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WISCONSIN RAPIDS – The Stratford softball team busted open a tight game with an eight-run top of the seventh and whipped Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 13-6 in a Marawood Conference South Division game Tuesday.
Stratford led 5-4 after six innings before the erupting with the eight-run frame that put the game away.
The Tigers are now 14-6 and finish the Marawood South season with a 10-2 record. Stratford finishes its regular-season schedule Friday with a nonconference game at Edgar.
Kaylee Geiger went 4-for-5 and Brittany Bredemann drove in three runs for Stratford.
Lorrie Luepke earned the win on the mound.
Tigers 13, Royals 6
Stratford 020 012 8 – 13 13 3
Assumption 300 001 2 – 6 9 6
WP: Lorrie Luepke. LP: Krings.
SO: Luepke 0; Sullivan (1 1/3 inn.) 0, Krings (5 2/3 inn.) 1. BB: Luepke 3; Sullivan 3, Krings 3.
Top hitters: S, Brittany Bredemann 2B, 2 runs, 3 RBIs; Macey Kilty 2B; Luepke 2×4, 2 2Bs, 2 RBIs; Kaylee Geiger 4×5, 2B, 2 RBIs; Val Licciardi 2 runs; Casey Kolbeck 2×3, 3 runs. A, Sullivan 2×4; Krings 2×3, HR, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Schill 2B; Preuss 2×3.
Records: Stratford 14-6, 10-2 Marawood South; Assumption 10-6, 8-3 Marawood South.