LANSING FENDS OFF WAVERLY RALLY IN 8-5 WIN
By: Tim Birney | WaverlyAthletics.com | May 25, 2021 | Photo courtesy Mike Lubertowicz
WAVERLY — Lansing jumped out to a 5-0 lead, then held off Waverly’s
comeback efforts for an 8-5 win here Tuesday afternoon in IAC softball
action.
The Lady Bobcats scored one run in the top of the second,
and two more in each of the second and third innings to build the 5-0
lead.
In the home half of the fourth inning, junior Aubrey Ennis
blasted a two-out three-run home run over the left field fence to trim
the deficit to 5-3.
Lansing kept scoring, however, tacking on two
runs in the fifth and one more in the sixth to push its lead back to
five runs, at 8-3.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Waverly
plated two runs on consecutive two-out doubles by Ennis, senior Alyssa
Sindoni, and senior Hali Jenner to cut the lead to 8-5.
With one
out in the bottom of the seventh, Jadyn Babcock walked, and freshman
Peyton Shaw and senior Sidney Tomasso stroked back-to-back singles to
load the bases.
Freshman Olivia Robinson then ripped a line shot,
but Lansing shortstop Kiara Lovejoy snared it, and turned it into a
game-ending double play.
The Lady Wolverines outhit Lansing 11-5, but left 12 runners on base.
Ennis
homered, doubled, and singled, scored two runs, and had three RBI, and
Shaw stroked three singles and scored one run to pace Waverly at the
plate.
Jenner doubled and singled, and drove in one run for the
Lady Wolverines, while Sindoni doubled, scored one run, and drove in one
run, Tomasso and junior Bella Romano each added a single, and Robinson
scored one run.
Jenner was tagged with the loss, allowing eight
runs — six earned — on five hits in seven innings. She fanned 12 and
walked seven.
Waverly, now 6-9, hosts S-VE Wednesday.
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