Baseball: Pepin-Alma wins third game in a row

Pepin-Alma won its third game in a row Friday in a 14-8 victory over Plum City in Plum City.

The Eagles (6-4, 5-3 Dunn-St. Croix) took a 4-0 lead after the second inning, but the Blue Devils (2-9, 2-5 Dunn-St. Croix) cut the lead to 4-3 after the second inning.

Pepin-Alma took control in the fourth and fifth innings. The Eagles took a 9-4 lead after the fifth and tacked on five more runs in the seventh.

Plum City rallied for four runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Zach Vreeland drove in three runs while Cole Carroll went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Kyle Ritscher finished 1-for-2 with an RBI for Pepin-Alma.

The Eagles drew seven walks against Blue Devils starter Chad Fox and had five hits off him in five innings. Plum City made 10 errors in the game.

Jacob Lerum went the distance for Pepin-Alma and finished with five walks and five strikeouts. Lerum gave up four earned runs.

The Eagles face Prairie Farm Tuesday in Alma while the Blue Devils face Glenwood City Monday in Plum City.

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