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COLBY – Spencer scored 10 runs in the first inning and poured it on from there, whipping Colby 21-0 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division softball game Friday at Colby High School.
The Rockets improve to 4-1 overall and 2-1 in the Cloverbelt East with the win. Colby falls to 1-2 and 1-1 in conference.
The Rockets only had nine hits as they walked 22 times in the victory.
Krystal Weier went 3-for-4 with a bases-loaded triple, three runs scored and five RBIs for Spencer. Dani Johnson walked five times and scored three times, and Paige Johnson had four walks, a single and scored twice. They each had three RBIs, as did Marisa Johnson.
Courtney Schulz added a two-run inside-the-park home run in the first inning explosion.
Ten different Spencer players scored at least a run.
Tynae Phillips and Heidi Guenther combined on the three-hit shutout for Spencer.
“I was really happy with how our pitchers improved on locating the ball,” Spencer coach Jason Gorst said. “We played an error-free game, which is a nice improvement for us.”
Spencer hosts Augusta on Monday.
Rockets 21, Hornets 0
Spencer (10)20 72 – 21 9 0
Colby 000 00 – 0 3 0
WP: Tynae Phillips. LP: Goodwin.
SO: Phillips 3, Heidi Guenther 3; Goodwin 6. BB: Phillips 0, Guenther 0; Goodwin 21.
Top hitters: S, Kailyn Anderson 2 runs; Guenther 2 runs; Marisa Johnson 3 RBIs; Paige Johnson 2 runs, 3 RBIs, 4 BBs; Dani Johnson 5 BBs, 3 runs, 3 RBIs; Brooke Kettleborough 3 BBs, 2 runs; Sam Nikolay 3 BBs, 2 HBPs, 3 runs; Phillips 2 runs; Courtney Schulz HR, 2 RBIs; Krystal Weier 3×4, 3B, 3 runs, 5 RBIs.
Records: Spencer 4-1, 2-1 Cloverbelt East; Colby 1-2, 1-1 Cloverbelt East.