Marine girls bash their way to revenge against Little Chute

LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. — The Marinette High School softball team made it three in a row with a North Eastern Conference victory at Little Chute on Monday.

The Marines rode the momentum of a doubleheader sweep of Waupaca on Friday to an 8-2 win against the Mustangs.

The victory avenged a 21-16 loss at home earlier this season in which the Marines saw the Mustangs erase a 13-4 deficit.

Wynn Erdman was in complete control in the circle. She allowed two unearned runs on just three hits, all of them singles, while striking out a dozen and walking none.

Meanwhile, the Marinette bats racked up eight runs on 12 hits.

The Marines put up three in the third, three more in the fifth and a pair in the sixth inning and were never threatened on their way to a third straight victory.

Destiny Walker led the way at the plate, going 3-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored.

Erdman and Regan Hermanson added two hits and two RBI apiece. Peyton VanPool went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run scored, and Barrett Cole added a double while going 1-for-5 at the plate.

Marinette improved to 5-9 on the year and 5-9 in NEC play, moving them into a tie for seventh with Wrightstown in the conference standings. Little Chute fell to 1-16 overall and 1-11 in NEC play.

Up NextMarinette hosted Luxemburg-Casco on Tuesday, with results unavailable at press time. The Spartans are currently ranked fourth in the state.

The Marines are at home again on Thursday with a non conference tilt against Algoma, with first pitch set for 4:30 p.m.

Marinette 8 — Little Chute 2Marinette 003 032 0 — 8

Little Chute 000 101 0 — 2

WP: Erdman 7 IP, 2R, 0 ER, 3H, 0 BB, 12K

LP: VanHandel 7 IP, 8R, 2 ER, 12H, 3 BB, 4K

Leading Hitters (Marinette): Walker 3-5, RBI, 3R, SB; Erdman 2-5, 2 RBI; Hermanson 2-3, 2 RBI, R, SB; VanPool 2-3, 2B, BB, RBI, R; Cole 1-5, 2B, R.

Leading Hitters (Little Chute): Mielke 1-3; Beahm 1-3, Eiting 1-3.