Norse Get Come Back Win Over Apaches

After trailing 5-0 the Northfield Norsemen would come back to defeat the Wabash Apaches 7-5 Monday.

Wabash was in complete control of the game, scoring 4 runs in the third and 1 in the top of the fourth for a 5-0 lead when the come back began.

In the third Trenton Daughtry would walk and was followed by a Jared Holley single. With one out Blake Gribben would reach on an error with Daughtry scoring for a 1-0 lead. With two outs a Robert Irgang single made it 2-0 before Joe Leland was hit by a pitch. Gribben would then score on a wild pitch before Irgang did the same for a 4-0 lead.

In the top of the fourth Kallen Kelsheimer would draw a one out walk before a Gribben single. With two outs Irgang would single home Gribben to lead 5-0. The Norse would start to claw their way back in the bottom of the inning. Clayton Tomlinson led off the inning with a home run to make it 5-1. With one out Braden Ripplinger would single before scoring on a Jarrett Shafer single to make it 5-2. With two outs Jacob Truman would single home Shafer for a 5-3 score.

In the bottom of the fifth Michael Fisher would lead off reaching on an error and was followed by Cole Rosen doing the same. Chance Hartman would follow with a single to load the bases before Fisher scored on a wild pitch. Tomlinson would follow reaching on an error that scored Rosen and Hartman to give the Norse a 6-5 lead. With two outs Shafer singled home Tomlinson to make it 7-5.

The Apaches would get a double from Gribben in the sixth, but couldn’t cross the plate as the Norse held on for the 7-5 win.

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