Marshfield Senior Legion blasts Wausau

WAUSAU – Marshfield Post 54 scored 11 runs over the first three innings and rolled to an 11-1 win over Wausau Post 10 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference Senior Legion baseball game Wednesday night at Athletic Park.

Preston Wagner tossed a five-inning complete game, scattering six hits and one walk while striking out four.

Ben Gust had an RBI groundout and Ty Pankratz smacked a two-run single to give Marshfield a quick 3-0 lead in the top of the first.

The Blue Devils added a pair of runs in the second on a bases-loaded walk by Devyn Palmer, one of four he coaxed in the game, and on a wild pitch.

Marshfield effectively put the game away in the third with six more runs. The big blow came from Mason Coffren, who knocked in two runs with a double, and later in the inning two more runs came home on an error.

Marshfield (8-11, 5-5 Wisconsin Valley Conference) walked 11 times in its five at-bats and had six hits, two by Riley Boushack.

Marshfield will play four games at the Eau Claire Tournament this weekend. The Blue Devils play the Green Bay Shockers at 5 p.m. Friday, will take on Winona La Jetz (Minn.) at 3 p.m. and host Eau Claire at 8 p.m. on Saturday, and finish the tournament with a 1:30 p.m. game Sunday against Altoona.

Marshfield 11, Wausau 1
Marshfield 326 00 – 11 6 2
Wausau 000 01 – 1 6 1
WP: Preston Wagner. LP: Forrest Kronberger.
SO: Wagner 4; Kronberger (1 inn.) 1; No. 4 (no name reported, 4 inn.) 1. BB: Wagner 1; Kronberger 5, No. 4 6.
Top hitters: M, Riley Boushack 2×4, 2 runs, RBI; Mason Coffren 1×3, 2 RBIs, 3 runs; Devyn Palmer 4 BBs, 2 runs; Ty Pankratz 1×4, 2 RBIs. W, Jake Thome 2×3, RBI.
Records: Marshfield 8-11, 5-5 Wisconsin Valley Conference; Wausau 2-12, 2-6 Wisconsin Valley Conference.