Rockets blast seven home runs in victories

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

SPENCER — The Spencer softball team ripped seven home runs to sweep a doubleheader from Marshfield Columbus Catholic, winning 16-3 and 12-2 on Thursday at Spencer High School.

The Rockets (13-2, 9-0 Cloverbelt Conference East Division) have now won 13 games in a row heading into a tournament at Gilman on Saturday where they will play Marathon and Stratford.

Macie Weber struck out the first six batters of the opener and earned the win on the mound.

Spencer scored 11 runs in the first inning of Game 1. Weber and Lexi Baehr had homers in the win.

In the second game, Weber, Mandie Schultz, and Baehr hit home runs on consecutive pitches. Baehr, a freshman, hit the first two home runs of her career in the twinbill. Weber added another, and Brooke Kettleborough hit one as well for the Rockets.

“It’s fun to see a player hit their first home run,” Spencer coach Jason Gorst said. “Lexi is having a very impressive season.

“Macie has been pretty dominant as a pitcher, but Marisa Johnson and Ellayna Lyon are really proving we have some depth at that position.”

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Game 1

Rockets 16, Dons 3

Columbus Catholic 000 03 – 3 3 2

Spencer (11)12 2x – 16 6 2

WP: Macie Weber. LP: DeSmet.

SO: DeSmet (2/3 inn.) 0, Litwatis (3 1/3 inn.) 1; Weber (2 inn.) 6, Marisa Johnson (2 inn.) 1, Brooke Kettleborough (1 inn.) 1. BB: DeSmet 8, Litwatis 7; Weber 0, Johnson 1, Kettleborough 1.

Top hitters: CC, Bailey Neider 2×2. S, Johnson 2 runs; Lindsay Vaughan 2 runs; Weber HR, 2 runs, 3 RBIs; Mandie Schultz 2×2, 2 runs; Lexi Baehr HR, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Courtney Buss 2 runs; Kettleborough 2 runs.

Game 2

Rockets 12, Dons 1

Spencer 600 311 1 – 12 19 2

Columbus Catholic 200 000 0 – 2 6 1

WP: Ellayna Lyon. LP: Abby Baierl.

SO: Lyon 10; Baierl 0. BB: Lyon 0; Baierl 4.

Top hitters: S, Johnson 2×3; Kettleborough 2×5, 2B, HR, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Weber 3×4, 2 HRs, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; Schultz 4×4, HR, 2 runs; Kallie Reckner 2×5, 2B; Colleen Arnold 3×3, 2 runs. CC, Schultz 2×4; Baierl 2B.

Records: Spencer 13-2, 9-0 Cloverbelt East; Columbus Catholic 2-8 overall and Cloverbelt East.