Packers and Spuds split softball doubleheader – InForum

On May 4, 2024By Vaseline

FARGO — The Moorhead softball team rallied behind pitcher Kellsey Klundt in the second game of a cross-border doubleheader to earn a split with West Fargo on Friday at North Dakota State’s Tharaldson Park.

The Packers won the first game 14-8 before the Spuds rebounded for a 7-5 victory in the nightcap.

In the first game, West Fargo took a 9-1 lead with four runs in the fourth inning, but the Spuds couldn’t figure it out, scoring four in the bottom of the fourth to further cut the deficit in half.

But the Packers got one run back in the sixth, then nearly iced the game with four runs in the top of the seventh, pushing the lead to 14-5. The Spuds scored three runs in their final at bat, but could not sustain the rally.

050424.S.FF.Softball — West Fargo’s Grace Vetter hits home plate after hitting a home run against Moorhead during a softball game at Tharaldson Park at North Dakota State University on Friday, May 3, 2024.

West Fargo’s Courtney Docktor had a great game, going 5 for 5 with two doubles, four runs batted in and she scored four runs.

Grace Vetter went 2-for-5 with a homerun and two RBIs and Kendal Krenz also had two hits and two RBIs.

Aubrey Finn and Delia Osland were both 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI and Katelyn Kackman doubled twice and drove in a run. Sydney Dye had two hits, including a triple, and an RBI.

Moorhead’s Alexa Krueger hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning and she finished 2 for 5 with a double and five RBIs. Lily Heskin was 4-for-5 with a triple and an RBI, Addie Salvevold tripled and drove in a run and Rylie Spitzner was 3-for-4 with a double. Paige Stephenson was 2-for-4, Madden Bogenreif had a single and an RBI and Payton Babolian doubled.

In the second game, the Packers and Spuds traded leads twice before Moorhead scored a run in the bottom of the third to make it 5-5.

In the fourth inning, Moorhead regained the lead when Heskin reached on a bunt-single, stole second base, tagged and took third base on Bogenreif’s fly ball to center. Heskin then scored the go-ahead run on Osland’s groundout.

In the sixth, the Spuds added an insurance run when Stephenson singled to lead off and take second on Klundt’s sacrifice. With two outs, Babolian lined a single to right to score Stephenson.

Klundt did the rest, putting the Packers in order in the sixth and allowing a one-out single in the seventh before getting a pop-out and a force out at second base to end the game.

Klundt went the distance, allowing five runs on seven hits, walking two and striking out five.

Babolian went 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI, and Heskin and Taylor Brueske had two hits and an RBI. Taylor Kressen had a hit and two RBIs and Bogenreif had two hits.

Vetter hit her second homer of the day for the Packers and finished with two RBI’s. Docktor and Grace Wehri scored goals and drove in points.

The Spuds are 6-6 overall and the Packers are 9-4 overall.

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