But they were the biggest of the season.

Forstner relieved starter Kolton Achman with two outs and the bases loaded and New Ulm holding a 6-4 lead.

Forstner went to a 2-2 count on Marshall’s Liam Kruse before getting a called third strike to end the game as Gold downed Marshall 6-4.

Achman got the win for New Ulm, who is now the only unbeaten team in the tournament. The right-hander went 6 2/3 innings and allowed four runs — all unearned — while striking out eight.

Staff photo by Travis Rosenau New Ulm Legion Gold’s Jake Finstad gets a five from Dirk Haynes (11) after scoring during a DI Sub-State 2 Legion Baseball Tournament game against Marshall on Thursday night at Johnson Park.

Logan Miller took the loss for Marshall, allowing five runs in 2 2/3 innings.

Zach Hubbard, Kyle Albrecht and Ethan Thompson each had two hits for New Ulm with Hubbard and Albrecht each driving in two runs.

New Ulm now plays Mankato National at 6:30 p.m. at Johnson Park Friday, while Marshall meets Mankato American at 4 p.m. Friday at Johnson Park.

“We have had three real nice pitching performances in a row,” New Ulm Gold coach Curt Forbrook said. “And we can do a lot with that. Kolton really settled in tonight and he shook off that (third) inning where we had (three) errors — he got stronger as he went along.”

Marshall head coach Mitch Maxwell said that his team put themselves behind the eight-ball right away when New Ulm scored three runs in the top of the first inning.

Staff photo by Travis Rosenau New Ulm Legion Gold’s Zach Hubbard connects for a hit during a DI Sub-State 2 Legion Baseball Tournament game against Marshall on Thursday night at Johnson Park.

“We gave up some free bases (three walks) Logan has done a nice job for us all summer and struggled a little bit in that first inning,” Maxwell said.

Hubbard led off by reaching on an infield error and was sacrificed to second by Colin Anderson.

Jake Finstad singled and a walk to Elliot Schabert loaded the bases.

A Kyle Albrecht single made it 2-0. Walks to Logan Mielke and Ethan Thompson gave New Ulma 3-0 lead.

Gold added two more runs in the top of the third. Dirk Haynes singled to lead off the inning. Parker Neubauer’s two-out single and a Hubbard base hit made it 4-0. Colin Anderson’s base hit had New Ulm leading 5-0.

Marshall rebounded with four runs in the bottom of the inning using three hits and three New Ulm errors to cut the lead to 5-4.

“We answered the call with a four spot,” Maxwell said. “We were right there.”

But Achman would not allow Marshall to get any closer as he allowed just one hit- that being a two-out single from Josh Kraft in the bottom of the seventh.

“We had that one tough inning but we battled through the adversity,” Forbrook said. “And Kolton got better as the game went along.”

New Ulm added an insurance run in the fifth on a Thompson double and a Hubbard base hit.

Marshall then threatened in that seventh inning when — after two were out — he allowed a walk, a single and a walk before Forstner came in in relief.

“All season long Caleb has come in and really done a nice job for us,” Forbrook said. “And he did it again tonight.”

Maxwell said that his team does not want their season to be over.

“They will flush this tonight and we have to play a good Mankato American team (Friday),” he said.

New Ulm Gold earlier in the day upset top-seeded American 2-1 behind Colin Anderson who scattered four hits.

Marshall defeated Mankato National 8-3 earlier in the day Thursday to advance to the game with Gold.