SYRACUSE – Wawasee scored twice in the home half of the sixth inning, then held off a late push by Manchester to take a 6-5 softball win Friday evening. Mattie McKee homered for Manchester; one of five base hits for the Lady Squires. Allissa Flores hit a homer and drove in three runs for Wawasee. Madi Wilson and Danielle Gunkel added two hits each to the Lady Warrior attack. Amber Lemberg pitched 6-1/3 innings and earned the win, striking out seven. Meghan Fretz earned the save, getting the last two outs of the game and striking out one. Manchester (2-1) will host Fremont in a doubleheader today. Wawasee (4-1) travels to Bourbon for a game against Triton. both games have a scheduled 11 a.m. first pitch. WAWASEE 6, MANCHESTER 5 M 102 110 0 – 5 5 3 W 010 032 x – 6 7 2 Manchester – Howard (5IP, 5H, 5R, 4ER, 2BB, 3K), McKee (L, 1 IP, 2H 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 0K) Wawasee – Lemberg (W, 6.1IP, 5H, 5R, 4ER, 3BB, 7K), Fretz (SV, 0.2IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K) 2B – Gunkel (W) HR – McKee (M), Flores (W) Records: Manchester 2-1, Wawasee 4-1
