MARSHALL, Minn. — The Marshall A’s enter the Fourth of July break on a three-game losing streak suffering a pair of Corn Belt League losses and one non-league setback in a five-day span. The A’s will look to get the bats heated up for the final few weeks of the regular season when they return to action on Sunday with a league home game versus Milroy starting at 5 p.m. at Legion Field.
The A’s had their five-game winning streak snapped on June 28 with a tough 1-0 setback to Raymond at Legion Field before dropping a 4-1 decision at Granite Falls on June 30. The A’s stepped out of league play on July 2 and lost 5-2 at Minneota.
In the loss to Raymond, Cody Wichmann was solid on the mound tossing 6 2/3 innings and allowed one run on six hits with 10 strikeouts. Mitchell Bouwman fired 2 1/3 shutout innings with five strikeouts. The A’s had five hits in the game with Chase Douglas finishing 3 for 4 with two stolen bases, Wes Sarsland and Coby Brownlee each added one hit.
In the setback at Granite Falls, the A’s were limited to five hits with Douglas, AJ Toulouse, Ryan VanMoer, Logan Terfehr and Talan Plante each finishing with one hit. Sarsland drove in the only run for the A’s with a sac fly in the eighth inning. Charlie Jacobson started on the mound and fired two innings, allowing one run, one walk with three strikeouts. Mitchell Bouwman allowed three unearned runs in 3 1/3 innings giving up four hits with five strikeouts and six walks. Jake Eben closed the game tossing 2 2/3 innings with three strikeouts.
In the non-league loss to Minneota, the A’s took a 1-0 lead in the fifth behind a Wichmann RBI fielder’s choice. Minneota answered with three runs (two earned) in the fifth to build a 3-1 lead. The A’s cut the deficit to 3-2 in the eighth following an Owen Kesteloot RBI on a ground ball misplayed by the Mudhens third baseman. The A’s, which left 11 runners on base, stranded the tying run on base. Minnesota then added two unearned runs in the eighth to seal the win.
Dillon Loft started on the mound for the second time in his career and fired four shutout innings before Minneota scored in the fifth. Loft allowed four hits, one walk and one hit batter, while striking out two. Terfehr struck out four in two shutout innings, while Kesteloot pitched the eighth inning.
Douglas, Wichmann, Plante and Jacobson each had two hits, while Toulouse, Kesteloot and Ryan Schwagel all finished with one hit.
Marshall is 9-5 overall, 5-3 CBL.
RAYMOND ROCKETS (1) AT MARSHALL ATHLETICS (0)
RAYMOND ROCKETS AB R H BI MARSHALL ATHLETICS AB R H BI
Tyler Steen 4 0 1 0 Chase Douglas 4 0 3 0
Caleb Ditmarson 4 1 1 0 Cody Wichmann 3 0 0 0
Mike Jeseritz 4 0 1 0 Peyton Grant 4 0 0 0
John Sawatzky 4 0 2 1 Connor Neubeck 4 0 0 0
Brett Swanson 5 0 2 0 Ryan Schwagel 4 0 0 0
Cooper Dack 4 0 0 0 Wesley Sarsland 2 0 1 0
Herman Solomon 3 0 0 0 Ashton Blomberg 2 0 0 0
Wyatt Swenson 3 0 0 0 Coby Brownlee 4 0 1 0
Keegan Rand 3 0 0 0 Talan Plante 2 0 0 0
Andrew Stelter 1 0 0 0
Andrew Cowden 1 0 0 0
Liam Kruse 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 1 7 1 TOTALS 32 0 5 0
RAYMOND ROCKETS 000 001 000 -- 1
MARSHALL ATHLETICS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--RAYMOND ROCKETS 8, MARSHALL ATHLETICS 7. ERR--Mike
Jeseritz, Peyton Grant, Andrew Stelter. 2B--Caleb Ditmarson,
Tyler Steen. HBP--Talan Plante. SB--Chase Douglas (2).
RAYMOND ROCKETS IP H R ER BB SO HR
John Sawatzky (W) 9.00 5 0 0 1 10 0
MARSHALL ATHLETICS
Cody Wichmann (L) 7.00 6 1 1 2 10 0
Mitchell Bouwman 2.33 1 0 0 1 5 0
MARSHALL ATHLETICS (1) AT GRANITE FALLS KILOWATTS (4)
MARSHALL ATHLETICS AB R H BI GRANITE FALLS KILOWA AB R H BI
Chase Douglas 4 0 1 0 Hunter Wilke 4 0 1 0
Peyton Grant 4 0 0 0 Nikson Knapper 3 1 1 0
Connor Neubeck 3 0 0 0 Bennett Knapper 3 0 0 1
Cody Wichmann 3 0 0 0 Bryce Sneller 2 1 0 1
Wesley Sarsland 3 0 0 1 Colton Vien 4 0 0 0
Coby Brownlee 3 0 0 0 Jordan Odegard 2 1 2 1
Ryan VanMoer 2 0 1 0 Cody Dahlager 3 0 0 0
Ashton Blomberg 1 0 0 0 Nolan Hildahl 3 1 0 0
Talan Plante 3 0 1 0 Jake Odegard 2 0 0 0
Logan Terfehr 1 0 1 0 Angel Jimenez 1 0 0 0
AJ Toulouse 3 0 1 0
*Karson Rowe 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 30 1 5 1 TOTALS 27 4 4 3
MARSHALL ATHLETICS 000 000 010 -- 1
GRANITE FALLS KILOWATTS 100 111 00x -- 4
LOB--MARSHALL ATHLETICS 8, GRANITE FALLS KILOWATTS 10.
ERR--Connor Neubeck, Peyton Grant. HBP--Bennett Knapper,
Jordan Odegard. SACF--Wesley Sarsland, Bryce Sneller.
SB--Coby Brownlee.
MARSHALL ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Charlie Jacobson (L) 2.00 0 1 1 1 3 0
Mitchell Bouwman 3.33 4 3 0 6 5 0
Jake Eben 2.67 0 0 0 1 3 0
GRANITE FALLS KILOWATTS
Bryce Sneller 4.33 2 0 0 4 1 0
Bennett Knapper (W) 4.67 3 1 1 1 6 0
MARSHALL A'S (2) AT MINNEOTA MUDHENS (5)
MARSHALL A'S AB R H BI MINNEOTA MUDHENS AB R H BI
Chase Douglas 3 1 2 0 Peyton Gillund 4 1 2 2
Braxton Koster 2 0 0 0 Ben Skorczewski 4 1 2 0
AJ Toulouse 5 0 1 0 Austin Buysse 3 1 0 1
Cody Wichmann 5 0 2 1 Tyson Sonnenburg 3 0 0 0
Charlie Jacobson 2 0 2 0 Isaac Buterbaugh 2 0 0 0
Logan Terfehr 2 0 0 0 Tate Walerius 2 0 0 0
Coby Brownlee 3 0 0 0 AJ Myhre 4 0 0 0
Ryan Schwagel 1 0 1 0 Danny Hennen 4 0 1 1
Talan Plante 3 0 2 0 Josh Schuelke 3 1 1 0
Andrew Cowden 3 0 0 0 Jack Lacek 1 0 0 0
Owen Kesteloot 3 0 1 1 Brock Buysse 2 1 0 0
Dillon Loft 4 0 0 0
*David Rodriguez 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 36 2 11 2 TOTALS 32 5 6 4
MARSHALL A'S 000 010 010 -- 2
MINNEOTA MUDHENS 000 030 02x -- 5
LOB--MARSHALL A'S 11, MINNEOTA MUDHENS 6. ERR--Owen
Kesteloot, Braxton Koster, Cody Wichmann, Peyton Gillund.
2B--Cody Wichmann, Chase Douglas, Peyton Gillund.
HBP--Charlie Jacobson, Brock Buysse. SACB--Andrew Cowden.
SB--Chase Douglas (2).
MARSHALL A'S IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dillon Loft (L) 5.00 4 3 2 1 2 0
Logan Terfehr 2.00 0 0 0 0 4 0
Owen Kesteloot 1.00 2 2 0 1 2 0
MINNEOTA MUDHENS
Danny Hennen (W) 9.00 11 2 2 2 8 0