Post 17 wins two of four
Arcadia Post 17 started last week with an offensive win over La Crosse Post 52 in a week that saw Arcadia post a 2-2 record.
Post 17 is now 6-4 this summer. They have three home games this week—the first was against Holmen on Monday, and they host the La Crosse A’s on Wednesday.
Post 17 closes the week against Westby on Friday.
Arcadia 16 LC Post 52 14
Nine innings of play, 30 hits and the same number of runs made for a night filled with offense in game one of a Monday doubleheader.
Arcadia jumped to a 5-0 lead in the first inning and led 7-1 before La Crosse scored 10 straight runs across the fourth and fifth innings to steal the lead. Post 17 answered with nine runs in their final four trips to the plate and left with a victory.
Seven different players finished with at least two hits for Arcadia, which was led by Connor Weltzien’s 3-for-3 performance. Weltzien scored five times for Arcadia.
Weltzien also picked up the win for Post 17 and split time on the mound alongside teammates Max Sobotta and Brandon Sylla.
LC Post 52 3 Arcadia 1
The hosts limited Post 17 to one hit in five innings of play to earn a split on Monday.
A double off the bat of Sobotta was Post 17’s only hit, while La Crosse utilized six hits and two first-inning scores to win.
Caleb Pronschinske pitched for Arcadia, striking out six La Crosse batters and walking two others.
Arcadia 4 Bangor 1
Three runs in the final inning of play separated Post 17 from Bangor in a road victory last Wednesday.
Bangor walked home Carter Wegman to give the visitors a 2-1 lead in the top of the seventh, a score Post 17 followed with another from Austin Fernholz on a fielding error. A sacrifice flyout from Sobotta brought Max Blaschko over home plate to round out the scoring.
Arcadia opened the game’s scoring on a fourth-inning error by Bangor, which tied the game in the bottom half of the inning.
Blaschko and Login Scow had the only hits for Arcadia on a day Post 17 won despite being outhit by Bangor. Scow tossed six strikeouts and three walks in a complete game for the visitors and held Bangor to three hits across seven innings.
