Eskymos Drop Chilly Baseball Season-Opener, 4-1
MARINETTE, Wis.---The Marinette High School baseball team scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 4-1, under windy, 40-degree conditions Monday evening at the Pederson Ballpark. "It was good that we got a game in, that was the main thing," Escanaba Manager Kirk Schwalbach said. "We can take a lot out of this, too. Obviously, we would have rather won, 4-1. But we wanted to everybody a little time on the mound." Then, with a cold wind blowing, Punzel gave way to the bullpen. Justin Popelka came on to pitch the fourth inning, and he gave up a run when Kevin Konyn singled, stole second, and scored on a two-out hit by Nick Daye. Popelka gave up a single to start the fifth inning, but a double play got him out of that inning unscathed. Meanwhile, Marinette's Calyubb Maske was strong on the mound. He allowed just one base hit in five innings...a lead-off single by Logan Lamb in the second inning. The Eskymos had several other runners on walks and a hit-battsmen, but couldn't string them together. The Marines finally went to the bullpen in the sixth inning, bringing Luke Johnson from behind the plate to the hill. And the Eskymos went to work as Parker LaMarch led off with a single. C.J. Barron followed with a shot up the left-centerfield gap, but Kevin Charlesworth made a running catch, falling down as he lunged forward for the ball. In the bottom of the sixth, Schwalbach turned to rookie Johnny Schlenvogt to keep the game tied. But Schlenvogt gave up two base hits and two walks to the first four men he faced, with Adam Wahl's single putting the Marines in front. Then Daye hit one down the right field line just past a drawn-in forst baseman, scoring two runs. The Eskymos got two outs on that play...at second and at the plate...but Marinette led, 4-1. In the seventh inning, Popelka walked and Courage Krueger got a two-out single. With runners at the corners, Parker LaMarch got ahead in the count, 3-1, but ended up taking a called third strike. Marinette ended up with five base hits in the game, the Eskymos had four. And neither team made a throwing or fielding error in the contest. "I'm pretty happy with everything," Schwalbach said. "Coming in, we got some work. I told the kids that in the long run, it's gonna make us better. We've just got to correct some things and clean some stuff up, and we'll be fine." ESKYMOS ON DECK: Escanaba was scheduled to play two games on Wednesday in Norway, but those games have been postponed. No make-up dates have been set. The Eskymos will play three games on Friday and Saturday at a showcase in Mauston, Wis. Click the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box above to see game photos and videos taken by Sandi Young, and to hear a radio replay of Hunter LaMarch's RBI double. |
Date | Time | Opponent | Score | Record |
4/11 |
5:00 PM |
at Marinette Marines
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1 - 4 (L)
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0-1
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4/15 |
6:00 PM |
at Mauston, Wis.
|
7 - 4 (W)
|
1-1
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4/16 |
10:00 AM |
at Adams-Friendship, Wis.
|
4 - 5 (L)
|
1-2
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4/16 |
2:00 PM |
at LaCrosse Logan, Wis.
|
3 - 5 (L)
|
1-3
|
4/20 |
5:00 PM |
Marquette Redmen
|
3 - 2 (W)
|
2-3
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4/22 |
4:00 PM |
at Kenosha Tremper High School
|
2 - 14 (L)
|
2-4
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4/23 |
11:00 AM |
at Westosha Central, Wis.
|
6 - 8 (L)
|
2-5
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4/23 |
3:00 PM |
at Seymour, Wis.
|
3 - 2 (W)
|
3-5
|
4/27 |
4:00 PM |
Superior Central Cougars
|
12 - 0 (W)
|
4-5
|
4/27 |
6:30 PM |
Superior Central Cougars
|
12 - 2 (W)
|
5-5
|
4/28 |
5:00 PM |
Negaunee Miners
|
9 - 0 (W)
|
6-5
|
4/29 |
4:00 PM |
Bark River-Harris Broncos
|
7 - 0 (W)
|
7-5
|
5/3 |
5:00 PM |
Gladstone Braves
|
3 - 3 (T)
|
RAIN
|
5/6 |
5:00 PM |
at Negaunee Miners
|
14 - 1 (W)
|
8-5
|
5/7 |
1:00 PM |
at Shawano Hawks
|
12 - 2 (W)
|
9-5
|
5/7 |
3:15 PM |
at Shawano Hawks
|
11 - 1 (W)
|
10-5
|
5/9 |
4:00 PM |
at Bark River-Harris Broncos
|
15 - 1 (W)
|
11-5
|
5/11 |
4:00 PM |
at Marquette Redmen
|
9 - 4 (W)
|
12-5
|
5/11 |
6:15 PM |
at Marquette Redmen
|
8 - 5 (W)
|
13-5
|
5/12 |
4:30 PM |
at Gladstone Braves
|
1 - 2 (L)
|
13-6
|
5/13 |
6:00 PM |
Houghton Gremlins
|
11 - 1 (W)
|
14-6
|
5/14 |
12:30 PM |
Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils
|
9 - 8 (W)
|
15-6
|
5/14 |
7:00 PM |
Houghton Gremlins
|
6 - 2 (W)
|
16-6
|
5/18 |
5:00 PM |
Norway Knights
|
2 - 0 (W)
|
17-6
|
5/21 |
12:30 PM |
Kingsford Legion Blues
|
1 - 2 (L)
|
17-7
|
5/21 |
3:00 PM |
Bark River-Harris Broncos
|
14 - 2 (W)
|
18-7
|
5/24 |
4:00 PM |
North Central Jets
|
- (T)
|
RAIN
|
5/24 |
6:00 PM |
North Central Jets
|
- (T)
|
RAIN
|
5/26 |
6:00 PM |
Kingsford Legion Blues
|
1 - 2 (L)
|
18-8
|
5/30 |
6:30 PM |
at Gladstone Braves
|
3 - 4 (L)
|
18-9
|
5/31 |
5:00 PM |
Rudyard Bulldogs
|
5 - 5 (T)
|
18-9-1
|
6/3 |
12:00 PM |
Petoskey Northmen
|
4 - 3 (W)
|
19-9-1
|
6/3 |
5:00 PM |
at Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils
|
16 - 3 (W)
|
20-9-1
|
6/11 |
12:30 PM |
Fremont High School
|
0 - 2 (L)
|
20-10-1
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