A six-run seventh inning and a five-run fifth inning led the Sturgeon Bay Clippers baseball team to a 7-3 and a 7-2 victory over NEW Lutheran Thursday night in Green Bay.

 

The evening started on 103.3/96.7 WBDK HD-2 The Clipper by first finishing a previously started game that left things off in the top of the seventh inning with the Clippers and Blazers having a run apiece. The Clippers were able to take advantage of the slick conditions due to the rain, bunting for a base hit and aggressive on the base paths as the Blazers' defense threw the ball around the infield. Emmett Braschnewitz, Danny Lodl, Lucas Vanderleest, Curt Meyer all recorded hits and Gavin Fernandez took advantage of a throwing error by the third baseman as the Clippers plated six runs. The Blazers would score two runs of their own in the bottom of the seventh, but Chris Lodl was able to close things out while striking out two.

 

In game two, the Clippers would bat around again in the fifth inning already up 2-0. The Clippers offense took advantage of a struggle Elijah Meerstein on the mound by drawing three walks before Fernandez delivered the game's big blow with two-run double. The Blazers  Fernandez, Vanderleest, and Bennett Johnson all recorded two RBI. The Clippers used four different pitchers in game two, with the two Johnson, Lodl, and Braeden Haines combining to strike out five Blazers. Dhein proved to be the Blazers' best weapon in game two. His fielder's choice ended up scoring the Blazers' only two runs and went 1 2/3 innings in relief of Meerstein to strike out five.