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MENOMINEE -- Zach Hanson, Tyson Seymour and Dan Martin came through with clutch hits in the eighth inning Thursday as Gladstone outlasted Hudson 5-3 in the second round of the American Legion Class A state baseball tournament.
Hanson delivered a one-out single and gave Gladstone a 4-3 lead on Seymour's single. Seymour then scored on a single by Martin.
Gladstone led 3-1 in the seventh, but Hudson forced the extra inning by scoring twice in its half of the seventh.
"They made it interesting for sure," said Gladstone manager Justin Jurek. "We told the guys we needed to manufacture a run and that's what we did. We definitely came out swinging after giving up the two runs."
The victory enabled the Indians (24-5) to stay in the winner's bracket. They resume against Menominee (13-13) tonight at 7.
Jacob Rogers, who pitched seven innings for the win, struck out three, walked one and allowed three runs on nine hits. Cooper Cavadeas got the save.
"Jake threw well, but his pitch count got high," said Jurek. "He got out of jams a couple times."
Seymour, Hanson and Braeden Lamberg led the Indians with two hits apiece.
Jared Crow fired a two-hitter in the opener as defending champion Gladstone blanked Trenton 10-0 in six innings. He fanned seven, walked two and hit two batters.
Lamberg and Dan Martin had two runs each. Ian Schwalbach reached base three times and collected three RBIs. Cody Frappier also got on three times.
"Jared threw real well," said Jurek.
A trio of errors hurt Bark River's cause in a 4-1 loss to Gaylord earlier Thursday.
The Buccaneers (21-16) tied the contest on Sam Hall's single along the right field line in the fourth.
Gaylord then scored twice in the sixth and added an insurance run in the seventh.
"They scored on all three of our errors," said Bark River manager Matt Richer. "Our energy level picked up when we tied the score, but we were kind of off balance with their pitching. We couldn't put the ball in play. We had 11 pop-ups for outs. We didn't make them make plays."
Matt Richer, Jr., Hall and Duane Englund led the Bucs with two hits.
Zach Englund, who whiffed seven of the first 11 hitters he faced, took the loss. He worked 5 2/3 innings before his brother Duane relieved in the sixth.
"Zach pitched well enough to win," said manager Richer. "We just didn't give him enough run support. We kind of let ourselves down with the mental mistakes."
The Bucs were scheduled to face Hudson (19-14) this morning, with the winner meeting Trenton (16-7) or Gaylord (14-16) today at 4.