Only a few days after cracking 40 in a doubleheader against Lumsden, the Ice were back at it at Optimist Park on Tuesday night, scoring the maximum five runs each inning in a 20-3 victory over the Regina Saints before following up with a 16-6 win in the night cap.
The Ice improved to 8-2 on the season and are right back on the diamonds Friday night when they host Gravelbourg for a doubleheader.
Ice 20, Saints 3
Georgia Fowler had one official at bat but made it count, with her bases-loaded single in the bottom of the third driving in three runs as part of a five-RBI game.
Avery Funke was nearly her equal, going 1-for-1 with two walks, two runs scored and four RBI, while Maddie Cruz also scored two runs and knocked in three.
All 13 Ice players had at least one run scored, and the Ice would record 25 walks.
Funke got the start in the circle and gave up two runs on two hits and four walks, striking out four over two innings. Fowler allowed a single unearned run while striking out two in the third inning; Cruz closed things out by giving up a hit and striking out the side in the fourth.
Ice 16, Saints 6
The second game was far closer, as the Ice took a 5-2 lead out of the first inning but ended up scoring max runs in each of the first three frames. Regina would get four back in their half of the third, but would get no closer, and the mercy rule was invoked after the fourth.
Funke ended up 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBI, Jayden Babich, Tessa Hamdorf, Aurora Wingenbach and Kayla Chartier all scored two runs each.
Sophia Johnstone pitched the first two innings, giving up two runs on three hits and striking out four, while Hamdorf allowed four runs on four hits and struck out three in an inning of work. Wingenbach tossed the fourth and gave up one hit while striking out two.