Rockets have 12 hits in road win

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

GREENWOOD — The Spencer softball team extended its win streak to nine in the Cloverbelt Conference East Division with an 11-2 victory over Greenwood on Thursday.

The Rockets are now 12-3 overall and 9-0 in the conference. Greenwood drops to 5-8 and 2-5 in the Cloverbelt East.

“Our defense and baserunning were much better tonight,” Spencer coach Jason Gorst said. “It took us a bit, but we really got the bats going in the seventh. I was happy with the progress we made from (last) weekend.”

Spencer led 4-2 after six innings before exploding for seven runs in the top of the seventh.

Macie Weber, Cinnamin Harwood, and Kallie Reckner each had two hits, and Lexi Baehr hit a home run and drove in three for Spencer.

Weber earned the win on the mound, striking out seven.

Spencer hosts Colby on Friday. The Rockets would clinch at least a share of their second-straight Cloverbelt East championship with a victory.

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

Rockets 11, Indians 2

Spencer 102 100 7 – 11 12 0

Greenwood 100 010 0 – 2 7 2

WP: Macie Weber. LP: Hinker.

SO: Weber 7; Hinker 0. BB: Weber 4; Hinker 1.

Top hitters: S, Weber 2×4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs; Cinnamin Harwood 2×5, 2 RBIs; Lexi Baehr HR, 3 RBIs; Kallie Reckner 2×4; Jenna Schober 2B, 2 runs; Courtney Buss 2B, 2 runs. G, Learman 3×3, HR.

Records: Spencer 12-3, 9-0 Cloverbelt East; Greenwood 5-8, 2-5 Cloverbelt East.