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WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Wisconsin Rapids rallied with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Marshfield 9-8 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference softball game Thursday at Lincoln High School.
The win is the Raiders’ first Wisconsin Valley Conference win of the season and they improve to 3-8 and 1-7 in the conference. Marshfield drops to 1-10 and 1-4 in the WVC.
The second half of the game was played in a steady rain and the second game of the scheduled doubleheader was rained out. The game will be made up Friday. The location and time have not been announced.
Marshfield led 7-2 after scoring five times in the top of the fourth and knocking out Rapids pitcher Megan Overfelt.
Rapids responded with three runs in the bottom of the fifth and two in the sixth to tie the game at 7-7.
Marshfield retook the lead in the seventh, finally getting through against Raiders’ reliever Allison Brost.
Jessi Lyon singled, went to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Alexis Straughan. Straughan reached as far as third base before Brost got out of the jam.
Wisconsin Rapids started the rally with one out in the seventh. Brost walked, Maisie Langholff singled and Shelby Steinke walked to load the bases. Overfelt then knocked in two runs with a single off the fence to win it for the Raiders.
“We have really been struggling most of the season with hitting,” Marshfield coach Mike Voss said. “We had our first practice outside (Wednesday) and it was very productive. I don’t know if it carried over to today, but we did a good job of getting girls on base early and moving them around.”
Lyon finished 4-for-4 and Jordan Green and Katie Treankler each had two hits to lead the Marshfield offense.
Overfelt and Megan Siekert each had three hits for Wisconsin Rapids.
Raiders 9, Tigers 8
Marshfield 101 500 1 – 8 10 1
Wisconsin Rapids 020 032 2 – 9 15 1
WP: Allison Brost. LP: Caitlin Kozik.
SO: Kozik 1; Megan Overfelt 4, Brost 3. BB: Kozik 5; Overfelt 2, Brost 0.
Top hitters: M, Jessi Lyon 4×4, 2B; Katie Treankler 2×4, 2 2Bs; Jordan Green 2×4, 2B. WR, Overfelt 3×5, 2 RBIs; Megan Siekert 3×3; Brost 2 hits; Maisie Langholff 2 hits.
Records: Marshfield 1-10, 1-4 Wisconsin Valley Conference; Wisconsin Rapids 3-8, 1-7 WVC.