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AUBURNDALE – Mya Krings and Hope Schulte each homered as the Auburndale softball team finished off its Marawood Conference South Division season with an 8-6 win over Marathon on Thursday at Auburndale High School.
Krings homered and Ashlyn Grimm had an RBI double in the first inning, and Schulte drove in a run with a single in the second as Auburndale opened up a 4-1 lead.
Schulte added a homer in the fourth and the Eagles made it 8-1 with a three-run fifth.
Marathon made a game of it with five runs in the top of the sixth, but Grimm relieved starter Samantha Stanton and struck out three in a 1 2/3 innings to earn the save for Auburndale (11-3, 7-3 Marawood South).
Katie LeBlanc drove in three runs and Danica Staus had three hits for Marathon (5-13, 0-10 Marawood South).
Auburndale hosts Athens for a nonconference game Friday at 4:45 p.m.
Eagles 8, Raiders 6
Marathon 100 005 0 – 6 11 3
Auburndale 220 130 x – 8 7 1
WP: Samantha Stanton. LP: Katie LeBlanc. SV: Ashlyn Grimm.
SO: LeBlanc (2 inn.) 0, Kali Prihoda (4 inn.) 1; Stanton (5 1/3 inn.) 1, Grimm (1 2/3 inn.) 3. BB: LeBlanc 2, Prihoda 4; Stanton 3, Grimm 2.
Top hitters: M, Prihoda 2×4; LeBlanc 2×4, 2B, 3 RBI; Danica Staus 3×4. A, Mya Krings HR, RBI; Grimm 2B, RBI; Hope Schulte 2×2, HR, 2 RBI.
Records: Marathon 5-13, 0-10 Marawood Conference South Division; Auburndale 11-3, 7-3 Marawood Conference South Division.