The Luxemburg-Casco Spartans baseball team held off a late rally by the Sturgeon Bay Clippers Thursday night to win the non-conference matchup 2-1 under the lights of Memorial Field.

The Spartans got on the scoreboard first when Drew Bandow took advantage of a passed ball in the opening inning, but no one would score again until the sixth inning. That's Max Thayse scored on a wild pitch to make 2-0. The Clippers would capitalize on a Spartans mistake when Bryce Plzak scored on an error to the shortstop. With two men on, Jacob Coisman retired the side with three straight strikeouts for the Spartans. 

The teams combined to have more errors (5) than hits (4) while pitchers piled up 14 strikeouts. Plzak registered the lone RBI in the game despite not having a hit. The Clippers' Danny Lodl and Bryson LaRoche and the Spartans' Bandow and Landon Derenne were the only ones to reach via a hit.

Picture by Jenny Salentine