Rensberger strikes out career-high 19, helps Rochester stay undefeated in TRC

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Softball

Bria Rensberger Aubrey Wilson

Rochester 11, Wabash 0 (Monday): Bria Rensberger struck out a career-high 19 batters in pitching a two-hitter, and Aubrey Wilson had three hits and three RBIs as the visiting Rochester softball team blanked conference and sectional rival Wabash Monday.

Aubrey Miller also had three hits and a walk for the Lady Zs, and Ali Field had two hits as part of the Lady Zs’ 13-hit attack.

Rensberger doubled and drove in a run, and Adalyn Gonzalez, Emma Mathias, Kyleigh Little and Mylee Heinzmann had one hit each. Heinzmann and Brailyn Hunter had one RBI each. Gabby Medina walked twice and scored twice.

Rensberger retired the side in order in the first, second, fourth and seventh innings.

MyKenzie Renn broke up Rensberger’s no-hit bid with a bunt single in the fifth. Andi Conliff added a double in the sixth.

Trailing 7-0, Wabash had runners on second and third with nobody out in the fifth, but Rensberger struck out Taylor Zickafoose, Allayna Renn and Trinity Flohr to escape the jam.

Rochester scored two runs on an error on Jadyn Field’s sacrifice bunt in the first inning. In the second, Hunter stole home on the front end of a double steal, Miller had an RBI single, and Wilson had an RBI double.

An error and an RBI walk from Wilson made it 7-0 in the third.

Hunter’s RBI groundout and Heinzmann’s RBI single in the sixth made it 9-0.

Back-to-back doubles from Mathias and Wilson in the seventh made it 10-0. Rensberger would later garner an RBI on a fielder’s choice.

Rochester is 12-2 overall and 3-0 in the Three Rivers Conference. Lewis Cass (4-0) is the only other unbeaten in the TRC.

Rochester will travel to Southwood (2-1 TRC) at 5 p.m. today.

Rochester 11, Wabash 0

Rochester 232 002 2 – 11 13 1

Wabash 000 000 0 – 0 2 6

WP – Bria Rensberger (7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 19 K)

LP – Kalli Davis (4 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 3 HBP, 4 K)

2B – Aubrey Wilson 2 (RHS), Bria Rensberger (RHS), Emma Mathias (RHS), Andi Conliff (WAB)