Leader Staff
The Clintonville American Legion baseball team lost to Denmark 5-3 in the American Legion Class A state tournament Thursday in Nekoosa.
The Diamond Cats (18-6) took a 2-0 lead in the first. Denmark (10-7) answered with four runs in the bottom of the second inning. Both teams tacked on a run the rest of the way.
The loss sets up a game at 4:30 p.m. Friday against Wisconsin Dells (15-2).
Clintonville’s Parker Mindel took the loss, pitching four innings and allowing five runs on six hits. He walked four and struck out three.
Jansen VanDaalwyk led at the plate with an RBI double.
Jake Reetz earned the win, going the distance and allowing three runs, one earned on three hits. He walked three and struck out six.
Alex Lobarger went 4 for 4 for Denmark, with a double and two RBIs. Reetz was 1 for 2 with a double and two RBIs.
Denmark will play at 7:30 p.m. on Friday against Waupun (25-1), who defeated Viroqua (24-9) 11-1 in six innings to advance.
Wisconsin Dells started the day with a 6-0 win to eliminate Marathon (32-3) from the tournament.
Nekoosa (18-11) bounced back from Wednesday’s 15-0 loss to Clintonville with a 3-1 win over Osseo (14-13) in their elimnation game.
Nekoosa and Viroqua will play an elimination game at 12:30 p.m. Friday.