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WHITE CLOUD — The White Cloud Indians captured two baseball victories on Friday against visiting Chippewa Hills.
The Indians won the opener, 6-3, and the nightcap in come-from-behind fashion, 7-6, on a walk off single by freshman Reece Hewitt in the bottom of the seventh inning.
In the first game, the Indians took a 3-0 lead in the third inning then increased it to 4-0 in the fourth. Chippewa Hills plated three runs over the fifth and sixth innings to pull to within 4-3.
Mason Cruzan’s two-run single in the sixth inning gave White Cloud insurance runs.
Mason Ruether was the winning pitcher. He allowed two earned runs, walked three and struck out 12 in 5 1/3 innings of work. Jayson Ruether came on for the save.
The offense was led by Christian Ringler with a double and a single, and Mason Cruzan with two singles and two RBI.
The nightcap was a whole different story as Chippewa Hills scored three in the third and one in the fourth to take a 4-0 lead. The Indians cut the deficit in half with two runs in the fourth. Mason Ruether singled and a Chippewa Hills error plated the second run.
The Warriors increased the lead to 6-2 with a pair of runs in the fifth inning.
Another Mason Ruether single in the fifth cut the lead to 6-3.