FLANDREAU – The Flandreau softball team improved to 3-4 on Thursday night as the Fliers swept a doubleheader against Milbank. They won the first game 7-0 and the second game 19-7.
Flandreau 7, Milbank 0 (5 inn.)
The Fliers scored two runs in the bottom of the first. Both came on a triple from Oiliva Peters.
Neither team would score in the next inning and Flandreau extended its lead to 7-0 in the third. Sadie Iott led off the inning with an inside the park home run. Addy Hammer reached on a single and Jacey Sundermeyer reached on an error. Both came around to score on a single from Peters. Peters came home on a Julie Pitsenberger single and Pitsenberger later scored on a ground out.
Peters was 2-for-2 with four RBIs. Iott was 2-for-2 with an RBI and Pitsenberger was 1-for-2 with an RBI. Hammer was 3-for-3 and Nora Hamilton had an RBI.
Flandreau 19, Milbank 7 (5 inn.)
The Fliers jumped out to a 14-0 lead and were able to win the game via the 10-run rule.
They scored nine runs in the first inning. Hammer hit an RBI single and she and Sundermeyer each scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-0. Hailieanne Schepel then hit an RBI single and Hamilton hit a two-run single to make it 6-0. Diamond Roy followed with an RBI triple and Sundermeyer hit an RBI double to make it 9-0.
Flandreau added four more runs in the second. Hamilton and Schepel scored on a dropped third strike and Iott hit a two-run bomb to make it 13-0. Iott hit another home run in the fourth and that made it 14-0.