Mainstreeters fastpitch softball and baseball both drop non-conference games to Paynesville Area

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters fastpitch team lost 11-1 to a very solid Paynesville Area squad today, in a game held in Paynesville. The Mainstreeters battled through three scoreless innings with the Bulldogs before the hosts piled up 10 runs in the fourth inning.

Freshmen Elizabeth Ellens homered leading off the fifth for the Mainstreeters' lone run. They were held to only three hits by Paynesville's senior and veteran ace Whitney Woehler, who also earned five strikeouts to go against only one walk.

In Sauk Centre, the host Mainstreeters baseball team had a good showing against the always tough Bulldogs, only to fall in an 8-3 game.

The Bulldogs scored three runs in both the first and third innings to jump to a 6-1 lead. Mainstreeters' senior David Moe doubled and scored twice. Junior Pat Frericks also had a hit and an RBI for the Mainstreeters (2-3).

~RO