The third-seeded Wildcats logged single runs in the seventh and eighth innings to complete a 5-4 comeback victory over the No. 4 Pintos in the championship game of the the New Bloomfield-Calvary Lutheran Tournament on Saturday.
Junior Tyler Fennewald's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth plated the winning run and lifted the Wildcats (4-6) to their fourth win in a row.
"We were down and showed a lot of heart clawing back into it and eventually tying it and winning it in the eighth," New Bloomfield head coach Justin Forsythe said.
Junior Brady Wiler squared the game at 4-all for the Wildcats with an RBI single in New Bloomfield's half of the seventh.
Wiler was 3-for-4 and Fennewald finished 2-for-4 as the Wildcats were outhit 10-7.
Junior starter Clay Jensen struck out 10 and yielded four earned runs in the complete-game victory.
Wiler struck out seven and went the distance in New Bloomfield's 6-1 win over the No. 2 Belle Tigers in a semifinal game on Saturday.
Wiler gave up just three hits, walked two and gave up a lone earned run.
Senior left fielder Sam Niedergerke sparked the Wildcats, going 4-for-5 with an RBI, a run scored and a double. Jensen was 3-for-4 with an RBI, a double and two runs scored, while sophomore Zach Burton was 2-for-4 with a run scored.
Junior catcher Derek Shikles was 1-for-2, drove in a run, scored once and drew two walks, while Wiler was 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored to wrap up New Bloomfield's 11-hit outing.
Fennewald had three hits and struck out eight batters in the Wildcats' 9-0 opening-round win over No. 6 Tuscumbia on Friday.
Fennewald threw six innings and walked one, while going 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs at the plate. Burton also was 3-for-4 and scored a run, while Niedergerke and Shikles were each 2-for-4 with an RBI, a double and two runs scored.
Wiler finished 2-for-4 with a solo homer, two RBIs and a run scored as New Bloomfield had 12 hits.
"It was a good weekend for us," Forsythe said. "We played hard, we played great defense, we had pitching and we finally had timely hitting."
New Bloomfield hosts Show-Me Conference foe Eugene at 5 p.m. today.