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Nanstad wins and saves Albion's Home Talent victory

Home Talent

baseball

SOUTHEAST SECTION

West Division

W L

Albion 4 3

Lodi 4 3

Stoughton 4 3

Utica 4 3

Orfordville 3 4

Evansville 2 5

East Division

Fort Atkinson 5 1

Jefferson 4 3

Cambridge 3 4

Deerfield 3 4

Lake Mills 3 4

Whitewater 2 5

RESULTS SUNDAY

Albion 13, Utica 10

Orfordville 5, Lodi 4

Stoughton 8, Evansville 1

Fort Atkinson 4, Cambridge 1

Lake Mills 9, Whitewater 8

Jefferson 12, Deerfield 2

GAMES NEXT SUNDAY

(1 p.m. unless indicated)

Stoughton at Albion

Lodi at Evansville

Orfordville at Utica

Whitewater at Jefferson

Fort Atkinson at Lake Mills

Cambridge at Deerfield, 2 p.m.

Albion pitcher Mike Nanstad did double duty Sunday in pitching the Albion Tigers into a tie for the West Division lead in the Southeast Section of Home Talent League baseball.

Nanstad threw all nine innings, including one in relief. So, technically, he didn’t get a complete game, but the Tigers got a 13-10 victory over Utica that left them in a tie with Utica. Lodi and Stoughton for the division lead at 4-3.

After throwing 140 pitches in eight innings, and his team having a 13-6 lead, Nanstad was lifted for reliever Matt Buhrow. After four straight walks and nobody out, the Tigers brought back Nanstad, who got a win and a save, but only after all four runners who had walked scored to pull Utica within three runs.

Albion built a 7-0 lead in a six-run fourth inning that included Ethan Vaade’s two-run single, followed by Marty Johnson’s two-run double.

Utica pulled within 7-6 in a six-run sixth, but Corey Vickers’ third hit of the day drove in two runs that keyed a five-run eighth and gave Albion its 13-6 lead. Aaron Manogue also had an RBI single in that rally.

Vaade and Johnson also had three hits apiece to spark the Tigers’ 14-hit attack.

In other Southeast action, Orfordville knocked off Lodi, 5-4; Stoughton downed Evansville, 8-1; Fort Atkinson topped Deerfield, 4-1; Lake Mills edged Whitewater, 9-8; and Jefferson routed Deerfield, 12-2.

-- Orfordville 5, Lodi 4—Dan Gander’s RBI single in the top of the ninth drove in the eventual winning run as the Orioles (3-4) deprived Lodi of a chance to grab the undisputed West Division lead.

Lodi had tied the game with a sacrifice fly in the eighth and threatened in the ninth, but had two runners picked off by Orfordville pitcher Zack Jones.

-- Stoughton 8, Evansville 1—Stoughton gained its share of the West Division lead by building a 6-0 lead over visiting Evansville in a five-run fifth.

Jake Brandt and Nate Dosch keyed the big rally with back-to-back hits. Lonnie Klecker went 3-for-5 to lead Stoughton’s 10-hit attack.

Brent Cashore singled home Evansville’s run in the eighth, but the Jays dropped to 2-5 in the West.

-- Fort Atkinson 4, Cambridge 1—Tim Brokl had a three-run double in the sixth and drove in four runs overall as East Division leader Fort Atkinson pushed its record to 5-1.

-- Lake Mills 9, Whitewater 8—Keith McFarlane had a three-run homer in the sixth and five RBIs for the day as the Grays (3-4) slipped past the Swingers (2-5) in a battle of East Division teams.

-- Jefferson 12, Deerfield 2—Javier Rodriguez’s two-run single with two outs in the fourth provided the spark as the Blue Devils boosted their East Division record to 4-3 and dropped Deerfield to 3-4.