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Brewers beat Reds 14-8 in Game 1

Staff photo by Steve Muscatello New Ulm Brewers starting pitcher Wade French winds up to deliver a pitch during the Brewers playoff game against Gibbon on Friday at Johnson Park in New Ulm. For more photos of this event go to cu.nujournal.com

NEW ULM — in the second inning of the New Ulm Brewers’ Tomahawk East League playoff game against the Gibbon Reds on Friday night at Johnson Park, J.T. Hoffmann rapped a three-run double for a three-run lead.

In the eighth inning, with the Reds having cut a six-run lead to two, Hoffmann collected his second double of the game that sparked a six-run inning for the Brewers as they captured the first game of the best-of-three playoff series with a 14-8 win.

Wade French got the win for New Ulm. French went six innings and allowed five runs on 11 hits while striking out seven. Adam Slander pitched the final three innings and gave up three runs.

Jon DeRock took the loss for Gibbon. He went 7 2/3 innings and was charged with 12 runs.

Hoffmann, Brady Ranweiler, Eric Austvold, Hunter Ranweiler, Landon Rewitzer and Zach More each had three hits. Hoffmann had two doubles with Wade French belting a solo home run. Brady Ranweiler and Andrew Peters each had a double with Austvold tripling.

Cody Nachreiner had four hits for Gibbon with Justin Schwecke and Brian Davis each ending with three hits. DeRock homered for Gibbon.

Game 2 is at 2 p.m. Sunday in Gibbon with the third game, if needed, at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson Park

Hoffmann’s double in the second got the Brewers up to that 3-0 lead before Gibbon cut the lead to 3-1 in the third on a Schwecke double. But New Ulm scored four runs in the bottom of the inning capped by a two-run double by Peters.

Both teams added a run in the fourth with the runs coming on solo home runs from Peters and DeRock off of each other. Gibbon pushed three runs across in the sixth.

A Jason Berger single, a single from Nachreiner and an error and a Tony Stadtherr base hit cut the lead to 8-3. A fielder’s choice and an error made it an 8-5 contest.

The Reds tallied a run in the top of the eighth to cut the lead to 8-6.

But in the eighth, both More and Peters reached on infeld errors before Hoffmann doubled. A Jason Shaul sacrifice fly, an intentional walk to French brought in Wade Werner, who was greeted by a Brady Ranweiler double. Austvold followed with a triple and a wild pitch scored Austvold for a 14-6 lead

The Reds added two runs in the top of the ninth on a two-run single from Brian Davis.

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