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<p>Battery Creek’s softball team stayed perfect in Region 8-3A play with a pair of lopsided wins over Lake Marion on Thursday.</p>
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<p>Alexis Ortiz struck out all nine batters she faced and went 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs in an 18-0 win in the first game, and Journeigh Doray racked up 12 strikeouts in a five-inning one-hitter in a 15-0 win in the second game.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>In game 1, Emily Crosby was 2-for-2 with a double, two runs, and two RBIs, McKenzie Young was 2-for-2 with two runs and three RBIs, and Jamiah Johnson was 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>In game 2, Doray helped her own cause, going 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs, Margaret Schubert was 3-for-4 with three runs and three RBIs, Jasmine Nolan was 3-for-4 with a double, three runs, and an RBI, Johnson was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and Elisa Williams was 2-for-3 and scored a run.</p>
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<p>A day earlier, Ortiz struck out 15 in a two-hit shutout as Battery Creek blanked Thomas Heyward 9-0 in a clash of area softball powers.</p>
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<p>Ortiz issued one walk and hit one batter in the gem, and Doray was 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs to lead the Dolphins at the plate. Kelsey Hill was 3-for-4 with an RBI, and Young and Crosby each went 2-for-4 and scored twice for Battery Creek.</p>
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<p>The Dolphins (10-7, 6-0) wrap up region play with a doubleheader at Wade Hampton on April 22.</p>
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<p><em>Battery Creek’s Alexis Ortiz, unleashes a fastball during the top of the second inning Thursday during the first game of doubleheader with Lake Marion High School. Ortiz pitched a perfect three innings, fanning each of the nine batters she face before the game was called. <strong>Photo by Bob Sofaly</strong></em></p>
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