Richard Corn pitched a shutout into the seventh inning, Michael Pecore had three hits, and the Menominee American Legion baseball team beat Marion/Tigerton 9-2 Thursday in Keshena.
Three quick scores in the first inning set the tone for Menominee. By the fifth inning, Menominee was ahead 5-0.
Meanwhile, Corn held Marion/Tigerton scoreless until the seventh inning.
“Getting those runs early in the game helps you on the mound,” said Menominee coach Brandon Frechette. “I think he felt real comfortable out there.”
Corn allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings. He struck out five and walked none.
“He had a heck of a day,” Frechette said. “I think he kept them off balance most of the day. He’s picked up right where he left off in high school.”
Menominee padded its lead with RBI singles by Brady Hoffman and Ty Latender in the fifth. Menominee scored two more runs in the sixth on Ty Latender’s RBI single and a ground out by Walker Miller.
With a 9-0 lead, Menominee had a chance to end the game early by the 10-run rule, at one point loading the bases. Marion/Tigerton got of out the jam, however, to send the game into the seventh.
“You’d like to end it there early if you can,” Frechette said. “We didn’t want to rush it, but the boys were having fun. They were playing loose; that was what was most important. Sometimes they are a little too hard on themselves, and we remind them to have fun. That’s what they were doing there at the end of the game.”
Andrew Cunliff led off the top of the seventh with a single for Marion/Tigerton, followed by a double by Ben Cunliff. A single by David Stenson brought home Andrew Cunliff.
Ben Cunliff scored on a double-steal attempt but Stenson was caught in a rundown trying to go to second. Menominee then forced two groundouts to end the game.
Pecore had three hits, including a double, to lead Menominee. Dallas Madosh added a pair of hits.
Tyler Marquardt allowed seven hits, two walks and struck out one in five innings of work for Marion/Tigerton. Hayden Harris came in for relief and allowed a hit and walked three.
Marquardt, Stenson and Harris each had two hits for Marion/Tigerton.
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