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ALMOND – Laney Carlton drove in Lexie Dernbach with a two-out single in the bottom of the eighth inning, pushing Almond-Bancroft to a 2-1 win over Stratford in a nonconference softball game Monday at Almond-Bancroft High School.
The Tigers (7-3) tied the game in the sixth inning when Kalyn Schueller, who had led off the inning with a single, scored on an error.
The game remained tied until Almond-Bancroft (8-2) scratched out the run in the eighth.
Stratford was held to four singles in the loss.
Stratford will play at Auburndale on Tuesday in a Marawood Conference South Division game at 4:45 p.m.
Eagles 2, Tigers 1 (8 inn.)
Stratford 000 001 00 – 1 4 1
Almond-Bancroft 000 100 01 – 2 10 1
WP: Riya Ceballos. LP: Tria Tubbs.
SO: Laney Pankratz (4 inn.) 3, Tubbs (3 2/3 inn.) 1; Ceballos 6. BB: L. Pankratz 1, Tubbs 3; Ceballos 1.
Top hitters: S, Carly Pankratz 1×4; Kressa Wenzel 1×2; Kalyn Schueller 1×3, run; Emerson Roy 1×3. AB, Mya Dernbach 2×4; Lexie Dernbach 2B, 2 runs; Laney Carlton 2×4, RBI.
Records: Stratford 7-3; Almond-Bancroft 8-2.