Hot bats lift Auburndale baseball past Northland Lutheran
Apaches have 14 hits in home win
By Paul Lecker
Sports Reporter
AUBURNDALE — Logan Willfahrt had three hits and two RBIs to lift the Auburndale baseball team to a 10-2 victory over Northland Lutheran at home on Tuesday.
The Apaches, who beat Northland Lutheran for the second-straight day, is now 6-6 overall and 6-5 in the Marawood South. Auburndale finishes its conference season Friday at Pittsville. Northland Lutheran is now 2-10 and 2-9 in the conference.
Auburndale had 14 hits in all, including two each from Aaron Willfahrt, Caleb Weinfurter, Cason Schmutzer, and Colton Wright. Wright and Schmutzer drove in a pair of runs each.
Weinfurter earned the win on the mound, striking out seven in six innings.
(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)
Apaches 10, Wildcats 2
Northland Lutheran 000 101 0 – 2 6
Auburndale 030 403 x – 10 14
WP: Caleb Weinfurter.
SO: Weinfurter (6 inn.) 7, Aaron Willfahrt (1 inn.) 2. BB: Weinfurter 2, A. Willfahrt 0.
Top hitters: A, Logan Willfahrt 3×3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; A. Willfahrt 2×4; Weinfurter 2×4, 2B, 2 runs; Cason Schmutzer 2×4, 2 RBIs; Dylan Altmann 2B; Colton Wright 2×4, 2 RBIs, 2 runs.
Northland Lutheran statistics not reported.
Records: Northland Lutheran 2-10, 2-9 Marawood South; Auburndale 6-6, 6-5 Marawood South.
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