Auburn earns narrow victory; Wild pitch plates Pluff.

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COLUMN: Hometeam High School Roundup

SOFTBALL

Auburn 1, Uxbridge 0: Sophomore Ellie Pluff drew a leadoff walk, stole second, went to third on a bunt by Gina Lirange, and scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh for the host Rockets (3-0).

Lirange struck out six and walked two in her complete-game shutout.

Kelsey Nordbert was the hard-luck loser for the Spartans (1-2), giving up two hits, four walks and striking out 13 in a complete-game effort.

Bartlett 7, Millbury 3: Sophomore Lindsay Bond was 3 for 3 with two runs and classmate Morgan Devish went 2 for 2 with two runs to lift the host Indians (2-1).

Bond and Ashton Morio executed a double steal in a four-run third inning and both scored after an overthrow to the outfield.

Bay Path 10, Pathfinder 2: Junior Trish Faubert struck out nine and added three hits, including a triple and an RBI, to lead the host Minutemen (1-1).

Sophomore catcher Amanda Roberts was 2 for 3 with a double, and sophomore second baseman Lauren Ostiguy went 3 for 3 for Bay Path.

Milford 14, Marlboro 3: Shannon Smith went 3 for 4 with three runs and Marissa DePaolo was 2 for 4 with three runs as the visiting Scarlet Hawks combined 14 hits with four Marlboro errors in the opener for both teams.

Quaboag 5, Grafton 3: Kaitlyn Ramsey drove in Maria Shader and scored on sophomore Jess McCann's first varsity hit to give the visiting Cougars (2-1, 1-1 SWCL) a 5-0 lead.

Hailey Fountain was 3 for 3 with a triple and Ramsey 2 for 4 with a double.

Ali Page went 2 for 3 with an RBI and Amanda Rutkowski had an RBI triple for the Indians (0-4, 0-3).

Shepherd Hill 6, Oxford 1: Carolyn Hassett went 2 for 3 with three RBIs, Jill Stevens 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI, and Devon Donnelly 2 for 2 with an RBI and a sacrifice for the host Rams (3-0, 3-0 SWCL).

Johanna Burke singled and scored for the Pirates (2-2, 2-2).

Tantasqua 4, Northbridge 3: Senior Kat Muska went 2 for 3 with a two-run double in a three-run fifth inning for the Warriors (2-2), who weathered a three-run rally by the Rams (1-2) in the seventh.

Senior Marissa Simpson delivered an RBI double in the fourth for Tantasqua.

BASEBALL

Auburn 2, Uxbridge 1: Bryan Sullivan delivered a two-out single to right in the bottom of the sixth and scored on a hard chopper to third by Todd Bucinskas (double) to lift the host Rockets (4-0, 3-0 SWCL).

Leicester 4, Southbridge 3: Donnie Blake's RBI single scored Ryan Petroni in the seventh as the Wolverines (2-2)...

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