Righi has 1st Multi-Homer Game in Loss at No. 19 Snappers

CANTON — Natalie Righi homered twice in Game 1, but 19^th-ranked Spoon River took both ends of a doubleheader against the Carl Sandburg College softball team Wednesday.

GAME 1
No. 19 Spoon River 9, Sandburg 7
Sandburg         202      020      1          —        7          6          0
Spoon River     061      002      x          —        9          12        0
L: Ava Ruggles 6 IP, 3 K, 6 BB

KEY MOMENTS
• The Snappers did most of their damage in the second, scoring six times on the strength of five doubles and a pair of walks.
• The Chargers got within 9-7 in the seventh as Elly Bentley scored on a wild pitch. Righi was hit by a pitch with two out to bring the tying run to the plate, but pinch hitter Maleaha Nagel lined out to second to end the ballgame.

SANDBURG STANDOUT
Righi hit a pair of two-run homers to drive in four of the Chargers' six runs. The sophomore shortstop hit a shot to left for a 2-0 lead in the first, and she added a longball to center in the fifth to bring Sandburg within a run at 7-6. She now has six home runs on the season, and it marked the first multi-homer game of her career.

OTHER TOP CHARGERS
• Emma Wolfe: 2 for 4, two runs, stolen base
• Kayla Wolf: 1 for 3, two RBIs
• Bentley: 1 fore 3, double, walk, three runs

GAME 2
No. 19 Spoon River 14, Sandburg 0 (5 innings)
Sandburg         000      00        —        0          3          1
Spoon River     0(13)0 1x        —        14        17        0
L: Carley Hacke 4 IP, 0 K, 2 BB

KEY MOMENT
The Snappers sent 17 batters to the plate and collected a dozen hits in a 13-run second inning.

UP NEXT FOR SANDBURG
3 p.m. Friday at Sauk Valley 

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