MEDFORD BASEBALL SWEEPS DOUBLEHEADER OVER AUBURNDALE

Zaleski Sports

MAUSTON – The Auburndale baseball team was swept by Medford in a nonconference doubleheader to open its 2022 season on Saturday at the Woodside Sports Complex.

Medford won 10-2 and 10-3 to improve to 5-0 this season.

Auburndale led 2-1 after scoring twice in the top of the second inning of the opener, but couldn’t hold off the Raiders, who scored four times in the third inning and five more in the sixth to finish off the victory.

Aden Cherney had a double and an RBI, and Alex Willfahrt also drove in a run for the Eagles.

Tanner Hraby went 3-for-4 and scored three times, and Logan Baumgartner had two hits and four RBIs for Medford in the Game 1 win.

Medford scored nine times in the first three innings of Game 2 to pull away early.

Willfahrt had two hits and an RBI, and Blake Raab also had two hits in the loss for Auburndale.

Braxton Weissmiller went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, and Parker Lissner had two hits and two RBIs for Medford.

Auburndale opens its Marawood Conference South Division schedule at Edgar on Monday at 4:45 p.m.

Game 1

Raiders 10, Eagles 2

Auburndale 020 000 0 - 2 4 2

Medford 104 005 x - 10 10 0

WP: Steve Hraby. LP: Ian Brown.

SO: Brown (3 inn.) 2, Aden Cherney (3 inn.) 2; Seth Mudgett (1 1/3 inn.) 2, S. Hraby (5 1/3 inn.) 3. BB: Brown 2, Cherney 1; Mudgett 3, S. Hraby 2.

Top hitters: A, Alex Willfahrt 1x4, RBI; Cherney 1x2, 2B, RBI; Sloan Welch 1x1; Blake Raab 1x3, run. M, Tanner Hraby 3x4, 2B, 3 runs, RBI; Logan Baumgartner 2x4, 2B, 4 RBIs; Parker Lissner 2B, run.

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Game 2

Raiders 10, Eagles 3

Medford 351 001 0 - 10 13 1

Auburndale 003 000 0 - 3 5 4

WP: Brigham Kelly. LP: Caden Weinfurter.

SO: T. Hraby (2 1/3 inn.) 3, Kelly (2 2/3 inn.) 6, Ty Metz (1 2/3 inn.) 3; Weinfurter (1 2/3 inn.) 1, Raab (3 1/3 inn.) 1, Willfahrt (1 inn.) 0, Nathan Richardson (1 inn.) 0. BB: T. Hraby 2, Kelly 3, Metz 1; Weinfurter 5, Raab 0, Willfahrt 0, Richardson 0.

Top hitters: M, Baumgartner 1x3, 2 runs; Aiden Gardner 2x3, 3 runs; Braxton Weissmiller 3x5, 2B, 3 RBIs; Lissner 2x3, 2 RBIs; A, Cherney 1x4, RBI; Willfahrt 2x4, 2B, RBI; Raab 2x3.

Records: Medford 5-0; Auburndale 0-2