Both teams had limited hits, but Gibraltar/Washington Island scored the only run in a 1-0 win over Tigerton on Tuesday afternoon in Fish Creek.
The first three Tigers reached base in the game, but two were retired by Brady Kita catching them before they could steal second base. They would reach base again in the second inning before Aaron Brey and Bennett Isaacson-Krueger set down the next 12 Tigers in a row. The Vikings found ways to reach base, but a sixth-inning single by Owen Dannhausen was the only hit they would muster in the game as the Tigers' defense held strong. The Vikings scored their only run in the second inning when Beckett Johnson recorded an RBI groundout to bring home Jaxin Lindgren.
Things got dramatic for both teams in the sixth inning. The Tigers would have men on second and third with one out before Isaacson-Krueger struck out Blake Steinbach and forced Logan Wanta to fly out to Lindgren.
Dannhausen's hit and two walks would load the bases, but Wanta relieved Caleb Dahlstrom and forced Liam Lindenberg to ground out to end the frame fruitless. Isaacson-Krueger ended the game with two strikeouts and ended the afternoon with nine strikeouts after coming in to relieve Brey after seven batters.
The Vikings will have to wait at least one more day to learn their opponent after Reedsville and Rosholt had their game called due to rain.
