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The Lady Railers plated two runs in the first inning. Cassie
Bridge had a sacrifice fly to score Cara Farnam with the first
run and Abbie Glenn added an RBI single to score Taryn
Stoltzenburg.
Faith Eckhardt started the second inning by crushing a triple to
center. Farnam drove her home with a base hit to center to put
the Lady Railers on top 3-0.
Lincoln scored six times in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Malena Kirgan, Taryn Stoltzenburg, Cassie Bridge, Ryen
Stoltzenburg, Farnam and Glenn all had singles in the inning.
Alex Eads also drove in a run for the Lady Railers, who led 9-0
at the end of the fourth inning.
Farnam ended the game via the 10-run rule in the bottom of the
fifth inning. After Eckhardt singled to start the inning, Farnam
smacked a triple to center to send Eckhardt home with the
game-ending tenth run.
Cara Farnam (18-7) earned the win for Lincoln. Farnam allowed
three hits in the five-inning game and struck out 10 batters.
She walked one.
Farnam is a junior who has dedicated herself to the sport of
softball. Not only is her 18-7 record impressive, but she also
has a 1.40 ERA. Four of her losses were by one run. She has 195
strikeouts on the season so far.
The Lady Railers offense this season has been phenomenal as well
in guiding the team to a 20-12 record.
The last time a Lady Railers softball team had 20 wins was in
2005.
On Monday, Farnam led the offensive attack with three hits, two
RBIs and two runs scored.
Faith Eckhardt also had two hits and two runs scored.
Abbie Glenn had two hits, three RBIs and a run scored.
Cassie Bridge had one hit, three RBIs and a run scored.
Taryn Stoltzenburg had one hit and two runs scored.
Ryen Stoltzenburg had one hit and one walk.
Malena Kirgan had one hit and one run scored.
The Lady Railers will play at Rantoul on Thursday at 4 p.m.
Regionals will begin next week for the Lady Railers.
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