The Red Lake Falls Eagle Softball team had no problems with the West Marshall Fusion in a Friday Afternoon game at the UND Softball Complex, as they scored multiple runs in every inning en route to a 22-0 victory.
FIRST INNING-
The Eagles got off to a great start to the game, as Layna Schindler was hit by a pitch and Ella Breiland walked to put two on with nobody out. After a popout, a wild pitch scored Schindler, putting the Eagles up 1-0. Then, Kylie Klipping delivered a booming RBI double to put RLF up 2-0. After a passed ball moved Klipping up to third base, Grace Knutson reached on an error, scoring Knutson to make it 3-0 RLF. A popout and groundout would then end the inning, stranding the runner at third base.
The Fusion got a one-out walk from Haley Olson, but she was left stranded on first as Kylie Klipping got all three outs via the strikeout.
SECOND INNING-
Ava Seeger walked to start the second inning for the Eagles, and moved to second on a heads-up baserunning play before the next batter. Then, after a strikeout, Schindler came up and drove Seeger in with an RBI single, making it 4-0 Eagles. Then, with two outs, Shandi Nelson came up and reached on a throwing error, which scored Schindler to make it 5-0 Eagles. Klipping would then pop out to end the inning.
West Marshall this time would get a leadoff walk courtesy of Rachel Wimpfheimer, but Klipping proceeded to strike out the next three batters to quickly end the inning.
THIRD INNING –
In the third, the Eagles started with back-to-back doubles by Grace Knutson and Kayla Schafer, with Knutson scoring on the latter to make it 6-0 RLF. Another error would then follow, scoring Schafer to make the score 7-0. A walk and a wild pitch would load the bases for Schindler, who drove in one more with a base hit to boost the lead to 8-0. Then, following a walk, Shandi Nelson delivered a two-run single, giving the Eagles a double-digit lead at 10-0. A walk would then load the bases for Knutson, who would hit a pop-up on the infield. The ball was dropped, but the home plate umpire called the infield fly rule. This resulted in a confusing sequence where the Fusion got a double play, but the runner on third scored, ending the frame with the Eagles leading 11-0.
Grace Knutson came in to pitch the 3rd, and after a strikeout, Macey Boe walked, and Olson followed with the Fusion’s only hit of the day, getting a single to put two on. Knutson would respond by getting a flyout and a strikeout to end the inning, keeping the Fusion scoreless.
FOURTH INNING-
RLF continued their great on-base skills with a leadoff walk to start the 4th, and after a force out, Ava Seeger singled to put runners on the corners. A wild pitch then followed, scoring the lead runner to make it 12-0 Eagles. The Eagles would get one more run in the inning, on yet another RBI single from Schindler, making it 13-0 Eagles, before back-to-back strikeouts from Haley Olson ended the inning.
West Marshall was retired in order in the bottom of the 4th, caused by two strikeouts and a groundout to second base.
FIFTH INNING-
Macey Boe came in for the Fusion to pitch, but the Eagles were able to jump all over her. Halle Seeger and Grace Knutson led off with singles, then back-to-back walks scored the first run of the inning for RLF. There would be a lot more that would come after that, as the Eagles put up nine runs in the inning alone. Ava Seeger drove in two with a single, Layna Schindler drove in yet another on a force play, and Halle Seeger came up for a second time in the inning and drove in two with a triple. At the end of it all, RLF took a 22-0 lead into the home half of the inning.
Freshman Miya Jorgenson came in to pitch for the Eagles, and she looked dominant, striking out the side to end the game, giving the Eagles the win in 5 innings.
Red Lake Falls is 2-0 on the year, and West Marshall is now 0-1.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E | |
| Red Lake Falls | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 14 | 0 |
| West Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
OFFENSIVE LEADERS –
Red Lake Falls-
Layna Schindler – 3 for 5, 3 RBI, 5 R
Halle Seeger – 2 for 2, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R
Ava Seeger – 2 for 2, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 4 R
West Marshall-
Haley Olson – 1 for 1, BB
Rachel Wimpfheimer – 0 for 1, BB
Macey Boe – 0 for 2, BB
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB/HBP | K |
| Kylie Klipping – RLF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 6 |
| Grace Knutson – RLF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 4 |
| Miya Jorgenson – RLF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 3 |
| Haley Olson – WM | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5/2 | 3 |
| Macey Boe – WM | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3/0 | 0 |
