Walk-off finish helps Whitehall edge G-E-T in legion ball

Two Trempealeau County legion baseball teams faced off in a doubleheader that included some late drama last week as Whitehall got the better of G-E-T Post 354.

Whitehall Post 191 earned a sweep last Thursday at home in a two-game series that started with a walk-off victory for the Norse at Whitehall High School.

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An RBI single to centerfield from William Youngbauer scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Norse an 8-7 win over Post 354 in game one on Thursday.

Whitehall was the team that found offense early, as the hosts earned a 6-2 advantage across the first three innings of the summer season opener.

A pair of walks and singles from Myles Marley, Oliver Marley and Nicholas Crum handed Post 354 three runs to tie the game at seven in the top of the seventh inning.

The visitors outhit Whitehall 11 to 10 behind two-hit performances from the Marley brothers, Crum and Oliver Remus.

The hosts, meanwhile, got three hits from Youngbauer, another three from Riley Herman and two off the bat of Broc Coburn.

Brayden Lisowski and Mason Pientok pitched for Whitehall, combining for 12 strikeouts and four walks while surrendering five earned runs.

Myles and Oliver Marley pitched for G-E-T, striking out five Whitehall batters and walking four. 

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The teams combined to score eight runs in the second game despite only playing two innings of baseball.

This time it was G-E-T who claimed the early lead, this one 2-0 after one inning. Whitehall opened the second inning with five scores before a G-E-T pushback managed one run to end the game.

Ben Filla started for G-E-T, striking out two of the three batters he faced before Ben Hansen pitched the second inning.