Hudson Tops River Falls in Bottom of 7th

The Raiders were back in action after going 3-1 over the weekend in the Madison area. Hudson hosted River Falls on Tuesday evening and won in dramatic fashion in the bottom of the 7th inning by a final score of 7-6.

Brett Steinwagner started on the mound for the Raiders and pitched 6 complete innings, giving up 4 runs on 5 hits and striking out two opposing hitters. Brian DePauw came into the game to pitch the 7th inning and earned himself the victory as he struck out one River Falls hitter and kept the game tied going into the bottom of the 7th inning.

Offensively the Raiders plated 7 runs on the power of 9 hits, 9 walks, 3 hit batters and a stolen base. The Raiders fell behind 2-0 after 2 innings but struck for 2 runs to tie the game in the bottom of the 3rd when Brett Steinwagner drove in Gordon Johnson and Andrew Entenza on a ball hit to the shortstop who was unable to field it. The Raiders struck again in the 4th inning when both Brian DePauw and Ben Christensen added 2 RBI singles to put Hudson up 6-2. River Falls battled back and tied the game at 6-6 heading into the bottom of the 7th inning. In the bottom of the 7th inning, Billy Sarno led off with a single and Brian DePauw followed with a single to put runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs. Jon Stoffer provided a beautiful sacrifice bunt to move Sarno and DePauw to 2nd and 3rd with 1 out. Drew Entenza was then intentionally walked to load the bases for the Raiders. With the River Falls outfield playing shallow, Ben Christensen launched a pitch over the centerfielder's head to score the winning run.

Christensen led the way for the Raiders as he collected two hits in the game and finished 2-4 with a run, a walk and 3 RBI. Brian DePauw also collected two hits and finished 2-4 with a run and 1 RBI. Kory Koller added a single and a double and finished 2-3 with a hit by pitch. Derek Krumrei and Parker McNamee each added singles of their own.

Hudson finished regular season play with a 10-13-1 overall record and were winners of 5 of their last 6 games. The Raiders will travel to Superior, WI to participate in the AAA American Legion baseball tournament beginning on Thursday July 22nd. The Raiders opening game will be on 7/22 at 4PM vs. Chippewa Falls at Morrie Arnovich Field in Superior, WI.