MARSHFIELD – Courtney Donahue struck out 12 and Jordan Pretsch went 3-for-3 to help lift the Marshfield softball team to a 9-4 win over Wisconsin Rapids in a Wisconsin Valley Conference game Tuesday at the Marshfield Fairgrounds.
Marshfield pulled out to a 4-1 lead after two innings before the Raiders rallied to tie the game with a three-run fifth.
Marshfield responded with a five-run sixth and Donahue sent the Raiders down in the seventh to finish off the victory.
The Tigers are now 7-3 overall and 3-2 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference, while Rapids falls to 6-7 and 5-3 in the WVC.
Wisconsin Rapids had five doubles and 11 total hits against Donahue, but she was able to wiggle out of trouble – with the exception of the fifth inning – with 12 strikeouts and earned the win.
Jenna Jakobi, Loryn Jakobi, Taylor Barwick and Rhiannon Corozolla each had two hits, and Madalen Bornbach had three RBIs and a double for the Tigers.
Allison Martin was 3-for-4, with Megan Clary, Alyssa Banta, McKenzie Pyburn and Abby Look each having two hits for Rapids.
Marshfield plays a doubleheader at Merrill on Thursday.
Tigers 9, Raiders 4
Wisconsin Rapids 010 030 0 – 4 11 1
Marshfield 130 005 x – 9 13 2
WP: Courtney Donahue. LP: Alyssa Banta.
SO: Banta 7; Donahue 12. BB: Banta 4; Donahue 5.
Top hitters: WR, Megan Clary 2×3, 2 2Bs, RBI; Allison Martin 3×4, 2B; Banta 2×4, run; McKenzie Pyburn 2×4, 2B, run; Abby Look 2×4, 2B, 2 RBIs. M, Jenna Jakobi 2×3, 2 runs; Loryn Jakobi 2×3, 2 runs, RBI; Rhiannon Corozolla 2×4, RBI; Jordan Pretsch 3×3, RBI; Madalen Bornbach 2B, 3 RBIs; Taylor Barwick 2×3.
Records: Wisconsin Rapids 6-7, 5-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference; Marshfield 7-3, 3-2 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
Author: News Desk
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