Homer High School Mariners softball batter Grace Godfrey gets a hug from her teammates after two other players scored on her hit on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, against Soldotna High School at Jack Gist Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Homer High School Mariners softball batter Grace Godfrey gets a hug from her teammates after two other players scored on her hit on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, against Soldotna High School at Jack Gist Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Homer clubs SoHi softball

The Homer softball team blasted Soldotna 13-4 in a Northern Lights Conference matchup Tuesday in Homer.

The Mariners (6-6 overall) exploded for eight runs in the second inning to take a lead they would not give up. SoHi dropped to 1-2 overall with the loss.

SoHi struck first with an RBI single by Janna Kriegr in the first inning to grab a 1-0 lead. Casey Earll, Bailey Berger and Kriegr all singled with two outs to score the Stars’ first run.

In the top of the second, SoHi added to its lead with a two-run double by Casey Card to push the advantage to 3-0, but Homer was warming up for a big show in the bottom of the second.

The Mariners got on the board with an RBI groundout by Dellah Harris, then took the lead on a two-out grand slam by Grace Godfrey, giving Homer a 5-3 lead. The Mariners kept piling on with a run-scoring single from Kaitlyn Johnson and a two-run single by Becca Chapman to push the lead to 8-3.

Godfrey, Haylee Owen and Chapman all finished with two hits on the day to lead SoHi. Berger and Estrella Slats both had two hits each to lead SoHi’s offense.

Annalyn Brown pitched all five innings for Homer and whiffed four while scattering nine hits and issuing one walk. SoHi starter Casey Earll gave up 10 hits and six walks with four strikeouts in four frames.

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