Softball: Blossoms fall to FBA in opener
Published 9:26 pm Thursday, April 2, 2015
Blooming Prairie’s Tessa Ivers slides into third base as FBA’s Shelby Miller looks on Blooming Prairie Thursday. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com
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.
Blooming Prairie’s Bria Baldwin makes contact against Faribault Bethlehem Academy in BP Thursday. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com
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
