The Alcester-Hudson Cub softball team won two games on back-to-back days to increase their winning streak to five games. The Cubs defeated Bon Homme on Thursday, April 17th and then got a win over Beresford on Friday, April 18th.
Alcester-Hudson 13, Bon Homme 3
The Cubs scored 10 runs in the final two innings to take a 13-3 win over the Cavaliers. Alcester-Hudson scored a run in the bottom of the first for a 1-0 lead. Each team got a run in both the second and third innings. The Cubs led 3-2 going into the fourth. Alcester-Hudson added two runs in the bottom of the fourth to extend the lead to 5-2. Bon Homme cut the lead to 5-3 with a run in the top of the fifth, but the Cubs exploded for eight runs in the bottom of the fifth to end the game on the 10-run rule.
Emma Moller had three hits, one a home run, and four RBIs. Jaeley Christensen had three hits, two of them doubles, and three RBIs. Paxtyn Moller and Ava Kingma both had two hits, one a double, and an RBI. Emma Solberg finished with two singles. Delta Pies and Laney Decker each had a single and RBI, and Lexi Miller had an RBI. Moller threw five innings and allowed three earned runs on three hits and a walk with 10 strikeouts.
Alcester-Hudson 8, Beresford 5
The Cubs got four runs late in the game to take the 8-5 win in the second game. Each team scored twice in the firsts inning for a 2-2 tie. Alcester-Hudson got a single run in the third and another in the fourth for a 4-2 lead. Beresford tied the game, 4-4, with two runs in the bottom of the fifth. The Cubs, however, responded with three in the top of the sixth. The Watchdogs scored a run in the bottom of the sixth, but Alcester-Hudson scored another run in the top of the seventh.
Decker had two hits, one a triple, and three RBIs. Christensen had two hits, including a triple, and an RBI. Pies and Emma Moller both had two singles and an RBI each. Manning added a triple and an RBI. Miller finished with a single and an RBI. P. Moller had a triple, and Solberg had a single. E. Moller pitched seven innings and allowed five runs, two earned, on five hits and six walks with 12 strikeouts.