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Published - Saturday, May 10, 2008
Area roundup: Melrose-Mindoro softball team capitalizes on C-FC error to win
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — You know the old saying in baseball or softball: “You can’t give good teams extra outs.”
The Cochrane-Fountain City High School softball team found that out the hard way Friday in a Dairyland Conference matchup against Melrose-Mindoro.
An error in the top of the seventh inning kept the game going and allowed M-M to score two unearned runs and defeat C-FC 5-4.
Coming into the seventh, Pirates relief pitcher Nicki Dahl was cruising, not allowing a single run and striking out five. She struck out the first batter in the inning, the next reached on an error, then the next batter popped out.
The game should have been over there, but the Mustangs put together three straight hits to take the lead.
Alyssa Baumer went seven innings and struck out three and Alexis Plachecki went 2-for-4 with a triple for M-M (10-3, 10-3).
Erica Willadsen and Amy Schmidtknecht each went 1-for-3 with a triple for C-FC (11-3-1, 11-3-1).
Eau Claire Immanuel 7-7,Whitehall 0-5
WHITEHALL, Wis. — Jessie Meyer did it all for Eau Claire Immanuel, striking out a combined 21 hitters in two games and combining for three hits in the doubleheader.
In Game 2, Courtney Kloes went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs and Kaeleigh Peterson had a double and two RBIs for Whitehall.
I/G 16, B-T 7
BLAIR, Wis. — Independence/Gilmanton had 11 hits and took advantage of five Blair-Taylor errors in the win.
Jeana Manka was 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs for I/G.
Nonconference
La Crosse Central 11, G-E-T 10 (8)
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Kaylene Juan scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning for La Crosse Central.
Hannah Mickelson drove in Kenisha McGuire to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh after Gale-Ettrick-Trempeauleau scored four in the top of the inning.
Baseball
Three Rivers
W-K 4, P-E-M 3
PLAINVIEW, Minn. — Kyler Stiner went 2-for-4, Kyle Sill went 2-for-2 with an RBI and Logan Stuhr went seven innings and struck out six to lead Wabasha-Kellogg.
Ben Keilholtz went seven innings, struck out six and hit a three-run home run for Plainview-Elgin-Millville.
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