By Cort Reynolds
FINDLAY - The visiting Bluffton softball team split a non-league twinbill at Liberty-Benton Saturday.

The Lady Pirates ran their record to 2-6 with the split.

In game one, the Pirate girls scored two runs in the top of the seventh to rally for a 4-2 victory.

L-B led 2-0 after four innings. Bluffton tallied single runs in the fifth and sixth frames to tie it up, 2-2.

They then plated two more in their last at bat and held the Eagles scoreless in the home seventh to preserve the comeback win.

Riley Busch smacked a triple, single and drove in a run. Dyllan Worcester doubled and hit a single. Lauren Swartzlander drilled an RBI double.

Sophie Bricker and Jasmine Whitlow each added a hit. 

Pirate pitcher Grace Myers earned her second straight win with a three-hit, complete game effort. Myers also collected an RBI single. 

The victors out-hit L-B in the opener, 8-3. 

    123    456    7    R        H        E 
Blf     000    011    2    4    8    4    
Blf    001    100    1    2    3    1
WP-Myers (2-4)    LP-L. Gerken
2B-Worcester (B), Swartzlander (B)
3B-Busch (B)

In the nightcap, L-B jumped out to an early lead and held on for a 5-2 win.

L-B tallied two runs in the bottom of the first inning and added three more scores in the second to build a 5-0 cushion.

Bricker socked three singles to pace Bluffton. Busch knocked in a run with two hits, while Whitlow added a aingle.

The Pirates were out-hit 7-6 in the second game.

    123    456    7    R        H        E 
Blu     000    101    0    2    6    3    
L-B    230    20x    x    5    7    0
WP-Benschooter    LP-Davis (0-1)
2B-Dorn (L-B)
        

Bluffton (1-0 NWC) hosts local rival Ada (2-2, 0-1 NWC) in a Northwest Conference battle Monday, April 12.