The Franklin baseball team is one game win away from the state tournament after defeating Cudahy, 7-4, Saturday evening in a WIAA sectional semifinal in Cudahy.
The Sabers trailed 3-1 heading into the fifth inning and scored three times in that frame and again in the sixth.
The big play of the game was Jay Dirienzo's based-loaded double in the fifth, which cleared the bases and gave Franklin the lead for good.
In the sixth inning, junior left fielder Evan Walton had a double to deep center that drove in two runs. Trevor Theissen also had an RBI single in that frame.
Franklin starter Ian Malmstadt had a rough outing, giving up three runs in just three innings. He was replaced by Brandon Wiedenfeld in the fourth, who surrendered run the rest of the way.
The Sabers will take on South Milwaukee on Sunday in the sectional final. The winner of that game will go to the state tournament, which begins Wednesday in Stevens Point.
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