Waterloo rallies for victory over the Cambridge baseball team

The Waterloo Pirates took advantage of two Cambridge errors in the bottom of the sixth inning to get a 5-3 win over the Cambridge baseball team on Thursday, April 18.

After Keegan Lauersdorf led off the sixth by reaching on error, Lauersdorf reached second base on a bunt from Ryder Jaehnke. Lauersdorf tied the game at 3-3 on a Cambridge error off the bat of Logan Dolfin.

Jon Sampo then singled home Dolfin to give Waterloo a 4-3 lead, Caleb Bullock scored on a wild pitch to give Waterloo a 5-3 lead.

In the seventh inning, Bryce Aubart retired three-straight Blue Jays after Cambridge sophomore Cal Nottestad reached base. Aubart earned the win, pitching four innings of scoreless relief.

For Cambridge, junior Clayton Stenjem drove in seniors Brayden Lund and Devin Schuchart on a Waterloo error in the second. In the third, senior Owen Bernhardt hit an RBI single to score junior Kiefer Parish.

Senior Carter Lund pitched five innings, giving up two earned runs and recording seven strikeouts in a no-decision. Sophomore Jett Horton pitched an inning, giving up three runs (zero earned) and recording one strikeout.

Cambridge is 3-3 on the season and 2-1 in the Capitol-South Conference.