ESCANABA — Five consecutive singles set the early tone for Sheboygan, Wis. in an 11-5 American Legion baseball triumph over Marinette here Sunday.

The victory enabled the A’s to improve to 7-2 and secure their first title in three years in the Gregg Johnson/Al Erickson Memorial tournament on a sunny and seasonably-cool afternoon at Al Ness Field.

Levi Mills and Ryan Stephen each ripped a two-run single to leftfield for Sheboygan, which scored seven times in the opening frame.

“That’s huge,” Sheboygan manager Weston Jurk said. “That gave our pitcher a chance to relax. We played some good ball this weekend and getting playing time for all 16 of our players helped.”

“Our kids have a lot of fight,” Marinette manager Brian Lesandrini said. “They didn’t give up. They (Sheboygan) came out swinging and once we settled in, we sort of chipped away. They’re definitely a good group that can swing the bat.”

Sheboygan finished with 11 hits including six off starter Culton Arpke, who walked one and hit two batters and gave up seven runs on eight hits.

Sheboygan’s Brett Rybasczyk took the win.

In Sunday’s semifinal games, Sheboygan defeated Kingsford 5-3 and Marinette beat Kewaunee County 12-2.

In pool play action, Marinette pitcher Cooper Smith threw a no-hitter in a 0-0 tie against Kingsford’s Mason Koski. The two pitchers combined for 19 strikeouts in the contest.

Kingsford went 2-1-1 in pool play.