Faribault Softball Blanks Austin While Bethlehem Academy Loses
The Faribault Falcons fastpitch softball team got another strong pitching performance from Rylee Sietsema in a 2-0 win over Austin on the road Thursday.
The righty senior was efficient throwing 89 pitches, 60 for strikes, allowed 5 hits with 7 strikeouts and 1 walk.
Emma Minnick, senior, clubbed an RBI double in the 4th inning and Amanda Cullen, sophomore, had the other RBI with a sacrifice fly in the 5th inning.
The Falcons entered the game batting .318 as a team with six players hitting over .300 on the season.
Grace Brazil, junior, and Reagan Drengenberg, senior, each swiped a base in the hard fought game at Austin's Todd Park.
Neither team had a error in the windy conditions.
Faribault has won 3 of their last 5 games and goes to Visitation Academy in Mendota Heights Saturday for three scheduled games. They will tangle with the host Blazers at 9:30 a.m.
The tournament is being played at Victoria Ballfields in Roseville, Mn. Games are 9:30 a.m, 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. with other participants including Pine Island, Hawley, Aitken, Litchfield, South St. Paul and Concordia Academy of St. Paul.
The Bethlehem Academy Cardinals fell in Blooming Prairie Thursday 6-2.
The Awesome Blossoms bats were humming, achieving 12 hits off Morgan Wilson, junior, pitcher who struck out 6 and walked 1 while throwing 98 pitches, 67 strikes,
Bethlehem Academy jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Blooming Prairie scored a run in the third, 3 runs in the 4th and 2 more in the 6th inning.
The Cardinals had seven different batters with hits. Caitlin Bothun, sophomore, knocked in both runs.
Blooming Prairie pitcher, Macy Lembke, senior, scattered 7 hits, struck out 4 batters and walked 4 while throwing 100 pitches, 64 for strikes.
Layla Lembke, senior, ha 2 hits including a double and Lily Schammel, senior added 2 hits. Anna Haberman, senior, joined the hit parade with a pair of singles and Ella Smith, junior, clubbed a 2 RBI triple for the Awesome Blossoms.
Blooming Prairie (12-3) goes to Southland Saturday at 11:00 a.m.
Bethlehem Academy (9-5) is scheduled to host Hayfield (8-6) at 4:30 p.m. Monday.
Other area softball scores :
- United South Central 2 Hayfield 0
- Winona 8 Northfield 3
- Northfield 5 Winona 1
- St. Peter 5 Tri-City United 1
- Rochester Mayo 3 Rochester Century 2
- Rochester Mayo 3 Rochester Century 1
- Cannon Falls 5 Goodhue 3
- Randolph 13 Kenyon-Wanamingo 0
- Mankato West 3 Owatonna 2
- Owatonna 8 Mankato West 0
- Mankato East 10 Rochester John Marshall 0
- Caledonia 13 Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 0
- Martin County West 10 St. Clair/Loyola 0
- Martin Luther/GHEC/Truman 18 Lyle/Pacelli 8
- Medford 3 Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 2
- Farmington 15 Burnsville 3
- Maple River 3 NRHEG 2
- Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey 6 Cleveland 5
- New Prague 3 Chaska 0
- La Crescent 6 Rushford-Peterson 5
- Sibley East 11 Waseca 0
- Dover-Eyota 12 Lake City 2
- Belle Plaine 3 LCWM 1
- Winona Cotter 7 Lewiston-Altura 4
- St. Charles 12 P-E-M 0
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