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SPENCER – Spencer overcame a seven-run deficit to win the first game and blasted Augusta in Game 2, sweeping a Cloverbelt Conference East Division softball doubleheader Friday at Spencer High School.
Spencer trailed 7-0 after 2½ innings in the first game but battled back and scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth to win 11-10. The Rockets won the second game 10-2.
Spencer is now 5-1 overall and 5-0 in the Cloverbelt East. Augusta drops to 2-4 and 1-4 in the conference.
Spencer only had seven hits in Game 1, but took advantage of seven walks and four errors to pull out the win.
Macie Weber had a single, a double and two RBIs, and Mandie Schultz added two RBIs for the Rockets. Weber also earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief.
Weber led the way in Game 2 as well for Spencer, tossing a five-inning complete game, striking out seven. She added two singles, a home run and four RBIs at the plate.
Game 1
Rockets 11, Beavers 10
Augusta 304 030 0 – 10 9 4
Spencer 002 306 x – 11 7 4
WP: Macie Weber. LP: Alyssa Laxaon.
SO: Laxaon 2; Weber 2, Tynae Phillips 3. BB: Laxaon 7; Weber 1, Phillips 7.
Top hitters: A, Amber Herrick 2×5, 2B; Laxaon 2B, 2 runs; Cathy Renneke 2 RBIs; Katie Nelson 3B, 2 RBIs. S, Marisa Johnson 2 runs; Brooke Kettleborough 3B, 3 runs; Mandie Schultz 2 RBIs; Weber 2×4, 2B, 2 RBIs.
Game 2
Rockets 10, Beavers 2
Spencer 170 20 – 10 5 1
Augusta 101 00 – 2 8 2
WP: Weber. LP: Laxaon.
SO: Weber 7; Laxaon 3, Dani Nelson 1. BB: Weber 1; Laxaon 4, Nelson 6.
Top hitters: S, Kettleborough 2 RBIs, 2 runs; Ellayna Lyon 2 runs; Weber 3×3, HR, 2 runs, 4 RBIs; Johnson 2B. A, Laxaon 2×3; Cathy Renneke 2×3, 2B; D. Nelson 2B.
Records: Spencer 5-1, 5-0 Cloverbelt East; Augusta 2-4, 1-4 Cloverbelt East.