LODI — Lake Mills’ softball team opened up a one game lead in the Capitol North by routing host Lodi 13-0 in five innings on Friday, May 3.
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 needing one victory for an outright conference championship. Lodi is 5-3 in league play.
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.
TUESDAY’S RESULTSenior Taylor Wollin hit a solo home run as Lake Mills’ seventh-ranked softball team edged Columbus 5-3 in Capitol North play at Rotary Park on Tuesday, April 30.
Haydenn Sellnow singled home a pair with no outs in the first inning for the L-Cats, who never trailed. The Cardinals tied it up in the third on a wild pitch and RBI single by Emily O’Keefe, who had three hits.
The L-Cats (14-2, 3-1 in conference) countered in their half of the third with Emily Wollin drawing a lead off walk and Savannah Radtke bunting for a hit. Lily Doerr contributed a run-scoring sacrifice fly before Sellnow singled in Radtke.
Clinging to a 4-3 lead in the sixth, Taylor Wollin lined a 1-1 offering from Katerina Hart over the left field fence with one out.
Ava Kleinfeldt earned the decision for Lake Mills, allowing three unearned runs on seven hits in four frames. Aubrey Lepak pitched three shutout innings of two-hit ball to earn the save. She worked around a one-out double by Hart in the seventh, inducing a ground out and fly out to end it.
LAKE MILLS 5, COLUMBUS 3
Columbus 002 100 0 — 3 9 0
Lake Mills 202 001 x — 5 5 2
Leading hitters — C: Sullivan 2x4, Kart 2x4 (2B), O’Keefe 3x3; LM: Sellnow 2x3, T. Wollin (HR).
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — C: Sullivan L; 3-4-4-4-2-1, Hart 3-1-1-1-1-0; LM: Kleinfeldt W; 4-7-3-0-0-2, Lepak SV; 3-2-0-0-0-3.
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