Vikings swept by RTR despite 19 hits

Minneota/Canby's furious rally in the bottom of the seventh in the second game fell one run short as the Vikings were swept by Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 5-2 and 7-6 Thursday in Tyler.
AshleeAnn Cole had three extra-base hit in the doubleheader for the Vikings (2-2), belting a solo home run and a two-run triple in the second game, and hitting a double in the opener.
Dakota Pesch went 5-for-6 in the two games, including a double and five stolen bases. The Vikings collected 19 hits in the two games.
In the opener, RTR plated three runs on a two-run triple and a run-scoring single. The teams played even after that.
Pesch was 2-for-2 in that game. Cole, Tessah Overgaard and Madison Hennen all had a double. Lexi Sanow and Tylee Groenhoff had the other Minneota/Canby hits.
Ava Larson went the distance in absorbing the loss. She worked six innings and scattered nine hits, while walking four and striking out nine.
In the finale, RTR plated three runs in the top of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie. The Knights added an insurance run in the top of the seventh for a 7-3 lead.
Minneota/Canby, which stole 10 bases in this game, got run-scoring hits from Overgaard and Summer Hennen to cut the deficit to 7-6. But Rya Alderson, who pitched both games for the Knights, got out of the jam with her 14th strikeout.
Cole hit her solo homer in the first inning, then added a two-run triple in the fourth. Overgaard and Faith Myhre also had two hits each. Pesch went 3-for-4. Hulzebos, Larson and Summer Hennen had the other hits.
Madison Hennen pitched the first 5 2/3 innings in taking the loss. Kiersyn Hulzebos finished the sixth inning with a strikeout. Larson tossed the seventh inning.
Alderson struck out eight batters in the opener, giving her 22 strikeouts in the sweep.

Game One
RTR 5, Minneota/Canby 2
Minneota/Canby............000 020 0 - 2 7 0
RTR.................................301 100 x - 5 9 0

Minneota/Canby hitting: AshleeAnn Cole 1-for-4, 2b; Faith Myhre 0-for-4; Lexi Sanow 1-for-3; Ava Larson 0-for-2; Dakota Pesch 2-for-2, 2b, run, bb, 2 sb's; Tessah Overgaard 1-for-4, 2b, rbi; Madison Hennen 1-for-2, run, 2b, rbi; Summer Hennen 0-for-3; Tylee Groenhoff 1-for-3

Minneota/Canby pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): Ava Larson (L) 6-9-5-5-4-9

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Game Two
RTR 5, Minneota/Canby 2
RTR...............................................003 003 1 - 7 8 0
Minneota/Canby..........................100 200 3 - 6 12 0

Minneota/Canby hitting: AshleeAnn Cole 2-for-4, run, 3b, solo HR, 3 rbi; Faith Myhre 2-for-3, run, bb; Lexi Sanow 0-for-3; Morgan Moorse 0-for-1; Dakota Pesch 3-for-4, run, 2 sb's; Summer Hennen 1-for-3, run, 2b, bb, 2 sb's; Tessah Overgaard 2-for-3, run, 3 sb's; Tylee Groenhoff 0-for-1; Madison Hennen 0-for-4; Kenadi Arndt 0-for-1; Kiersyn Hulzebos 1-for-3, run, bb; Ava Larson 1-for-2; Tiffany Gronke 0-for-0

Minneota/Canby pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): Madison Hennen (L) 5 2/3-7-6-6-2-6, Kiersyn Hulzebos 1/3-0-0-0-0-1, Ava Larson 1-1-1-1-0-1

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