Lomira Baseball Ends Week with a Road Win Against the Rams

On May 9, Lomira baseball won 13-6 against Random Lake on the road in their non-conference matchup.
Random Lake (13-4) scored the first run of the game in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead over Lomira (10-8).
The Lions’ offense got going in the second inning with three singles from Jack Luedtke, Dalton Zingsheim, and Jackson Goebel to load the bases, which resulted in an RBI walk from Jonah Mason to tie the game at one.
Lomira still had the bases loaded in the inning with two outs when Brody Luedtke blasted a grand slam over the left-field fence to give the Lions a 5-1 lead.

“Brody’s grand slam set the table for us, and everyone fed off his success,” said Head Coach Sid Lehman.
The Lions’ hot bats continued in the fourth inning, scoring four more runs, highlighted by RBI singles from Kolton Wagoner and B. Luedtke to extend their lead to 8-1 over the Rams.
Random Lake scored five runs over the next two innings to tighten up the game back at 8-6 after five innings, with Lomira in the lead.
B. Luedtke got his third hit of the game in the top of the sixth inning to spark the Lions’ offense, which was followed by RBI doubles from Easton Zangl and J. Luedtke to help Lomira score four runs in the inning to expand the Lions’ lead to 12-6 over Random Lake.
Lomira was able to tack on a final run in the seventh inning to make the final score 13-6 for the Lions to end their week on a positive note.
The Lions’ offense was led by Easton Zangl and Jack Luedtke, with each player getting three hits apiece in the win, and J. Luedtke striking out seven Rams from the pitching mound.
“Jack really impressed me by bouncing back from a frustrating day on Thursday on the mound to pitching the way he did today,” said Lehman. “I’m happy with how we bounced back from earlier this week with two disappointing one-run losses and came out ready to play today with the understanding that each day is a new day and to take every opportunity by making the most of it.”
Vs Mayville
On May 8, Lomira baseball lost 12-11 to Mayville in a high scoring game between the two teams.
Lomira (10-8, 5-5) got the bases loaded with two outs in the first inning when Weston Poth delivered to drive in three runs with a double to center to give the Lions a 3-0 lead over Mayville (14-4, 7-3).
The Lions’ offense got going with two outs with back-to-back singles from Kolton Wagoner and Brody Luedtke in the second inning to set the table for Easton Zangl, who proceeded to hit a double into right field to drive in two runs to extend the Lomira lead to 5-0.
Mayville scored two runs with two outs on the ledger after the Cardinals hit three consecutive doubles in the third inning. Then Mayville added a run in the top of the fourth inning to close the gap against the Lions to 5-3.
The two teams traded runs to put the score at 6-4 in favor of the Lions before Lomira’s Poth ripped an RBI double to center, followed by a Jonah Mason RBI single for Lomira in the bottom of the fifth inning to give the Lions an 8-4 lead with the bases loaded.
Lomira capitalized on their bases-loaded opportunities with an RBI single by Wagoner and a sac fly from B. Luedkte to give themselves a 10-4 lead over the Cardinals.
Mayville got the bases loaded in the sixth inning without getting a hit to start the inning, and the Cardinals offense hit three straight RBI singles after a HBP (hit by pitch) scored a run to make the score 10-8 in favor of Lomira with the bases still loaded for Mayville with two outs.
Lomira’s lead was hanging in the balance when Mayville scored the final three runs with the bases loaded in a two-out situation to take an 11-10 lead over the Lions.
The Cardinals added a run in the top of the seventh inning to increase their lead to 12-10 with Lomira coming up for their final at-bats of the game.
Nate Steinman got a lead-off double to start the inning for the Lions. B. Luedtke hit an RBI single with one out to get Lomira within one run at 12-11 with runners on first and third with two outs.
The Lions weren’t able to get anymore runs across the plate resulting in Mayville sweeping the season series with a 12-11 comeback victory.
Lomira was paced by Weston Poth and Easton Zangl, combining for three doubles, resulting in six runs batted in.
“I thought we played well today offensively with four extra base hits and four stolen bases. It was nice to see the offense respond from one run scored on Tuesday to put up 11 runs,” said Head Coach Sid Lehman. “We are going to continue to work on shoring up our mistakes as well as focus on having the right approach at the plate like we did tonight.”
At Mayville
On May 6, Lomira baseball lost to Mayville 2-1 on the road in their Flyway Conference matchup.
Mayville (14-4, 7-3) was able to score a run with the bases loaded, facing two outs against the Cardinals, to take a 1-0 lead over Lomira (10-8, 5-5) in the bottom of the third inning.
The Cardinals were able to get the bases loaded again in the fourth inning and scored on an RBI single for a 2-0 lead over the Lions.
Lomira was able to get on the scoreboard in the top of the fifth inning when Taylor Schaumberg scored a run on a ball hit by Jackson Goebel to tighten the gap to 2-1 in favor of the Cardinals.
Weston Poth hit a lead-off single in the seventh inning but the Lions’ potential tying run was stranded at third base to end the game.
“Weston pitched a great game but, ultimately, we couldn’t get the second run across in the game,” said Head Coach Sid Lehman.
Lomira baseball traveled to WLA on May 13 and will host WLA on May 15 with the first pitch scheduled for 5 p.m.

Game Summary

Friday, May 9
Lomira 13
Random Lake 6
Final
Leading Hitters: Brody Luedtke 3H. HR. 5RBI; Easton Zangl 3H. 2B. RBI; Dalton Zingsheim 2H. RBI; Jack Luedtke 2H. 2B. RBI
Pitching: Jack Luedtke (W) 5IP 5ER 6R 0BB 7K; Ty Wolff 2IP 0ER 1BB 1K

Thursday, May 8
Mayville 12
Lomira 11
Final
Leading Hitters: Weston Poth 2-2B. 4RBI; Easton Zangl 2H. 2B. 2RBI; Brody Luedtke 3RBI
Pitching: Dalton Zingsheim 5IP 4ER 3BB 3K; Jack Luedtke .1IP 4ER 5R 3BB; Jackson Goebel (L) 1.2IP 0ER 3R 0BB 3K

Tuesday, May 6
Lomira 1
Mayville 2
Final
Leading Hitters: Weston Poth 2H, Kolton Wagoner 1H; Easton Zangl 1H
Pitching: Weston Poth (L) 5IP 1ER 2R 5BB 7L; Jack Luedtke 1IP 1K