Softball roundup: Jefferson routs Edgerton, wins game in five innings

JEFFERSON — The Jefferson softball team run-ruled Edgerton 11-1 in five innings in Rock Valley play at Riverfront Park on Monday.

The Valley Divsion-leading Eagles (13-5, 8-2 in conference) led 9-0 after two innings. Bre Mengel doubled home Hildie Dempsey and Lily Fairfield in the first inning, scoring on winning pitching Aeryn Messmann's fielder's choice.

Ashlyn Enke singled in two runs in the second to make it 6-0. Allie Hesse added an RBI single, Hannah Werning doubled in a run and Dempsey drew a bases-loaded walk to cap the team's six-run rally.

Mengel had two hits and scored three runs while Hesse and Fairfield also had two-hit games. Dempsey and Tenley Barden scored two runs apiece.

Messmann pitched four innings of one-hit ball, allowing an unearned run in the third inning. She punched out seven and walked none before Mengel tossed a scoreless fifth.

JEFFERSON 11, EDGERTON 1 (5)

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Leading hitters -- Fairfield (J) 2x4, Mengel (J) 2x3, Hesse (J) 2x3. 2B — Sund (E), Mengel (J) 2, Dempsey (J), Werning (J).

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) -- E: Kjendlie L, 1 2/3-7-9-9-6-1; Shaw 2 1/3-3-2-1-1-1. J: Messmann W, 4-1-1-0-0-7; Mengel 1-0-0-0-0-0.

Beloit Turner 3, Monroe 2 — The Trojans turned a pair of inside-the-park home runs into a 3-2 victory over the Cheesemakers at the Stateline YMCA Youth Sports Complex on Monday.

The Trojans scored first when Emma Bue singled, took second on a groundout and scored on an error. Monroe jumped in front in the second inning, however, on a two-run triple by Emma Tran.

It stayed 2-1 until the bottom of the fourth inning. Kamdyn Davis, the lone senior celebrated on Senior Day, smacked an inside-the-park homer to center field as she scored easily. Two outs later, Autumn Meris copied Davis by hitting a drive to right field and circling the bases before Monroe could make a play on her.

Reliever Lauryn Wells collected the win with 3 2/3 innings of scoreless ball. She allowed only two hits, walked no one and struck out three. She came on in the third inning with the bases loaded and no outs and wriggled out of the jam without a run scoring. She got a strikeout, a forceout at the plate and shortstop Davis fielded Alexis Herbst’s grounder and threw her out.

Bue was the lone Trojan with multiple hits, going 2 for 3.

BELOIT TURNER 3, MONROE 2

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Leading hitters — BT, Bue (BT) 2x3. 2B — Tran (M) Bue (BT). HR — Meris (BT), Davis (BT).

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) — M: Paulson L, 6-6-3-2-0-2. BT — Saunders 3-4-2-2-3-1; Wells W, 3 2/3-2-0-0-0-3.