A three-run homer for Will Friedenfels was the lift the Gibraltar Vikings needed to get past the Crivitz Wolverines in an 8-5 win in Fish Creek Friday evening.
Both teams' starting pitchers labored through their two-plus innings of work with the Wolverines striking first on a collection of walks and wild pitches. It was until Aaron Brey came in to stop the Wolverines' hitless rally at three runs. The Vikings would draw their own walks to load the bases before Braden Kita scored on a wild pitch and a Hayden Reetz drove in another run. Marshall Maltby tied the game when he was hit by a pitch.
The turning point came in the Vikings' half of the fourth inning when Kita and Brey singled to start things before Friedenfels delivered the game's big blow, a three-run homer over the left-centerfield fence.
The Vikings would tack on their final two runs when Rylan Caldecott followed a Carl Burgess single with one of his own, but three straight errors on the play brought Caldecott all the way home.
The Wolverines would cut the deficit thanks to a bases-loaded walk and a sacrifice fly, but Kita would end the game in the bottom of the seventh.
The Vikings will play Sevastopol in a Packerland Conference doubleheader Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. The Pioneers are coming off a 4-2 loss to Goodman-Pembine on Thursday.
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