on Sunday at Black Sox Park. Upsala seemed to have the game well in hand, building a 9-0 lead after the top of the 6th, but Freeport scored 3 in the bottom of both the 6th and 7th innings to make it 9-6 before both teams tallied a run in the 9th for the 10-7 final.
Upsala opened the scoring in the top of the 1st when Justin Cichon led off the game with a double, then scored on a ground out by CJ Clear to make it 1-0.
In the top of the 3rd, the Jays added 3 more runs on back-to-back singled by Justin Cichon and Bryce Binek, then a Black Sox error allowed Cichon to score. Later in the inning, rbi singles by Brock Cichon and Brady Burggraff made it 4-0.
In the 4th, Jack Primus led off with a double and Justin Cichon walked. After a sacrifice bunt by Bryce Binek, a 2-run single by Brandon Welinski made it 6-0.
In the 5th, it was a single by Cohl Clear, a hit batter by Jack Primus and an rbi single by Justin Cichon pushed Upsala’s lead to 7-0.
The Blue Jays scored in their 4th straight inning in the 6th on a 2-run double from Jack Primus to go up 9-0.
Freeport began their comeback in the bottom of the 6th when both Bryan Benson and Jake Braegelmann walked and eventually scored on a 2-run single by Ben Millard to make it 9-2. Carter Neuenschwander also scored in the inning on a wild pitch to make it 9-3.
In the bottom of the 7th, the Black Sox added 3 more runs on a 2-out rbi single by Jake Braegelmann and a 2-run single from Carter Neuenschwander to make it 9-6 after 7 innings.
In the top of the 9th, Upsala made it 10-6 when Bryce Binek singled and eventually scored on a Hunter Moore rbi single.
Freeport got a 2-out single by Jake Braegelmann in the bottom of the 9th, then a single by Iver Papke. An rbi single by Carter Neuenschwander made it 10-7 and the Black Sox brought the potential tying run to the plate with 2 outs, but reliever Matt Swanson got Ben Millard on strikes to end the game with a 10-7 win for Upsala.
Upsala 10 16 2 – 10
Freeport 7 10 1 – 7
WP: Brock Cichon 5IP 0 runs 3 hits 3k 2bb
CJ Clear 3IP 6 runs 4 hits 6k 3bb 1hp
Matt Swanson 1IP 1 run 3 hits 2k 0bb
LP: Andrew Kerzmann 4IP 6 runs 9 hits 2k 1bb 2hp
Jaydin Norby 4IP 3 runs 4 hits 8k 4bb 1hp
Carter Neuenschwander 1IP 1 run 3 hits 0k 0bb
Bluejays:
Justin Cichon 3-3 2B, bb, rbi, 3 runs
– Carter Natvig 0-2
Bryce Binek 2-5 sac, 2 runs
Brandon Welinski 2-4 sb, 2 rbi, run
– Jaxon Bartkowicz 0-1
– Matt Swanson 1-1
CJ Clear 0-5 bb, rbi
Brock Cichon 1-2 hp, rbi
– Travis Barthel 0-3
Brady Burggraff 2-2 bb, hp, rbi
– Hunter Moore 1-2 rbi, run
Jeremy Mugg 1-5 bb, run
Cohl Clear 1-4 run
– Zac Johnson 0-0 bb
Jack Primus 2-4 2B(2), 2 rbi, run
Black Sox:
Trevor Sawyer 1-4 2B, bb
Bryan Benson 1-3 bb, sac, run
Jake Braegelmann 2-5 rbi, 2 runs
Iver Papke 2-4 bb, 2 runs
Carter Neuenschwander 2-3 bb, hp, 3 rbi, run
Ben Millard 2-5 sb, 2 rbi
Brady Hoppe 0-3 bb
Ben Mettenburg 0-4
Dominic Ritter 0-4 sb, run