Recap
Mosinee, WI — Thursday (4/13) the Hatchets traveled to Mosinee for a conference doubleheader against Northland Pines (games that were previously scheduled on Monday and Thursday in Tomahawk and Eagle River, respectively) and dropped both games, 14-4 in game one and 12-2 in six innings.
Pines struck first in game one with two runs in the top of the second as a pair of walks, an error, wild pitch and run-scoring ground out did the damage.
Tomahawk would answer in the bottom of the third - Eagles pitcher Landon Hoeft had set down eight consecutive Hatchet hitters before catcher Drew Tollefson socked a long home run to right-center breaking up both the perfect game and shutout. Tomahawk would put two more runners on following the blast but were not able to do more damage.
The Eagles answered the Hatchet tally with five in the top of the fourth, sending 10 batters to the plate and using two hits, four walks and two errors to aid the scoring. Pines would plate three more in the fifth after Tomahawk tallied twice in the bottom of the fourth - Friske and Rigney reached to open the inning and scored on hits by third baseman Noah Pearson and Tollefson.
Pines would put the game away with four in the top of the seventh - the Hatchets tallied one more before the game ended.
Game two saw Larson toe the slab - he worked into the fourth inning, but inconsistent defense ran his pitch count up and he was unable to record his 12th out. He finished the outing allowing only one earned run (seven total) with one walk and six strikeouts. Tomahawk’s lone run while Larson was on the mound came in the top of the third as Peissig led off with a hit, moved to second on another hit by Jablonski and scored on an Eagle error.
The Hatchets managed their second run in the top of the sixth, as Ethan Ihn walked, went to second when Monty Framke walked and later scored on a groundout by Tollefson.
The Eagles ended the game by run rule in the bottom of the sixth, plating five runs off Framke and Nick Arndt. Peissig reached base three times, while Framke and Rigney had the other Hatchet hits.