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MERRILL – Lexi Dupee had three hits, including a home run to tie the game, and Marshfield went on to win it in the seventh inning to beat Merrill 4-3 in the first game of a Wisconsin Valley Conference softball doubleheader Tuesday.
Merrill came back to win Game 2 8-4 to earn the split.
Marshfield is now 6-6 overall and 3-4 in the WVC, while Merrill is 3-4 and 2-4 in the conference.
Merrill led 3-1 after the first inning before Marshfield chipped away with a run in the fourth, Dupee’s homer in the sixth and the game-winning run in the seventh.
Miranda Baierl had an RBI single to score pinch-runner Brittany Peterson, who was running for Makyala Barth who had singled.
Merrill scored seven runs in the first two innings to pull ahead early and cruised to the win in the second game.
Dupee ripped another home run in the second game for the Tigers.
“Overall I was pleased with the way that we played defense, especially with all the errors that we had on Monday night against Wausau East,” Marshfield coach Mike Voss said. “I thought that we did a much better job as a team making contact and putting the ball in play. Hopefully all the work that we have been doing pays off in the rest of the games this week and the season.”
Marshfield is scheduled to play its first home game of the season Thursday against Wausau East at the Central Wisconsin Fairgrounds.
Game 1
Tigers 4, Bluejays 3
Marshfield 100 101 1 – 4 8 1
Merrill 300 000 0 – 3 6 1
WP: Caitlyn Kozik. LP: Makayla Heckendorf.
SO: Kozik 2; Heckendorf 4. BB: Kozik 0; Heckendorf 0.
Top hitters: MAR, Lexi Dupee 3×3, 2B, HR; Katie Treankler 2×3, 2B; Miranda Baierl 2×4, 2B. MER, Claire LaMonica 2 hits; Reegen Byer 2B; Heckendorf 2B.
Game 2
Bluejays 8, Tigers 4
Merrill 430 100 0 – 8 11 5
Marshfield 000 220 0 – 4 7 2
WP: Heckendorf. LP: Kozik.
SO: Heckendorf 0, LaMonica 3; Kozik 1, Baierl 2. BB: Heckendorf 2, LaMonica 3; Kozik 0, Baierl 3.
Top hitters: MER, Leonna Ives 2 2Bs; Starr Krenzke 2 2Bs; Byer 1B, 2B; Leesha Kleinschmidt 1B, 2-run HR; Mariah Turenne 2 hits. MAR, Dupee 2×4, 2B, HR; Kayla Kluge 2 hits.
Records: Marshfield 6-6, 3-4 Wisconsin Valley Conference; Merrill 3-4, 2-4 WVC.