The Egg Harbor Indians put up crooked numbers in three of the final four innings to beat the Baileys Harbor A's 11-4 on the road Friday night.

The two teams went back and forth the first half of the game as the A's struck first on an RBI double by Gavin Blink in the second inning and the Indians scored twice without Joe Sawyer having to leave the batters' box in the third inning to give them a 2-1 lead.

After a bases-loaded walk gave the Indians a 3-1 lead in the top of the fifth, the A's retook the lead in the bottom half thanks to a RBI single by Matt Francesconi and a two-run single by Aaron Brey made it 4-3. The Indians retook the lead and never gave it up again after Jace Johnson walked in the game-tying and what proved to be the game-winner in the sixth inning. 

The Indians nearly batted around again in the seventh inning as they took advantage of A's mistakes to plate another three runs. Meanwhile, the pitching combination of Alex Byrne and Riley Spetz kept the A's at bay for the rest of the game after Joe Sawyer's exit in the fifth inning, allowing no hits and just one baserunner across the final three-plus innings. Nick Kita showed why he is one of the league's best hitters when he capped off the scoring with a two-run homer a few batters after his brother Brady scored on a wild pitch.

The Indians earned an important to stay in the thick of the playoff race with the victory while the A's continue to weather injuries while staying just above Institute in the standings. 

NEW Radio Sports Network and 105.1 the GOAT hit the road again on Sunday when West Jacksonport visits Sister Bay. Other Door County Baseball League game scheduled for the holiday weekend include Kolberg hosting Maplewood and Institute traveling to Washington Island.

 In a game that consisted of a hour long rain delay, tarps being put on the field, and just six innings being played, the Washington Island Islanders defeated the Baileys Harbor A's on 105.1 The GOAT Sunday afternoon. 

With the game getting itself underway at 2:30 instead of 1:30 because of the rain, the teams were quick in and out of the dugout, and Washington Island was also quick onto the scoreboard as well. Caleb Cornell, Ben Johnson, and Bennett Isaacson were responsible for scoring the three runs in the first inning giving the Islanders an early 3-0 lead. 

Ryan Jorgenson had the A's offense in the palm of his hand early, as through the first three innings of pitching, Jorgenson did not let a runner reach further than second base. 

Washington Island however, would continue to rack up runs as they would bring a run home in the third and fourth inning, to make the game 5-0 into the fifth inning. The rain would then begin to pick up substantially in the fifth as Baileys Harbor was able to get a run across the board as Randy Martinez picked up another RBI scoring River Pawelski. Martinez has drove in each run in the past two games for the A's. 

In the 6th, Washington Island would put the game out of reach with six hits and a plethera of pinch batters, making the score final at 12-1 after Will Henrikson shut down the bottom of the sixth inning. 

Other Door County Baseball League Scores: 

Koberg 17 West Jacksonport 0 

Sister Bay 8 Maplewood 3 

Egg Harbor 20 Institute 10

It was a game dominated by Kolberg after the top of the first inning, as the Braves cruised to a 11-1 victory over the Baileys Harbor A’s on Sunday afternoon. 

Chris Lodl got things going early for the A’s to begin the game as he singled under shortstop Tyler Neinas’ glove and was then brought in on a Randy Martinez single into center field. This would be the lone run for Baileys Harbor throughout the game as Jake Schneider would then find his groove. 

It would not take long for Kolberg to answer as the Braves designated hitter Trevor Reinhardt would rope a two-run home run over the left field wall to make it 2-1 Kolberg. Reinhardt would then come up to bat in the second inning and hit once again another two-run home run, but this time over the tall fence in right field to give the Braves a 6-1 lead after two. 

Starting Pitcher Jake Schneider would dominate the middle innings of the ball game as he would go on a run of eight consecutive strikeouts from the third to fifth inning, and only had a walk to the A’s lead off batter as his mistake throughout those ten batters. Schneider would finish the game with 13 total strikeouts in six innings pitched, giving up seven hits with just one run allowed. 

Tyler Neinas had one of the better hitting days for the Braves as he went 3-4 and reached base in all four at bats as he reached on a fielder's choice in the 3rd inning. Kolberg moves to 5-1 and stays atop the DCBL Standings while Baileys Harbor falls to 1-5. 

Other Door County Baseball League Games: 

Washington Island 9 West Jacksonport 3 

Egg Harbor 19 Maplewood 18 

(Friday) Sister Bay 21 Institute 2

The Sister Bay Bays batted around three separate times Friday night en route to a 21-2 win over the host Institute Cubs.

The Bays set the tone early with five runs in the first inning before batting around in the fourth, fifth, and very nearly in the sixth inning. Unforced mistakes by the Cubs led to several rallies as 26 of the total 38 baserunners for the Bays reached via a walk, error, hit batsmen, or fielder's choice. Tom Sawyer reached base seven times, collecting three hits and knocking in four runs. Griffin Cole had four hits and Sam Forkert chipped in a pair while five others had at least one hit.

The Bays pitching staff of Forkert, Spencer Krause, and Matt Hecht did not allow the Cubs to experience much happiness offensively, striking out 12 while allowing just three hits. Will Hartman was the star of the game for the Cubs, who complemented an RBI double in the third inning with back-to-back highlight-reel grabs in center field to thwart a Bays rally in the seventh inning. Nick Peterson scored both runs for the Cubs in the loss.

The Bays improve to 5-1 in the Door County Baseball League while the Cubs drop to 0-6. NEW Radio Sports Network and 105.1 The GOAT will be in Kolberg on Sunday for the Braves' matchup against the Baileys Harbor A's. Gary Barta and Reece Robillard will have the call beginning at 1:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first pitch at 1:30 p.m. Other games include West Jacksonport heading to Washington Island and Egg Harbor hosting Maplewood.

The offense of Sister Bay came out firing early in the first two innings as they pushed their way to another win as they defeated the Egg Harbor Indians 9-2 on Sunday afternoon. 

The Bays started their offense right away in the bottom of the first inning as Tom Sawyer and Griffin Cole hit back to back doubles to have a combined three RBIs in the inning. Egg Harbor would respond right back in the top of the second after Brady Kita doubled off the wall and was scored by Cole Krause on an infield single. 

Sister Bay would add on three more in the second to give themselves a 6-1 lead with Tom Sawyer having half of the RBIs for the Bays through the first two innings. 

The scoring would stop until Anthony Jennerjohn hit a solo home run into left field to give the Indians their second and final run of the day. 

Sam Forkert was automatic on the mound for Sister Bay, going seven strong innings giving up two runs and five hits while striking out four batters. 

Sister Bay piled on more insurance runs in the sixth and eighth innings, finishing the game at 9-2 and keeping the Bays at the top of the DCBL standings at 4-1 overall. 

Other Door County Baseball League Games: 

West Jacksonport 22 Baileys Harbor 12 - Ports had four home runs on the day and improved to 4-1 overall while Baileys Harbor fell to 1-4. 

Kolberg 5 Washington Island 0 

Maplewood 20 Institute 3: The Mets scored 15 runs in the fifth inning to give them the victory in eight innings. Adam Gutschow and Kordell Draves each drove in four runs while Nolan Wagner also collected two RBI. Ethan Kroll and Brent Haberli drove in two of the three runs for the Cubs while Elijah Reimer took the brunt of the damage against the Mets, giving up 13 runs in his two-thirds of an inning pitched.

The NEW Radio Sports Network and 105.1 The GOAT will feature two games this week when Institute plays the first night game of the season on Friday against Sister Bay and Baileys Harbor visits on Kolberg.

The West Jacksonport Ports exploded for 13 runs in the seventh inning to overwhelm the Maplewood Mets 20-7 Sunday afternoon in Door County Baseball League action.

After a scoreless first two innings, The Ports (3-1) took a 2-0 lead in the third inning, capped by a solo home run by Derek Niedzwiecki.  Maplewood responded with four runs in the bottom half of the inning to take a 4-2 lead.

Things started to go south for the Mets in the sixth inning when the Ports scored four runs on just three hits.  The seventh inning saw the Ports bat around the order twice coming up with 13 runs, including a three-run home run by Alex Scharter who finished the game with a team—high four RBIs.

Drew Tanck was the winning pitcher for the Ports, going six innings and allowing five runs on six hits while striking out seven.  Mets starting pitcher Jayden Diller took the loss going six innings plus allowing eight runs.

Maplewood falls to 1-3 in the league while the Ports remain in a tie for first place at 3-1.

In other action Sunday in Door County Baseball League play, Kolberg beat Institute 12-2, Washington Island topped Egg Harbor 7-5, and Sister Bay blew out Baileys Harbor 16-1.