Senior Lauren Dyer went 2 for 3 with two singles and one run scored to lead the Rochelle Lady Hub offense during Interstate 8 varsity softball action against Morris on Monday.
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MORRIS — Senior Lauren Dyer went 2 for 3 with two singles and one run scored to lead the Rochelle Lady Hub offense during Interstate 8 varsity softball action against Morris on Monday.
Despite an efficient plate performance from Dyer, Rochelle was limited to five hits, while Morris tallied eight runs over the first two innings to hand the Lady Hubs a 13-3 defeat. Sophomore Phelisity Lopez accounted for the team’s lone RBI of the evening, finishing 1 for 2 with one single and one walk. Rochelle (3-12, 0-4 Interstate 8) will host South Beloit on Tuesday.
Morris (11-4, 1-2 Interstate 8) scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, where Cami Pfeifer smacked an RBI single to right field before two runners, including Pfeifer, touched home on a wild pitch and a passed ball. The Lady Hubs earned a run back in the top of the second inning, scoring after Lopez drew a walk and crossed home on a wild pitch one batter later.
A two-out error on Rochelle ignited a five-run rally for Morris in the bottom of the second inning. Haile Olson sparked the rally, belting an RBI triple to left field before Karson Dransfeldt followed with an RBI single in the next Morris at-bat. Mylie Hughes capped off the five-run frame with a three-run homer to left field. Freshman Mya Martinez nearly drove a run home on a single in the top of the third inning, but a play at the plate resulted in the third and final out for Rochelle.
The Lady Hubs came through in the top of the fourth inning, making the score 8-3 after Dyer slapped a lead-off single and sophomore Camryn Metzger doubled on a fly ball to center. After Dyer scored Rochelle’s second run of the game, Lopez laid down a bunt to the third-base side, reaching on the infield single while driving home Metzger to cut the Morris lead to five runs.
Morris answered with two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, where an untimely error in right field allowed both Olson and Dransfeldt to score and put the Lady Hubs behind 10-3. Two more Rochelle errors enabled Morris to add a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Macie Ferguson clinched the Morris victory with a walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning.
