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4.0 years ago by Tom Berriman

Wildcats Rally Twice to Sweep Titans

ALPENA, MI - The Alpena Softball team had to overcome two deficits to earn a sweep over BNC rival Traverse City West on Tuesday.  In game one, the Titans took an early 2-0 lead before Alpena rallied to earn the 6-4 victory.  A two-run Home Run by Brittany Steimel gave the Titans the early lead but the Wildcats quickly responded with a run in the bottom of the first and two in the 2nd to take a 3-2 lead.  The Wildcats tacked on three more in the third to push the lead to 6-2.  The Titans closed the gap in the fifth to make it a 6-4 game and then pushed the Wildcats to the brink by loading the bases with 1 out in the 7th.  Jade Schultz, who relieved started Emma Fraser, got Darcy Daenzer to hit into a 1-2-3 double play to end the game.  Fraser, who got the win in the circle, also had two hits, an RBI, and stole a base.

Emma Fraser continued her strong day with a walk-off base hit to complete the sweep in the 5-4 victory.  Alpena trailed 4-1 going into the bottom of the 6th inning when the rally started.  Megan Roznowski plated two runs with a bases-loaded hit to cut the lead to 4-3.  The Titans put the first two runners of the 7th on base forcing Coach Marwede to bring in Lilly Lewis to relieve Fraser.  Lewis got the job done retiring the next three batters to send the game to the bottom of the 7th with the Wildcats trailing by just 1 run.  Riley Alexander opened the inning with a base hit to put the tying runner on base.  Alison DeRocher, who came in the pinch run for Alexander, stole second and then came around to score on an Allie Funk double to tie the game.  Fraser then ended the game with a solid shot back through the box to score Funk.

Alpena (14-4, 6-0 BNC) also swept Boyne City on Wednesday.  The Wildcats will host Garden City on Friday and then their annual Huron Shores Invitational on Saturday.

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