Softball: Blossoms fall to FBA in opener
Published 9:26 pm Thursday, April 2, 2015
The Blooming Prairie softball team lost its season opener 16-14 to Faribault Bethlehem Academy in BP Thursday.
The Awesome Blossoms (0-1 overall, 0-1 Gopher) had the bases loaded with no outs in the seventh, but they couldn’t plate the tying run.
FBA (1-0 overall, 1-0 Gopher) was able to come up with six extra base hits — including two home runs — in the first four innings to take a 15-7 lead on BP.
The Blossoms were led by Tessa Ivers, who went 2-for-3, Bria Baldwin who went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Anika Nowlan, who went 4-for-4.
BP pitching: Elly Strunk (L), 7 IP, 13 H, 7 BB, 16 R, 11 ER, 6 K
BP hitting: Tessa Ivers, 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 BBs; Madison Worke, 3 BBs, R; Bria Baldwin, 2-for-3, 2 RBIs, 3 R; Strunk, 3-for-6; McKenna Hein, 1-for-3, 2 R, 3 BB; Abby Wayne, 1-for-4; Kalyn Naatz, 1-for-2, 2 RBIs, 2 R; Jessica Ferguson, 1-for-2, 2 R; Anika Nowlan, 4-for-4, 2 R