Paulik goes 2 for 2, but Bremen routs Zebras

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Baseball

Bremen 12, Rochester 1 (5 innings, Thursday): Carson Paulik went 2 for 2, but the host Class 2A, No. 6 Rochester baseball team lost to Bremen at Bob Copeland Field Thursday.

Brady Coleman and Tanner Reinartz each added a hit, and Drew Bowers had a walk. Parker Casper scored the lone run on Paulik’s RBI single in the first inning.

Brant Beck took the loss on the mound. In 3 ⅔ innings, he allowed six hits and eight runs (six earned) while walking three and striking out three. Conner Dunfee relieved and allowed five hits and four runs in 1 ⅔ innings. He walked a batter and hit a batter and had no strikeouts.

J.J. Cencelewski pitched a four-hitter with four strikeouts for Bremen. Preston Williams had three hits and three RBIs, and No. 9 hitter Aidan Alvarado went 3 for 3 with an RBI. Jack Wildauer doubled and drove in two runs, and Zack Rouch had two singles and an RBI.

Bremen committed no errors while Rochester had three.

Rochester led 1-0 after two innings before Bremen scored four runs in the third. Silas Laidig’s sacrifice fly put Bremen ahead for good, and a two-out error that allowed two-runs to score gave Bremen a 4-1 lead.

Bremen improved to 15-9. Rochester dropped to 18-6.

This was the teams’ first meeting since Rochester beat Bremen 11-2 in last year’s sectional semifinals at Wabash.

Bremen 12, Rochester 1 (5 innings)

Bremen 004 44 – 12 11 0

Rochester 100 00 – 1 4 3

WP – Cencelewski (5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K)

LP – Brant Beck (3 ⅓ IP, 6 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 3 K)

2B – Williams 2 (BRE), Wildauer (BRE), Hunziker (BRE), Alvarado (BRE)