RANGER -- Navarro Softball successfully started its 2021 season with a sweep of the Ranger Lady Rangers Wednesday at Ron Butler Field.
Coach Jessica Karenke-Burke's Bulldogs registered wins of 9-4 and 11-2. The Bulldogs battered Ranger pitching for 28 hits during the doubleheader. NC belted nine extra-base hits on the afternoon.
GAME 1 FINAL -- NAVARRO 9, RANGER 4
Alanna Islas and Abby Willis drove in two runs apiece and Navarro used a two-out, six-run rally in the fourth inning to defeat Ranger, 9-4, in Game 1.
Winning pitcher Brooklyn Swacker went six-and-one-third innings and Kaitlynn Woodlee struck out the final two batters.
NC's fourth-inning rally featured singles by Harley Davis and Faith Fernandez, plus doubles by Jenna Rude and London Reue.
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GAME 1 -- NAVARRO 9, RANGER 4
Score By Innings…….....R-H-E
Navarro…….200…610…0 – 9-13-0
Ranger………301…000…0 – 4- 8-1
WP: Swacker (1-0). LP: Loving.
2B: Harley Davis, London Reue, Jenna Rude
TB: Tatum Briggs, Harley Davis 3, Faith Fernandez, Alanna Islas 2, London Reue 4, Jenna Rude 3, Abby Willis, Maddie Wright
RBI: Faith Fernandez, Alanna Islas 2, London Reue, Jenna Rude, Abby Willis 2
FC: Bayja Newby, London Reue
SB: Mackenzie Lakey, London Reue, Maddie Wright
CS: Alanna Islas
PIK: Alanna Islas
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TOP HITTERS:
London Reue – 3/4, 2 R, RBI, BB
Alanna Islas – 2/3, R, 2 RBI, BB
Harley Davis – 2/4, 2 R
Jenna Rude – 2/3, R, RBI, BB
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GAME 2 FINAL -- NAVARRO 11, RANGER 2 (5 Innings)
London Reue homered twice and drove in six runs and the Bulldogs unleashed a 15-hit attack in the run-ruled nightcap to complete the sweep.
Alanna Islas went 4-for-4 and scored a run in the second game, and Tatum Briggs followed her in the batting order with 3-for-3 at the plate, two runs and an RBI.
Winning pitcher Braylee Forse scattered nine hits, walked nine and struck out two while going the shortened distance. She threw 69 pitches in the outing, 49 for strikes. She settled into control after Ranger scored its only runs on back-to-back, second-inning home runs by Everly Carey and Mariah Mayuga.
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Navarro 11, Ranger 2 (5 Innings)
GAME 2 -- NAVARRO at RANGER
SCORE BY INNINGS:
Navarro...............010.....64 -- 11-15-0
Ranger.................020.....00 -- 2-9-1
WP: Braylee Forse. LP: Mazey Heath
2B: Alanna Islas, Jenna Rude
3B: Alanna Islas
HR: Tatum Briggs, London Reue 2
TB: Tatum Briggs 6, Alanna Islas 7, Bayja Newby, Jordyne Reese, London Reue 8, Jenna Rude 2, Abby Willis, Maddie Wright, S Lindsey
RBI: Tatum Briggs, Bayja Newby 2, London Reue 6
SAC: Maddie Wright
ROE: Jordyne Reese
FC: Abby Willis
SB: Maddie Wright
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TOP HITTERS
Londn Reue -- 2/4, 2 R, 6 RBI
Alanna Islas -- 4/4, R
Tatum Briggs -- 3/3, 2 R, RBI
Maddie Wright -- 1/1, R, BB
Jenna Rude -- 1/3, R
Sherry Lindsey -- 1/3, R
NEXT DOUBLEHEADER: Navarro hosts San Jacinto-South for a 1 pm non-conference twinbill Wednesday, Feb. 10, at Jesse and Lou Cummings Field.
