Must win games in the Home Talent League are still a couple of weeks away when the playoffs begin.
But that’s not how Middleton manager Brandon Hellenbrand approached Sunday’s game with Waunakee.
“I really felt that this was a must win game for us,” Hellenbrand said.
Fortunately for Hellenbrand and his team, they delivered.
Middleton scored a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the ninth and rallied past Waunakee, 4-3.
Middleton also hammered Richland Center, 14-4, last Friday and improved to 10-4 in the Northern Section’s East Division. Black Earth lost to Ashton Sunday, but the Bombers still lead the division at 10-3.
“I was happy with the way we swung the bat,” Hellenbrand said. “Some days you just have to keep battling and sticking with it and the big hit will happen.”
Middleton’s big hits came in the ninth.