“Wow, did we bunt well ….

“Wow, did we bunt well tonight,” head coach Virgil Berndt said. “It sure helps when you have speed like that.”

The first and fourth innings were the big ones.

In the bottom of the first, Miller singled, Paulson bunted for a hit and Mosinee failed to record an out on Huegli’s bunt to load the bases. Klapatauskas singled to center to score Miller, but Mosinee’s Aly Gonzalez made a perfect throw to cut down Paulson at the plate. Huegli scored on a passed ball and Klapatauskas scored on a wild pitch by starter Adeline Strejc to make it 3-0.

The Raiders got a run on a double steal in the second and doubled their lead in the fourth. Brehm singled and Wesle put down a bunt that was thrown away to put runners at second and third. Miller’s hit scored Brehm. Paulson’s bunt brought in courtesy runner Katie Lybert. Miller got hung up between third and home on Huegli’s bunt, but Miller beat the rundown. Clausnitzer’s single scored Huegli with the fourth run of the inning.

Huegli added an RBI fielder’s choice in the sixth.

Miller went 5.1 innings, striking out nine, walking one and allowing back-toback his in the second, but she got out of that jam with a pop-up and a strikeout. Klapatauskas got the last five outs, stranding two runners in scoring position in the sixth by getting Amber Gonzalez to fly out to Lybert in left.

Paulson was three for three, while Miller and Clausnitzer had two hits apiece.