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STRATFORD – Laney Pankratz singled home Lexie Christopherson with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Stratford softball team to a 2-1 win over Edgar in a Marawood Conference South Division game Tuesday at Hilgemann Field.
Pankratz pitched a gem for the Tigers, scattering seven hits while allowing two walks and striking out 11.
Makayla Wirkus led off the game with a double and scored on an error to give Edgar a quick 1-0 lead.
Stratford came back with a run of its own in the second on an RBI single by Pankratz and the score remained 1-1 until the Tigers won it in the ninth.
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Gracie Schmidt and Pankratz each had two hits for Stratford (11-5, 4-3 Marawood South). Edgar drops to 6-8 and 4-5 in the conference.
The two teams will play again Thursday at Edgar.
Tigers 2, Wildcats 1 (9 inn.)
Edgar 100 000 000 – 1 7 2
Stratford 010 000 001 – 2 6 2
WP: Laney Pankratz. LP: Makayla Wirkus.
SO: Wirkus 10; Pankratz 11. BB: Wirkus 3; Pankratz 2.
Top hitters: E, Wirkus 3×4, 2 2Bs, run; Reagan Borchardt 2×4; Maycie Yonker 2B. S, Pankratz 2×4, 2 RBI; Lexie Christopherson 2B, run; Gracie Schmidt 2×3.
Records: Edgar 6-8, 4-5 Marawood Conference South Division; Stratford 11-5, 4-3 Marawood Conference South Division.