The Lombard Orioles took three of four games from the Sheboygan A’s over the weekend to dampen but not douse hopes the Sheboygan A’s might have had for contending for a Wisconsin State League title this season. Lombard took Saturday’s games 4-0 on a no-hitter by University of Illinois pitcher Andrew Mamlik and 3-1.
On Sunday Lombard took a 10-3 win, but in the second game the A’s did something they had not done in the last 13 meetings against the Orioles dating back to 1911, they won the game, 14-9, coming from behind with a 6-run 6th inning.
The club returns to action Tuesday night with a 7:30 p.m. Northeastern Wisconsin League against the Green Bay Storm. Tuesday is 8th St. Ale Haus’ Craft Beer Night. A summary of the weekend activity follows.
Saturday Game 1 (Lombard 4-0) Andrew Mamlik threw a no-hitter at the A’s. Only Jordan DeBoer’s third inning walk came between Mamlik and a perfect game. Lombard took a 1-0 lead in the fourth and scored three in the sixth to ice it. Derek Loomans took the loss.
Saturday Game 2 (Lombard 3-1) The A’s tied this game at one in the third inning when Eric Solberg drove in a run with the second of his game-high three hits. Lombard got two in the fifth for the win. Brandon Winfield was the hard-luck loser.
Sunday Game 1 (Lombard10-3) Lombard scored four runs in the fourth inning to put this game out of reach. Colin Willis had two hits for the A’s including a 2-run home run.
Sunday Game 2 (Sheboygan 14-9) Lombard scored three runs in the first inning, but the A‘s bounced back to take an 8-5 lead after four innings, Lombard battled back to jump ahead 9-8, but again the A’s came back, this time with a 6-run eighth inning to give them their first win over Lombard since 2011. Solberg was 3-for-4 with a single, double and home run; Blake Fleischman and Cole Heili both had a single and double, Jake Perez two base hits and a home run and Tyler Agard two hits.
The weekend results left the A’s with a 5-4 State League record and a 10-6 overall mark.