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ATHENS – Athens rallied from 10 runs down to top Auburndale 13-12 in a wild nonconference softball game Monday.
Auburndale scored seven times in the first inning and added four more in the second to open up an 11-1 lead before the Bluejays got hot.
Athens (8-4) scored five times in the fourth, added three in the fifth, and finished off the game with a four-run bottom of the seventh to win in walk-off fashion.
Mackenzie Raab went 3-for-4 with a double, a triple, and two RBIs, Natalie Aue had a triple and two RBIs, and Hannah Bolder had two hits and scored twice for Auburndale (5-9).
Auburndale hosts Prentice on Friday.
Bluejays 13, Apaches 12
Auburndale 740 000 1 – 12 10 5
Athens 100 530 4 – 13 10 7
WP: Kierra Penney. LP: Maggie Willfahrt.
SO: Hailey Grimm (4 inn.) 0, M. Willfahrt (2 2/3 inn.) 1; Allison Wolf (1 inn.) 1, Penney (6 inn.) 1. BB: Grimm 3, M. Willfahrt 0; Wolf 3, Penney 1.
Top hitters: AUB, Mackenzie Raab 3×4, 2B, 3B, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Natalie Aue 3B, 2 RBIs; Hailey Grimm 2 runs, RBI; Hannah Bolder 2×5, 2B, 2 runs, RBI. ATH, Paula Lira 3 runs; Kenadi Diedrich 3×4, 2B, 2 runs; Kaitlyn Brooks 3×4, 2B, 3 runs, 2 RBIs; Dayna Ellenbecker 3B, 3 RBIs; Carley Lipinski 2 runs, 3 RBIs.
Records: Auburndale 5-9; Athens 8-4.