Weinandy drives in 7 runs as Mohawk tops New Riegel, 12-6

Warriors now in 3rd place in MAL with 2 games left

Mohawk’s Zach Riedel slides back to first base safely on a pickoff attempt in the second inning against New Riegel on Monday. Riedel had reached on a walk and he also drew a walk during a seven-run fifth inning that led the Warriors to a 12-6 victory.

SYCAMORE — Nathan Weinandy was a double short of hitting for the cycle, drove in seven runs and picked up the pitching win as the Mohawk baseball team used a seven-run fifth inning to top New Riegel, 12-6, on Monday.
Weinandy blasted a bases-loaded triple in the first inning and then scored on John Riedel’s groundout to put the Warriors (10-11, 6-3 Midland Athletic League) up 4-0 after one inning.
After New Riegel (11-12, 5-5 MAL) cut the deficit to 4-2, Weinandy came through with a run-scoring single in the second inning that made it a 5-2 game.
The Blue Jackets rallied with three runs in the fourth inning to tie it at 5 and then took the lead, 6-5, in the top of the fifth inning.

Mohawk third baseman Devon Fredritz fires across the diamond after fielding a ground ball in Monday’s game against New Riegel. The Warriors took a 12-6 victory against the Blue Jackets.

However, Mohawk sent 11 batters to the plate in the bottom of the fifth. John Riedel was hit by a pitch and Wes Shaw singled with one out. Pinch hitter Eric Maskey got the job done, delivering a run-scoring double to tie the game at 6.
Zach Riedel singled to put Mohawk back on top and Andrew Loose hit a sacrifice fly and Jonathon Morter singled to make it a 9-6 game. With two runners on and two outs, Weinandy blasted a three-run shot to serve as his own insurance on the mound.
On the mound, Weinandy (5-1) allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks and six strikeouts.
Andrew Hohman had a single, double and an RBI to lead the Blue Jackets at the plate. Jake Dryfuse singled, walked twice, scored two runs and drove in a run.
Shock, Morter and John Riedel had two hits each for the Warriors. Shock scored three times and Morter and Weinandy both crossed home plate twice.

Mohawk left fielder Mitch Brown watches a fly ball into his glove Monday against New Riegel. Brown had a single in the Warriors’ 12-6 victory against the Blue Jackets.

Blaine Hughes was the losing pitcher, giving up eight earned runs on eight hits and six walks in 4 1/3 innings. Brady Hall pitched the final 1 2/3 innings, allowing three earned runs on four hits with two strikeouts.
Mohawk hosts Carey at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Score by innings
New Riegel    020    310    0    — 6 6
Mohawk    410    070    x    — 12 12
WP: Weinandy (5-1); LP: Hughes.
2B: Hohman (NR), A. Reinhart (NR).
3B: Weinandy (M), Schalk (NR).
HR: Weinandy (M).

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