Cardinals Open Season with Doubleheader Sweep Over Amherst

The Mayville baseball team made a statement to open its 2025 season on Tuesday, sweeping a home doubleheader against Amherst in convincing fashion.
The Cardinals took game one 10-0, using a balanced lineup and aggressive baserunning to keep pressure on Amherst all game long. Mayville scored early and often, racking up 11 hits and stealing nine bases in the shutout win.
Mason Gerth set the tone on the mound, throwing four scoreless innings before Austin Thoreson finished off the final two innings. Brent Seiler provided the highlight at the plate with a home run, while Blake Peterson, Kevin Keller, and Tanner Schneider all added extra-base hits to fuel the offense.
Game two brought more of the same for Mayville, as the Cardinals completed the sweep with a 7-0 victory. Austin Thoreson had a big game both on the mound and at the plate, driving in three runs and pitching over two shutout innings. Weston Teeters added two hits and an RBI, while Seiler and Bobby Held each doubled.
Three Mayville pitchers,Thoreson, Teeters, and Keller combined to hold Amherst to just four hits in the second shutout of the day.

The Cardinals were back in action on Tuesday, April 8, when they hit the road to take on North Fond du Lac. Mayville hosts North Fond du Lac on Thursday, April 10, with the first pitch set for 4:30 p.m. The busy week wraps up Friday with a trip to Horicon to face the Marshmen at 5 p.m.

BOX SCORE
Game One Doubleheader
Mayville, 10 vs Amherst, 0
Saturday, April 5, 2025

MYVL 112 222 10r 11h 3e
AMHR 000 000 0r 2h 2e
PLAYER AB R H RBI BB SO
BATTING
Bobby Held (SS) 2 2 0 0 2 1
Blake Peterson (CF) 4 2 2 0 0 0
Austin Thoreson (2B) 4 1 2 1 0 1
Weston Teeters (1B) 3 0 0 0 1 0
Tanner Schneider (C) 4 2 2 1 0 1
Kevin Keller (RF) 4 0 2 2 0 1
Brady Zitlow (3B) 2 2 0 0 1 0
Mason Gerth (P) 2 0 1 0 0 1
Ryan Clark 1 0 1 2 0 0
Brent Seiler (LF) 3 1 1 2 0 0
2B: K. Keller, B. Peterson, M. Gerth, T. Schneider; 3B: T. Schneider; HR: B. Seiler: TB: K. Keller 3, B. Peterson 3, R. Clark, m. Gerth 2, T. Schneider 5, B. Seiler 4, A. Thoreson 2: SB: B. Held 3, K. Keller, B. Peterson 2, B. Zitlow, T. Schneider, A. Thoreson; LOB: 4
PLAYER IP H R ER BB SO HR
PITCHING
M. Gerth 4.0 1 0 0 3 4 0
A. Thoreson 2.0 1 0 0 1 4 0

Game Two Doubleheader

Mayville, 7 vs Amherst, 0
Saturday, April 5, 2025
MYVL 210 013 X 7r 8h 0e
AMHR 000 000 0r 4h 3e
PLAYER AB R H RBI BB SO
BATTING
Bobby Held (SS) 2 3 1 0 1 0
Blake Peterson (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 1
Austin Thoreson (P) 3 1 2 3 0 0
Weston Teeters (3B) 3 0 2 1 1 0
Tanner Schneider (C) 2 0 0 1 0 1
Kevin Keller (RF) 3 1 1 0 0 0
Brady Zitlow (2B) 2 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Clark 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mason Gerth (1B) 3 1 1 0 0 1
Cole Runte (RF) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brent Seiler (LF) 3 1 1 1 0 0
2B: B. Seiler, B. Held; TB: B. Seiler 2, K. Keller, B. Held 2, A. Thoreson 2, M. Gerth, W.
Teeters 2; SF: A. Thoreson, T. Schneider; CS: W. Teeters; HPB: B. Held; SB: K. Keller, B. Held 2, A. Thoreson 2, M. Gerth; LOB: 6
PLAYER IP H R ER BB SO HR
PITCHING
A. Thoreson 2.1 1 0 0 0 4 0
W. Teeters 3.2 1 0 0 3 3 0
K. Keller 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0