By Becky Walz,
Fisher Tweten snags the throw at first base before the Cedar Falls runner reaches the bag Tuesday. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)
The Decorah baseball team (9-9 6-4 NEIC) picked up two conference victories to start the week, defeating Charles City but falling to Cedar Falls.
Good day
It was a great NEIC battle against a scrappy Charles City team (2-11, 2-8 NEIC) Monday for the Vikes. In the end, Decorah persevered to sweep the road doubleheader.
In game one, Decorah did just enough to earn the 4-3 victory. Trailing 2-0, the Vikes sent the entire line-up to the batter’s box in the second inning and came away with three runs on a double by Will Teslow, singles by Cash Riehle and Fisher Tweten, along with two walks and a sac fly. The Vikes loaded the bases in the sixth, pushing the final run home as Brady Bohner hit a sac fly to centerfield. The Comets got one back in the bottom half of the same frame and went down in order in the seventh.
Brady Bohner battled on the mound and picked up the win allowing two earned runs on two hits. Cash Riehle picked up the save, only needing eight pitches to do so. Fisher Tweten led the Viking offense going 2-for-4 while driving in one. Brady Bohner also helped himself out going 1-for-1 with 2 walks and 2 RBI’s.
“Finding a way to come on top in these one-run games is huge for us as we continue to battle our way through a very tough regular season schedule,” said Coach Alec Zwanziger.
Decorah’s offense was warmed up for game two, putting up at least one run in five of the six innings played. The NEIC teams each scored one run in the first. In the second, the Vikes took the lead with two and continued to pull away, ending the game in the sixth on the 10-run mercy rule, 12-1.
The Vikes had an outstanding performance from Brayden Wemark on the mound who went six innings, giving up just one run on one hit with 3 Ks, only needing 61 pitches to do so.
“Our offense took over game two lead by Brayden Hartl who went 2-for-4 with three RBI and scored two runs with two stolen bases,” noted Coach Zwanziger.
Brady Bohner (WP) – 6IP, 3R, 2H, 7BB, 3K; Cash Riehle (Save) – 1IP, 1K
2B – Brayden Hartl 1; Will Teslow 1; 1B – Fisher Tweten 2; Mason Avila 1; Bohner 1; Riehle 1; RBI – Bohner 2; Hartl 1; Tweten 1; SB – Avila
Brayden Wemark (WP) – 6IP, 1R, 1H, 1BB, 3K
1B – Hartl 2; Kaden Alstad 2; Avila 1; Caleb Meyer 1; Riehle 1; RBI – Hartl 3; Riehle 2; Avila 1; Alstad 1; Wemark 1; Garrett Waskow 1; Brody Hanson 1; SB – Hartl 2; Kelley Gates 2; Avila 1; Waskow 1; Riehle 1
Out of the league
For the second time in less than a week the Vikings faced Cedar Falls (11-10) with the same result, as the Tigers took Tuesday’s game 13-1. No other game information or stats were available at press time.
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