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WIAA STATE SEMIFINALS GAME TWO -- ARROWHEAD (32-5) VS. MUSKEGO (24-9)



FINAL  -- Arrowhead 14, Muskego 10.



WP -- Mortensen, LP -- Adam Schulz



Time of game: 2:38.



Arrowhead (33-5) will meet defending champion Marquette (21-20) in the championship game to follow.



SEVENTH INNING -- Muskego just refuses to quit. The Warriors are down to their last at bat and hNick McCormack and Mike Robinson drew back-to-back walks to open the inning. Arrowhead coach Tim O'Driscoll brought in reliever Paul Kaye and Kevin Schoenbach doubled to center to make the score 14-9. After Wes Smith singled to left, Andrew Bauer came in to relieve Kaye.



Bauer struck out Sam Hammer before walking Adam Schulz to load the bases. Schoenback scored on an infield out before Bauer got Matt Petritis to fly out to center for the final out.





SIXTH INNING -- Muskego's Kyle Pachowitz reached base on an infield hit and moved to second on a throwing error by thrid baseman Chris Pendergast with two outs. Pachowitz then stole third and scored on a wild pitch on ball four to Matt Petritis to trim Muskego's deficit to 13-7..



Brian Crook is a helluva RB for Arrowhead in football but he's a stellar baseball player, too. His second hit of the day, a single that drove in David Miller, has given the Warhawks a 14-7 lead.



After six innings; Arrowhead 14, Muskego 7.

 

4:25 p.m. -- Any hopes of starting the championship game at 4:30 p.m. have been dashed by a pair of long semifinal games today. The first game, which Marquette won 12-3 over Franklin, lasted 2 hours, 25 minutes. We have also passed the 2-hour barrier for game two, which began at 2:19 p.m..



FIFTH INNING -- After Muskego escaped the mercy rule four runs in the top of the inning, Arrowhead threatened to put the game away in its at bat. Andrew Bauer led off and was hit by a pitch, Karl Sprung walked and Ryan Passaglia had an RBI single to give Arrowhead a 13-6 lead.



Matt Mayoras then walked to load the bases but Josh Henkel struck out to end the inning.



After five innings: Arrowhead 13, Muskego 6.



4 p.m. -- We had the 10-run mercy rule within our grasp in the top of the fifth inning. But Arrowhead let it slip away. Sam Hammer and Adam Schulz drew back-to-back walks for Muskego to open the inning. One out later, Matt Petritis singled to left to score Hammer. After T.J. Anderson reached base on a fielder's choice, Nick McCormack followed with an RBI single and Mike Robinson with a two-run single to trim the Warriors' deficit to 12-6.



FOURTH INNING -- Muskego went down in order in the fourth before Arrowhead broke it open with a seven-run outburst.



Connor Harmann had an RBI double and Ryan Passaglia added a two-run double for an 8-3 lead. DH David Miller then just ripped a grand slam to give the Warhawks a 12-2 lead.



After four innings: Arrowhead 12, Muskego 2.



THIRD INNING -- Connor Harmann had an RBI double and Ryan Passaglia added a two-run double in the fourth inning to give Arrowhead an 8-3 lead..



3:07 p.m. -- Arrowhead has jumped back out in front 4-2. The Warhawks opened the inning with a lead-off homer by Andrew Bauer, his first bomb of the season. Brian Crook followed with an infield single, stole second and scored on Karl Sprung's second RBI single of the game. Arrowh ead's Josh Henkel was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to extend the lead to 5-2



After three innings: Arrowhead 5, Muskego 2.



3 p.m. -- A few wireless problems have been corrected. We are in the bottom of the third inning with the score tied at 2-2. Here's a recap of what's happened so far:



FIRST INNING -- Muskego went down in order in the first inning. First pitch was at 2:19.



Arrowhead struck first in its first at bat. Lead-off hitter Chris Pendergast singled to shortstop, stole second and scored on Karl Sprung's single to center field.



SECOND INNING -- Muskego bounced right back to take a 2-1 lead. Mike Robinson hit a solo home run to left center. He hit a grand slam Thursday in his first at bat to help Muskego beat New Holstein .



Two batters later, Wes Smith blasted a solo home run also to left field to give Muskego a 21 lead.



Arrowhead tied the score at 2-2 when Ryan Passaglia led off with a single, stole second and scored on Josh Henkel's double to center field.



After two innings: Muskego 2, Arrowhead 2.



Wednesday's quarterfinal results

Franklin 2, Homestead 1

Marquette 10, West Salem 0 (5 innings)

Arrowhead 6, West Bend West 4 (8 innings)

Muskego 12, New Holstein (5 innings)



Friday's semifinals

Marquette 12, Franklin 3.



The championship game will start approximately 45 minutes after the second semifinal.

 

STEVENS POINT -- Good Afternoon from Bukolt Park. We are nearly 20 minutes away from the second of two semifinal games at the 45th annual WIAA summer state baseball tournament. Muskego (24-9) will meet Arrowhead (32-5) at about 2:15 p.m.



The winner will face defending state champion Milwaukee Marquette (21-20), a 12-3 winner over Franklin in this morning's other semifinal game.



Following are the starting lineups:



Muskego (24-9)

Matt Petritis, CF

T.J. Anderson, SS

Nick McCormack, C

Mike Robinson, 1B

Kevin Schoenbach, 3B

Wes Smith, DH

Sam Hammerz, RF

Adam Schulz, P

Kyle Pachowitz, LF

-- Nick Stoltz, 2B

 

Arrowhead (32-5)

Chris Pendergast, 3B

Andrew Bauer, SS

Brian Crook, 1B

Karl Sprung, C

Connor Harmann, RF

Ryan Passaglia, LF

Matt Mayoras, 2B

Josh Henkel, CF

David Miller, DH

-- Justin Mortensen, P





Muskego is making its fourth state tournament appearance and first since 2002 when the Warriors' finished as runner-up. Muskego entered the playoffs having lost four of its last five games, and won both sectional games in extra innings. It took Muskego 10 innings to beat Whitnall 15-13 and win the Waukesha West Sectional. The Warriors were the co-champions in the Greater Metro Conference this season..





Arrowhead is back at State for the seventh time and for the first time since the Warhawks finished runner-up in 2006. The Warhawks won the State title in 1979 and have additional runner-up finishes in 1973 and 1975. Arrowhead won the Classic Eight Conference title and advanced to state after winning the Germantown Sectional with a 10-0, six-inning victory over Brookfield East.