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WAUSAU – The Marshfield softball team was one out away from its first win of the season, but Wausau West’s Mikayla Kramer changed all of that.
Marshfield led 5-3 with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning when Liz Meier doubled and Kramer followed with a two-run home run to tie the score.
The Warriors won it in the eighth when Sara Hillery knocked in the winning run with a single.
Marshfield scored all five of its runs in the fifth to erase a 2-0 deficit. The Warriors responded with a run in the bottom of the fifth before rallying to win it.
The Tigers fall to 0-8 overall and 0-3 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference. West moves to 2-3 and 1-2 in the conference.
Marshfield is scheduled to play a doubleheader at Wausau East on Thursday.
Warriors 6, Tigers 5 (8 innings)
Marshfield 000 005 00 – 5 6 1
Wausau West 002 010 21 – 6 8 2
WP: Sammy Laatsch. LP: Caitlin Kozik.
SO: Kozik 2; Laatsch 6. BB: Kozik 1; Laatsch 6.
Top hitters: M, Jessi Lyon 2×4, 2 RBIs. WW, Laatsch 2×5, 3B; Liz Meier 2×4, 2B, 3B; Mikayla Kramer 2×4, HR, 2 RBIs; Katie Peterson 2×4.
Records: Marshfield 0-8, 0-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference; Wausau West 2-3, 1-2 WVC.