Wausau Pilot & Review
AUBURNDALE – Auburndale scored eight times in the bottom of the sixth inning to bust open a tie game and defeat Newman Catholic 12-4 in a Marawood Conference South Division softball game Tuesday at Auburndale High School.
Regynn Lau had a two-run single in the second inning to give the Eagles a 2-1 lead. Auburndale was up 4-1 before Newman Catholic tied it up with a three-run fifth, keyed by a two-run double by Ashley Jankowski.
The tie score held until the sixth when the Eagles erupted. Lau, Chesney Nagel and Mya Krings had RBI singles and Danika Blomberg hit a three-run inside-the-park home run to break it open as Auburndale, which improves to 6-2 overall and 3-1 in the Marawood South.
Jankowski and Ava Sukanen both had three hits and two RBI for Newman Catholic (1-5, 1-3 Marawood South).
Lau finished 4-for-4 with four RBI, and Taylor Anderson added three hits and scored three times for Auburndale.
Newman Catholic hosts Phillips on Friday.
Eagles 12, Cardinals 4
Newman Catholic 100 030 0 – 4 9 2
Auburndale 022 008 x – 12 14 1
WP: Morgan Griesbach. LP: Ashley Jankowski.
SO: Jankowski 1; Griesbach 11. BB: Jankowski 2; Griesbach 2.
Top hitters: NC, Paige Guld 2×4; Jankowski 3×4, 2B, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Ava Sukanen 3×4, 2 2Bs, 2 RBI. A, Mya Krings 2×4, 2 runs; Breleigh Grimm 2 RBI; Danika Blomberg HR, 2 runs, 4 RBI; Regynn Lau 4×4, 4 RBI; Chesney Nagel 1×3, RBI; Taylor Anderson 3×4, 2B, 3 runs.
Records: Newman Catholic 1-5, 1-3 Marawood Conference South Division; Auburndale 6-2, 3-1 Marawood Conference South Division.
