Softball: Pumas get revenge against Lodi

Avenging a previous loss to rival Lodi in late April, the Poynette softball team downed the Blue Devils 6-4 in eight innings on Thursday, May 2.

Pitcher Kassidy McCaffery struck out nine and allowed four unearned runs for the Pumas, 12-4 overall and 4-2 in Capitol North Conference play. She gave up eight hits and a walk.

For Lodi, Bailey Stark pitched, giving up five earned runs and fanning five, while allowing seven hits.

Leading the way at the plate for Poynette were McCaffery, who went 3-for-5, and Karly Rivette, who finished 2-for-4.

Poynette lost a pitchers’ duel on Tuesday, April 30, falling to Stevens Point Pacelli at home 1-0.

Lake Mills 13, Lodi 0Lake Mills’ softball team opened up a one game lead in the Capitol North by routing host Lodi 13-0 in five innings on Friday.

The L-Cats (16-2, 5-1 in conference), who lost 6-5 to the Blue Devils on April 23, tallied 16 hits and had three players — Savannah Radtke, Ava Kleinfeldt and Taylor Wollin — who had three hits apiece. Radtke scored four runs and Kleinfeldt drove in five, plus pitched five innings of one-hit ball with five strikeouts to earn the victory.

Radtke bunted for a hit in the first, scoring on Kleinfeldt’s two-out single up the middle. Kleinfeldt added a sacrifice fly in the second and Payton Quest made it 3-0 with a run-scoring double. Aubrey Lepak then chipped in an RBI single.

Haydenn Sellnow, Kleinfeldt and Quest produced consecutive RBI singles in the fourth to make it 9-0. Lily Doerr and Kleinfeldt doubled home runs in the fifth and Wollin contributed an RBI triple.

Lake Mills faces Poynette, which is 4-2 in the league, on the road Tuesday and at home on Friday to cap conference play. Lodi is 5-3 in league play and 10-6 overall, after splitting a doubleheader with Somerset on Saturday with a 4-2 win and a 5-3 loss.

LAKE MILLS 13, LODI 0 (5)Lake Mills 103 54 — 13 16 0

Lodi 000 00 — 0 1 1

Leading hitters -- LM: Radtke 3x3, Kleinfeldt 3x3 (2B), Quest 2x4 (2B), T. Wollin 3x4 (3B), E. Wollin 2x3, Doerr (2B).

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- LM: Kleinfeldt W; 5-1-0-0-0-5; LO: Stark L; 5-16-13-12-2-1.