LA CROSSE — The Logan High School baseball team scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to end an 11-game win streak by Aquinas at Lee Gilbert Field on Wednesday.
The Rangers (12-8, 4-6) dealt the Blugolds’ chances at an MVC championship a blow when shortstop Bradley Check doubled home Tommy Check and second baseman Parker Lycke singled home Jackson Bosch in the seventh inning for a 7-5 victory.
Aquinas (14-3, 8-2), which is second to Holmen in the conference standings, is now two games back in the loss column with two games — both against Holmen — left. The Blugolds will need a sweep of the Vikings (13-5-1, 9-0) when they play May 19 and 22 if Holmen beats Onalaska on Friday.
Bradley Check was 3 for 4 with two doubles and two RBIs, and infielder Owen Check knocked in three runs with a double in the third for the Rangers.
Aquinas, which is ranked second in Division 2 by state coaches, loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh but couldn’t score.
Isaac Schelfhout was 2 for 4 with two RBIs for the Blugolds, who also received two runs driven in from Jacob Thornton. Schelfhout tripled, and Thornton and Cullen Sackman doubled for Aquinas.
Lycke also drove in two runs for Logan, which has won four of its past five games and two in a row.
Caledonia 8, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 4
CALEDONIA — The Warriors (13-5) won their fourth game in a row and pulled away from a one-run lead with five runs in the bottom of the fifth.
Center fielder/pitcher Will Allen was 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs, and pitcher/center fielder Jack Schmitz was 2 for 4 with two RBIs.
Tyson Ginther, Ben Stemper and Tanner Ginther also doubled for Caledonia, which had 13 hits and received either a hit or an RBI from each spot in the batting order. Schmitz struck out five and allowed one earned run over four innings.
Viroqua 9, Onalaska Luther 6
VIROQUA — The Knights (3-13-1, 1-8) scored four runs in the top of the first inning but yielded seven in the fifth and sixth innings to lose to the Blackhawks.
Isaiah Ruprecht was 3 for 4 with a double and four RBIs for Luther.
Right fielder Gabe Shepard was 2 for 4 with a double, stolen bases and two RBIs for the Knights, who had a 5-2 lead until Viroqua scored four times in the bottom of the fifth. Shepard brought home the tying run in the top of the sixth before the Blackhawks scored three times in the bottom of the inning.
