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Wausau managed to escape the inning on a 6-5 double play, only surrendering the one run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bats would stay stagnant for both squads until the fifth inning, where the Ignite offense brought home two runners on a pair of two-out doubles from Megan Mcginnis (St. Mary\u2019s, MN) and Quinn Marnocha (South Dakota St.). It was Mcginnis\u2019s fifth double of the year and ninth RBI, while Marnocha tallied her first double of the year and seventh RBI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Steam would go on to score three unanswered runs to take the lead, one on an RBI-double in the fifth by Grace Frechette and two on a Skyler Dietz longball to center in the sixth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wausau responded with a three-run seventh inning, tying the game back up on another Mcginnis double, this time bringing in two, and then taking the lead on a Mia Johnson (UW-Parkside) RBI-single.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New pitcher Maya Rudy (St. Benedictine) pitched two innings in her season debut, allowing zero hits and just one walk in the win.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ignite travel to Madison on Saturday for a doubleheader against the first-place Night Mares. 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