FAULKTON – Warner-Ipswich-Northwestern blanked Faulkton 5-0, and the Hitmen stopped W-I-N 4-1 in an American Legion baseball doubleheader split on Monday.
Logan Fischbach scattered one hit over five innings for W-I-N. He also helped his own cause with a two-run single in the third inning.
Sam Vetter topped Warner-Ipswich-Northwestern with three hits, including an RBI single in the second frame.
The Hitmen scored all four of its runs on a pair of extra-base hits in the other contest. Blaze Herdman had a two-run double in the third, and Carson Stephenson added a two-run double in the fourth.
W-I-N prevented the shutout in the seventh when Quintin Fischbach tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Logan Fischbach.
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Logan Fischbach and Chays Mansfield; Gus Kopecky, Gavin Hannan (3), Cade Schick (4) and N. Adams. 2B β Warner-Ipswich-Northwestern, Devon Fischbach.
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Ashton Remily, Levi Little (6) and Chays Mansfield; Gavin Hannan, Cade Schick (7) and Schick, Gus Kopecky (7). 2B β Warner-Ipswich-Northwestern, Mansfield; Faulkton Hitmen, Blaze Herdman, Schick. 3B β Warner-Ipswich-Northwestern, Quintin Fischbach.