Titans take care of Moondogs; busy weekend of games ahead locally
DAIRYLAND LEAGUE BASEBALL
The Tomahawk Titans improved to 3-0 in Small Division play with an 11-1, eight-inning win over Medford in one of two baseball games that were played this past weekend in the Dairyland League’s Small Division.
The Titans scored in the first four innings to build an insurmountable 8-0 lead and drop the Moondogs to 0-2 in the divisional standings. Tomahawk now holds a half-game lead over 2-0 Westboro, whose game with Abbotsford on Sunday was postponed to July 9 due to weather.
The Pittsville at Interwald game also got washed out Sunday in the Small Division.
In the one game that did get played Sunday, the Rib Lake Osprey got into the win column, earning a 10-0 victory over the host Spirit Twins.
At Tomahawk, Medford did not get a hit until the seventh inning and wound up getting outhit 12-4 by the Titans. Cody Brietzke went three for six with two RBIs for Tomahawk, John Roberts went two for six with a double and two RBIs and Connor Ahrens and Matt Bartz also had two hits and two RBIs each at the bottom of Tomahawk’s order. The Titans only had one extra-base hit, a fourth-inning double by Martin, but took advantage of their 11 singles and the nine walks issued by Medford pitching and two hit batters to move runners around the bases.
Tomahawk scored once in the first, twice in the second and twice in the third to go up 5-0. Brietzke singled and Roberts doubled to start the fourth. Brady Martin hit a sacrifice fly and Ahrens added a two-run, two-out single.
Two walks and a hit batter before a two-out error on a ball hit by Ryan Paul gave Medford its run in the top of the fifth. Austin Davies hit a leadoff single in the seventh to break up the no-hit bid by Tomahawk’s Jake Kaminski. Brady Wisniewski also singled in the inning but both runners were stranded. Brett Paul doubled and Medford put two runners on base in the eighth but did not score in the only inning pitched by the Titans’ Jacob Kahle. Kaminski struck out three, walked two and hit two in his seven-inning outing.
Brett Paul took the loss, going 3.2 innings for Medford, allowing eight hits and eight runs. He struck out four, walked four and hit one. Ryan Paul went 3.2 innings, allowing three hits and three runs, two of which were earned. Davies got an out, but the 11th run scored on the groundout, ending the game.
Medford hosts Westboro Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Jaycee Field. Also in Small Division play, Spirit is at Abbotsford and Tomahawk is at Pittsville Sunday at 1:30 p.m. The annual Interwald vs. Rib Lake pre-fireworks game is set for Monday at 6 p.m.
In the Large Division, Minocqua knocked off Rhinelander 2-1 Saturday in the only game played over the weekend. Whittlesey’s game at Merrill Sunday was postponed. The Reds will host Minocqua in a 12:30 p.m. doubleheader on Sunday.
On Tuesday, the Rapids Redhawks won a lengthy, 11-inning thriller over visiting Merrill 11-10 to maintain their hold on the division’s top spot at 6-2.
