AUSTIN - The Ridgewater softball team dropped a pair of close games to Riverland on Saturday.
The Blue Devils scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth and held on to win Game One 10-8, then scratched out a 13-12 win in Game Two.
The Warriors fell to 8-8 in the MCAC Southern Division and they are 18-11 overall. They play next at St. Cloud Tech at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at River’s Edge Park in Waite Park.
The Warriors committed eight errors in the first game, leading to five unearned Riverland runs.
Erica Melbie had two hits, including a solo home run, and Brielle Hauge doubled and drove in three runs. Dani Emkes and Brooke Wuertz both had two hits and drove in runs.
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In Game Two, Hauge hit two home runs and drove in five runs, and Courtney Olson had three hits, including a homer, and Emkes had another two-hit game.
Riverland pitcher Lexi Schunke recorded both victories, and in the second game she was 4-for-4 with two homers, a double and five RBIs.
Game One
Riverland 10, Ridgewater 8
Ridgewater 041 002 0 - 8 12 8
Riverland 410 113 x - 10 8 3
HITTING – Ridgewater: Brooke Wuertz 2-4 2b rbi, Kenzi Long 1-4, Brielle Hauge 1-4 2b rbi-3, Heather Horning 1-4, Erica Melbie 2-4 hr rbi, Haley Huls 1-4, Tasha Dallmann 2-4 rbi, Dani Emke 2-3 2b-2 rbi … Riverland: Samantha LeMay 3-4 hr rbi-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Ridgewater: Horning (L) 6-8-10-5-2-5 … Riverland: Lexi Schunke (W) 7-12-8-6-0-5
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Game Two
Riverland 13, Ridgewater 12
Ridgewater 500 311 2 - 12 12 2
Riverland 250 510 x - 13 16 4
HITTING – Ridgewater: Long 1-4, Hauge 2-5 hr-2 rbi-5, Courtney Olson 3-4 hr rbi, Horning 1-5 2b, Melbie 1-4 rbi-2, Huls 1-4, Dallmann 1-4, Emkes 2-4 2b … Riverland: Schunke 4-4 hr-2 2b rbi-5
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Ridgewater: Dallmann (L) 5-15-13-12-0-0, Horning 1-1-0-0-0-1 … Riverland: Schunke (W) 3.2-6-4-3-0-3, Brooke Erickson 3.1-6-8-5-1-3
