PLOVER LEGION BASEBALL SPLITS TWO GAMES AT SHEBOYGAN TOURNAMENT

Zaleski Sports

SHEBOYGAN – The Plover American Legion baseball team split a pair of games at the Sheboygan Tournament on Saturday.

The Black Sox lost to Hartford 5-4 in eight innings and came back with an 11-1 rout of Pulaski to improve to 2-1 in the tournament.

Plover and Hartford were tied 3-3 after seven to push the game into extra innings. In the eighth, Hartford scored twice and Plover answered with one run on a balk. Caleb Meyer singled with two outs, but was stranded as the final Black Sox hitter struck out.

The Black Sox dominated Pulaski, scored 11 unanswered run after giving up one in the top of the first.

Kaden Thauer had two hits and scored twice, and Jake Sankey and Tommy Drohner both had two RBIs in the victory.

Bryce Ehr threw a six-inning complete game for Plover, striking out six.

Plover (8-6) will play at 11:45 a.m. Sunday in its final game of the tournament.

Hartford 5, Plover 4 (8 inn.)

Hartford 000 300 02 - 5 8 1

Plover 000 120 01 - 4 8 0

WP: Walters. LP: Cyle Zblewski.

SO: Pouzar (4 1/3 inn.) 5, Walters (3 2/3 inn.) 3; Kaden Thauer (3 2/3 inn.) 1, Zblewski (4 1/3 inn.) 2. BB: Pouzar 3, Walters 0; Thauer 1, Zblewski 1.

Top hitters: H, Teske 2x4, 2 runs; Lopez 3x4, RBI. P, Caleb Meyer 2x4; Lucca Weinkauf 2B; Tommy Drohner 2B.

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Plover 11, Pulaski 1

Pulaski 100 000 - 1 5 3

Plover 126 002 - 11 7 3

WP: Bryce Ehr. LP: Jojo O’Leary.

SO: O’Leary (2 2/3 inn.) 2, Bo Bramschreiber (3 inn.) 2; Ehr 6. BB: O’Leary 6, Bramschreiber 2; Ehr 1.

Top hitters: PUL, Bramschreiber 2x3. PLOV, Tommy Drohner 1x3, 2 RBIs; Thauer 2x4, 2 runs; Jake Sankey 2B, 2 RBIs, 2 runs.