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WAUSAU – The Stratford softball team kept pace with Marathon on top of the Marawood Conference South Division standings with a 15-4 win over Wausau Newman Catholic on Thursday.
The Tigers are now 5-1 overall and 4-0 in the Marawood South.
Stratford busted open a 1-1 game with a nine-run fifth inning, and put the finishing touches on the victory with five more runs in the sixth.
Sydney Boeger had two hits and five RBIs, Emily Meyer was 3-for-4, and Paige Kolbeck and Mazie Nagel each added two hits for the Tigers.
Maria Schoenfuss threw a complete game for Stratford, striking out two and walking one, to earn the win.
Stratford hosts Athens on Friday.
Tigers 15, Cardinals 4
Stratford 001 095 – 15 12 2
Wausau Newman Catholic 001 030 – 4 8 5
WP: Maria Schoenfuss. LP: Samuels.
SO: Schoenfuss 2; Samuels (4 2/3 inn.) 3, Sukanen (1 1/3 inn.) 1. BB: Schoenfuss 1; Samuels 3, Sukanen 0.
Top hitters: S, Sydney Boeger 2×4, 2 2Bs, 3 runs, 5 RBIs; Paige Kolbeck 2×3, 2 RBIs; Gadke 2 RBIs; Jessamae Rice 2B, 2 RBIs; Mazie Nagel 2×4, 2 runs; Emily Meyer 3×4; Bargender 2 runs; Grell 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Mariah Zawislan 2 runs. N, Pitterle 2B, RBI; Nowinsky 2B; Kalfafine 2×2, 2B, 2 RBIs.
Records: Stratford 5-1, 4-0 Marawood Conference South Division; Wausau Newman Catholic 0-4 overall and Marawood South.