Spuds softball team stays alive in Section 8-4A playoffs
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ELK RIVER, Minn. The Moorhead softball team stayed alive in the Section 8-4A playoffs with wins in two elimination games on Tuesday.
The Spuds defeated St. Cloud 12-2 in five innings in the elimination bracket quarterfinals, then downed Elk River 8-5 in the semifinals.
The No. 5 seed Spuds play No. 2 Brainerd at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 1, at St. Michael-Albertville. STMA reached the championship with a 6-4 win over Brainerd on Tuesday.
Against Elk River, Moorhead built a six-run lead in the sixth inning and held off the Elks, who scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth.
The Spuds' Taylor Brueske was 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBI, and Avery Babolian and Alexa Krueger both were 2 for 3 with an RBI. Taylor Kressin and Rylie Spitzner both had hits and RBI.
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Kellsey Klundt got the win working the final five innings in relief. She allowed three unearned runs on six hits.
Against St. Cloud, the Spuds led 3-1 after 2-1/2 innings and all but put the game away with a six-run third inning.
Spitzner was 2 for 3 with a double and three runs batted in and Kressin was 2 for 4 with two RBI. Madden Bogenreif was 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI and Avery Babolian and Addie Salvevold both had hits and RBI. Payton Babolian was 2 for 3.
Avery Babolian got the win, allowing one earned run on four hits in four innings and she struck out five. Klundt allowed a hit and struck out two in the fifth.
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Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 2:34 am