MITCHELL – Post 8 split a doubleheader with Mitchell Post 18 in Legion baseball Wednesday at Cadwell Park, winning the first game 14-11 before dropping the nightcap 9-4.
Post 8 led 9-2 in the first game before Mitchell scored six in the fourth. The Eights then scored three in the sixth and two more in the seventh. George Stalley, Bennett Dean, Jayden Wiebe and Brecken Krueger drove in two runs each. Krueger had three hits. Post 8 had 14 hits and 10 walks. Isaac Polak worked the first two innings on the mound for the win.
In the second game, Mitchell scored four runs in each of the second and third innings to build a 9-0 lead. Bennett Dean hit a two-run triple in a three-run fifth inning for Post 8 (10-14). Lincoln Kienholz hit a solo home run in the seventh.
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