REL, Inc.’s Vera Peterson pitches against Superior Service during Copper Country Women’s Fastpitch League action on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in Chassell, Mich. (Eddie O’Neill/The Daily Mining Gazette)

CHASSELL — As the baseball/softball adage goes: “Walks will kill you.”

That certainly was the case for Superior Service as they walked in two REL, Inc. runs in the first inning, and that led to an 6-2 victory for REL, Inc. in Copper Country Women’s Fastpitch League action Wednesday night.

“Our struggle this year has been playing a full game,” said Superior Services’s player-manager Reagan Moyle. “We usually have one bad inning that puts us in a slump, and we can’t get out of it.”

While REL, Inc. added a third run in the second, Superior Service showed signs of hope in the third. With one out, Milly Loukus stepped up to the plate and drilled a riser over the left fielder and off the fence for a two-run homerun. But that was as good as it got for Superior.

Strong pitching by REL, Inc.’s Vera Peterson and Delaney Heinonen blanked Superior for the remaining four innings. Peterson helped her own cause with a two-run homer to left in the sixth to put REL. Inc. up 6-2.

“It felt good coming off the bat,” she said with a smile. “I was long overdue.”

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Tervo Agency 16, Northern Michigan Land Brokers 3

Tervo Agency mercied Northern Michigan Land Brokers 16-3 on Wednesday at the Boneyard. Mel Baker was the winning pitcher, and Blaire Impola took the loss. Baker had seven strike outs and Impola had three.

Northern Michigan Land Brokers reached the board first scoring one run in the first inning. Tervo Agency answered with six runs in the bottom of that same inning and held that lead for the remainder of the game. 

JBs Sales and Service 13, Superior National Bank 2

JBs Sales and Service mercied Superior National Bank by a score of 13-2.

Grace Brunet earned the win with help from Sadie Biekkola. Larissa Anderson took the loss. Biekkola struck out one and walked one. Brunet struck out five. Superior National Bank’s Anderson struck out two and walked three.

JB’s scored first with one run in the bottom of the first inning. Superior National Bank answered with a run in the bottom of the second . JB’s then regained the lead in the bottom of the second when Cori Jahfetson hit an out-of-the-park home run. JB’s added two more runs in the third inning then broke the game wide open when Jahfetson started off a big rally with another out-of-the-park solo home run. 

Quinn Donnelly hit in the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning to win the game by the 10-run mercy rule.

Besides Cori Jahfetson two homers, JB’s Kenzie Ekdahl had three singles, Sadie Biekkola had a double and a single and Quinn Donnelly had two singles. 

For Superior National Bank, Kim Aho had two singles, and Larissa Anderson and Rachel Kinnunen each had hits.

Wednesday’s games wrapped up the regular season for the league. Playoffs began Thursday and will end in the championship game at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Boneyard.