One late run combined with putting an early end to a Menasha rally led to a doubleheader sweep for the Shawano Community High School baseball team Saturday.
The Hawks scored the game-winning run in the seventh to take the opener 4-3 and stopped Menasha’s seventh-inning rally one run shy of a tie, winning the second game 8-7.
Grant Wainio got the win for Shawano in the opener, getting 12 strikeouts and allowing eight hits. Only one of the runs he allowed was earned.
After Menasha took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fifth, Shawano responded with three runs in the top of the sixth, taking a 3-1 lead. However, Menasha tied the game in the bottom of the sixth with a pair of runs.
Neither team scored a run in the seventh, sending the game to extra innings with Wainio remaining in the game. He went nine innings before Brendan Cummings entered in relief. The Hawks scored the game-winner in the 10th inning, and Cummings held Menasha scoreless in its final at-bat to preserve the win.
Early runs were plentiful in the second game, unlike the opener. Both teams scored four runs in the first inning, and Menasha took a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the third. Shawano starter Jack Lacy then threw three shutout innings while the Hawks’ offense regained the lead.
Shawano posted another four runs in the sixth to take an 8-5 lead into the seventh. The Bluejays began a rally and scored two runs in the seventh, but the tying run never crossed the plate as the Hawks held on for an 8-7 win.
Lacy pitched a complete game, striking out three and allowing eight hits. Just two of the seven runs he allowed were earned.
Ky Schmidt and Chase Henning were both 2 for 2 in the win, which improved Shawano’s record to 9-6 overall and 6-4 in the Bay Conference.
The Hawks face Seymour in back-to-back games to start the week, then have a week off before playing at Denmark on May 19.
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