BLUE RIBBONS SWEPT BY ORIOLES IN DOUBLEHEADER
Greater Green Bay dropped to 6-5 on the season as they lost both games of their doubleheader with Lombard on Saturday.
Luke Gajewski got the start on the mound in game one for the Blue Ribbons and he held the Orioles scoreless for the first six innings. Green Bay struck first with a run in the bottom of the sixth when Yuta Kudoh drew a bases loaded walk to force home Jayden Adrians with the game’s first run.
Lombard responded in the seventh however, when Bobby Grimes tripled on a ball just out of the reach of a diving Kudoh to lead off the inning. He came into score the tying run on a single by Andrew McKenna, and then shortstop Sam Hojnar took Gajewski deep for a two-out, two-run home run, which would prove to be the difference in the game as the Orioles defeated the Blue Ribbons, 3-1.
| Name | AB | R | H | RBI |
| Eric Modaff CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yuta Kudoh RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Bald 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Kohnle 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Fietz LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Ziesmer DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Sobieski C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Adrians 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Griffin Summers SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BB: Yuta Kudoh, Jayden Adrians, Griffin Summers
| Name | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB |
| Luke Gajewski | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Game two was no better for the Ribbons, as Lombard took an early lead, and then broke the game open with a five-run sixth inning, highlighted by a line drive homer to right off the bat of Orioles center fielder Mike Courtney.
Greater Green Bay starter Tony Marquardt was tagged with the loss after giving up seven runs over six innings of work. Hunter Petska drove in the only runs of the game for the Blue Ribbons, delivering a two-out single in the sixth to score Tyler Blum and Eli Kramer, but it wasn’t nearly enough as the Orioles cruised to a 9-2 victory.
| Name | AB | R | H | RBI |
| Tyler Blum RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Eli Kramer CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Berg C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacob Lacy 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mitchell Bendickson 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Petska DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ethan Habetler SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Olmsted 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Clark LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BB: Eli Kramer (2), Trevor Olmsted, Hunter Clark HBP: Tyler Blum SB: Hunter Clark
| Name | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB |
| Tony Marquardt | 6.0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Matt Willems | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
The Blue Ribbons are back in action tomorrow afternoon, wrapping up their four-game series with Lombard with another doubleheader with first pitch for game one scheduled for 1:00 PM.