Baseball: Breunig RBI lifts Lodi over Lake Mills

Mason Breunig drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning for Lodi, which edged visiting Lake Mills 3-2 in Capitol North baseball on Tuesday.

Matt Lincicum and Xander Jackson had back-to-back singles with one out in the sixth before Breunig, with two outs, lined a single into right field.

Ty Schaefer led off the Lake Mills seventh with a single against new pitcher Alex Breunig. He took second on a wild pitch and was retired advancing to third on a fielder’s choice to end the game.

Brody Henderson plated James Hafenstein with a two-out line-shot double to left field in the Lake Mills third. Henderson scored on an error in the outfield to give the L-Cats (6-6, 1-2 in conference) a 2-1 lead.

Lodi (8-5, 2-1) tied it up on Eli Schneider’s one-out single in the third.

Lake Mills had runners at the corners with one out in the sixth but a pop out and strikeout ended the frame.

Schneider pitched six innings of one-hit ball with eight strikeouts to earn the decision for the Blue Devils.

Lake Mills starter Ace Everson took the loss, allowing three earned on seven hits with four strikeouts in six frames.

The two teams square off again on Thursday at Campus Field.

Lodi also split with Columbus last week, winning 7-3 on Tuesday, April 23, and losing 9-5 at home on Thursday, April 25. Friday’s scheduled game against Westfield was cancelled due to inclement weather, but on Monday, April 29, the Blue Devils blanked Edgewood 4-0.

LODI 3, LAKE MILLS 2Lake Mills 002 000 0 — 2 2 0

Lodi 101 001 x — 3 7 3

Leading hitters -- LM: Henderson (2B); LO: K. Schneider (2B).

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- LM: Everson L; 6-7-3-3-1-4; LO: E. Schneider W; 6-1-2-0-3-8, A. Breunig SV; 1-1-0-0-1-2.