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SPENCER – The Spencer softball team went 1-1 at its home tournament on Saturday beating Nekoosa 15-0 and losing to Auburndale 5-4.
The score of the Nekoosa-Auburndale game was not reported.
Spencer had its 11-game winning streak snapped with the loss to Auburndale and is now 11-3.
Spencer used 13 walks and eight hits to beat Nekoosa due to the 15-run rule after 3½ innings.
Sadie Mercier had three hits, Courtney Buss and Mandie Schultz each had three RBIs, and Macie Weber had a home run for Spencer.
Weber and Lexi Baehr each pitched two innings, giving up just one hit.
Auburndale scored the winning run in the top of the seventh inning to edge Spencer.
Hannah Bolder had three hits and drove in three runs, and Brooke Anderson and Mackenzie Raab each had two hits for the Apaches (3-7-1).
“Definitely have to give Auburndale credit,” Spencer coach Jason Gorst said. “They outplayed us in every facet of the game and deserved to win. It was an eye opener for us and hopefully we can improve on some of the things we are not very good at.”
Auburndale beat Nekoosa 10-0 in its other game of the tournament to take first place.
The Apaches scored five times in the second inning and road the arm of Rachael Bolder, who struck out three, walked just one and allowed only two hits in the five-inning victory.
Brooke Anderson had two hits and scored twice for Auburndale (4-7-1).
Game 1
Rockets 15, Papermakers 0
Nekoosa 000 0 – 0 1 4
Spencer 933 x – 15 8 1
WP: Macie Weber. LP: Keenan.
SO: Keenan (1 inn.) 1, Not reported 0; Weber (2 inn.) 2, Lexi Baehr (2 inn.) 1. BB: Keenan 3, Not reported 10; Weber 1, Baehr 1.
Top hitters: S, Courtney Buss 2B, 2 runs, 3 RBIs; Weber HR, 2 RBIs; Montana Kleinschmidt 2 RBIs; Lindsay Vaughan 2 runs; Jenna Schober 2 runs; Faith Bauer 2 runs; Sadie Mercier 3×3; Mandie Schultz 3B, 3 RBIs.
Game 2
Apaches 5, Rockets 4
Auburndale 201 010 1 – 5 9 1
Spencer 000 112 0 – 4 10 5
WP: Tiffany Meinders. LP: Alexis Soppe.
SO: Soppe (5 inn.) 2, Not reported 0; Meinders (4 1/3 inn.) 4, Weber (2 2/3 inn.) 4. BB: Soppe 4; Meinders 1.
Top hitters: A, Brooke Anderson 2×3, 2 runs; Mackenzie Raab 2×3, 3 runs; Hannah Bolder 3×4, 3 RBIs; Ponchock 2B. S, Cinnamin Harwood 2×3; Weber 2B; Schober 2B; Mercier 2×4.
Game 3
Apaches 10, Papermakers 0
Nekoosa 000 00 – 0 2
Auburndale 053 2x – 10 9
WP: Rachael Bolder.
SO: R. Bolder 3. BB: R. Bolder 1.
Top hitters: A, Anderson 2×3, 2B, 2 runs; Katie Lundgren 2 runs; Kaeden Dvorak 2 runs.
Nekoosa statistics not reported.
Records: Auburndale 4-7-1; Nekoosa 0-9; Spencer 11-3.