Boys Baseball: Vikings, Eagles Split Twin Bill

Southern Door’s Will Jandrin (2) delivers a pitch while Tyler Neinas looks on from first base during the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader against Gibraltar/Washington Island. Photo by Kevin Boneske.

Gibraltar/Washington Island hosted Southern Door in Fish Creek for a Packerland Conference baseball doubleheader on Saturday when the two teams split the twin bill.

The Eagles defeated the Vikings in the first game, 4-1. Will Jandrin recorded the complete-game pitching victory, allowing six hits with a walk and two hit batters while striking out two.

Southern Door tallied eight hits, with three from Nick Beck and two each from Braylon Berg and Gaige Geisel. Tyler Neinas singled and drove in two runs.

Gibraltar/Washington Island tallied its only run in the second inning when Mason Isaacson-Krueger scored on a groundout by Jaxin Lindgren. Owen Dannhausen led the Vikings at the plate with two hits.

Bennett Isaacson-Krueger pitched all seven innings and recorded the loss.

In game two, Gibraltar/Washington Island defeated Southern Door, 10-8. 

The Vikings took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, before the Eagles plated four runs in the bottom of the inning.

Each team scored in each of the first four innings with Southern Door holding an 8-5 lead. Then Gibraltar/Washington Island did all the scoring in the final three innings, tallying four runs in the top of the fifth and another run in the seventh inning, as the Eagles committed five errors and their pitchers gave up three walks.

The Vikings – who outhit Southern Door, 12-11 – got two hits apiece from Brady Kita, Bennett Isaacson-Krueger, Aaron Brey and Cameron Munao. The Eagles got three hits and 3 RBI from Jandrin, while Neinas and Beck tallied two hits apiece. 

Mason Paye pitched the first 4 1/3 innings for Southern Door and took the loss. Kita earned the win throwing 3 2/3 innings in relief.

Southern Door, which is now 1-3 in the Packerland, next hosts a conference doubleheader Tuesday against Peshtigo starting at 3:45 pm.

Gibraltar/Washington Island, which is 3-2 in the Packerland, plays a non-conference road game Thursday at Sheboygan Lutheran prior to next Saturday’s league doubleheader at Peshtigo.