RRC/WWG 6, Nicollet 5

WALNUT GROVE — The Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove softball team ended its four-game skid on Friday night, picking up a 6-5 walk-off win over Nicollet.

The Falcons trailed 5-3 through the first four innings, but scored one run in each of the next three frames to eventually come back for the win.

A Kendra Schroeder single and a Natasha Wahl walk put the go-ahead run on second base to start the seventh. A fielder’s choice took away the lead runner before Leah Carter reached on an error to reload the bases, and Wahl scored on a passed ball to clinch the victory.

Carlie Ross picked up the pitching win for RRC/WWG, giving up four earned runs on four hits and nine walks over seven innings. She also struck out four batters, and she came up with a single and a walk at the plate.

Schroeder started the Falcon comeback in the fifth, hitting a leadoff single and scoring on a two-out single from Carter. An inning later, Ross walked, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored the tying run on an Alandra Hansen single.

After the Raiders scored on a passed ball in the top of the first, RRC/WWG responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame. Wahl and Carter walked and Leah VanDeWiele hit a two-run double into center field to put the Falcons on top. Still, Nicollet answered with three runs in the top of the third.

Hansen and Schroeder each had a pair of hits for the Falcons, and Carter also reached base twice with a single and a walk.

RRC/WWG improves to 2-5 and next hosts Adrian/Ellsworth in Walnut Grove on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

BOX SCORE

BATTING

N. Wahl: 0-2, 2 BB, 2 R, SO; H. Jenniges: 0-3, BB, R; L. Carter: 1-3, BB, RBI, SB, R; D. Roiger: 0-3, RBI; L. VanDeWiele: 1-3 (2B), 2 RBI, SO; C. Ross: 1-2, BB, R, SO; A. Hansen: 2-3, RBI; K. Schroeder: 2-3, R.

PITCHING

C. Ross: W, 7 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 9 BB, 4 SO.

Jordan 5, Marshall 1

JORDAN — The Marshall softball team struggled to get its offense going and came up short to Jordan Friday night in a 5-1 loss on the road.

The Tigers attempted to get some momentum going in their final at-bat in the top of the seventh and were able to score a run, before the Jaguars struck out two more Marshall batters to end the game.

Aaliyah Podratz accounted for the run, scoring on a Natalya Reed fly-ball double to center field. Podratz was pinch running for Kinsley Bitker, who initially got on base with a base hit on a grounder to left field.

The first two innings were scoreless between both teams, before Jordan brought in two runs in the third and chipped away from there.

The Jaguars outhit Marshall 11-4 on the day.

Alissa Moen got the start in the circle, pitching all innings but the last. She finished with three strikeouts with no walks, while allowing eight hits and three earned runs. Sara Dallmann pitched the last frame, allowing three hits and two earned runs.

Reed led the offense for Marshall at the plate, going 1 for 2 with an RBI.

Marshall moves to 0-6, and will stay on the road to take on Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta on Monday at 5 p.m.

BOX SCORE

BATTING

S. Dallman: 1-3; B. Parsons: 1-3; B. Dieken: 0-2, BB; K. Bitker: 1-1; N. Reed: 1-2, RBI.

PITCHING

A. Moen: 5 IP, 3 SO, 8H, 3ER; S. Dallmann: 1 IP, 3H, 2ER.