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LOYAL – The Spencer softball team remains unbeaten in the Cloverbelt Conference East Division after completing a doubleheader sweep of Loyal 18-1 and 9-3 on Monday at Loyal High School.
Tynae Phillips earned the win on the mound in both games for the Rockets, who improve to 9-3 overall and 8-0 in the Cloverbelt East. Loyal falls to 1-6, 1-5 in the conference.
Brooke Kettleborough, Macie Weber and Lindsey Vaughan each had three hits and Paige Johnson had four RBIs in the first game for Spencer, which had 18 hits and scored 10 runs in the fifth inning of the victory.
Colleen Arnold had two of Spencer’s seven hits in the second game. Mandie Schultz had a triple and three RBIs and Paige Johnson knocked in two for the Rockets.
Spencer hosts Columbus Catholic for another doubleheader on Tuesday.
Game 1
Rockets 18, Greyhounds 1
Spencer 224 0(10) – 18 18 1
Loyal 000 01 – 1 3 1
WP: Tynae Phillips. LP: S. Happe.
SO: Phillips 9, Macie Weber 0; Happe 3. BB: Phillips 1, Weber 1; Happe 6.
Top hitters: S, Brooke Kettleborough 3×3, 2B, 3 runs, 3 RBIs; Weber 3×4, 2B; Sam Nikolay 2×3, 3 runs; Marisa Johnson 2×4, 2 2Bs, 2 runs; Mandie Schultz 2 RBIs; Lindsey Vaughan 3×3, 3 runs; Paige Johnson 1×3, 2 runs, 4 RBIs.
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Game 2
Rockets 9, Greyhounds 3
Loyal 030 000 0 – 3 8 1
Spencer 270 000 x – 9 7 1
WP: Phillips. LP: C. Wolf.
SO: Wolf 2; Phillips 4, Weber 2, M. Johnson 3. BB: Wolf 9; Phillips 4, Weber 3, M. Johnson 3.
Top hitters: L, H. Bauer 2×4; J. Young 2 RBIs. S, Schultz 1×4, 3B, 3 RBIs; P. Johnson 2 RBIs; Kettleborough 2 runs; M. Johnson 2B, 2 runs; Colleen Arnold 2×4.
Records: Spencer 9-3, 8-0 Cloverbelt East; Loyal 1-6, 1-5 Cloverbelt East.