The Wolverine softball team started the week at Mt. Abram Regional High School playing in a wind chill down in the mid-30s and finished Friday by hosting Winthrop in beautiful 76-degree sunshine. So it goes in the springtime in the Mountain Valley Conference.

Wiscasset’s Corey Campbell drove in a pair of runs and Sydnie Thayer had two hits but Winthrop won Friday’s game 11-3 in front of a good-sized crowd. August Moore went the distance on the mound for the Wolverines.

After taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning, the Ramblers added another run in the third, then four more in the fourth, one in the fifth and four in the sixth. The Wolverines got all of their runs in the fourth inning.

The Wolverines had something going in the second after Thayer singled with one out and stole second base. Maeve Blodgett followed and grounded out to the right side, moving Thayer along to third but Campbell then grounded out to end the inning.

After the Rambler pitcher struck out the first two batters in the home half of the third, Grace Webber drew a walk. She stole second and third but the next batter struck out again, ending the inning without a run.

Moore led off the fourth inning with a double over the left fielder’s head. Stephanie Jones then beat out a grounder on the infield. Thayer followed with a single and the Wolverines were on the scoreboard. A bunt by Maeve Blodgett moved Jones along to third. Campbell’s base hit drove in Jones and Thayer, making it a 6-3 ballgame.

The Wolverines had a number of good defensive plays on the diamond. Jones, the shortstop, had an unassisted double play in the sixth inning gloving a line drive and tagging second to get the runner.

In the seventh, Leah Potter made a nice running catch in left field to end the inning.

Moore scattered nine hits, walked five and struck out two Winthrop batters. The Rambler pitcher finished with eight strikeouts.

Wiscasset will travel to Boothbay to play the Seahawks Monday, May 23. They’ll return home Wednesday, May 25, to face Lisbon and then end the season at Oak Hill, May 27. The Wolverines are 1-12.