{"id":36825,"date":"2026-06-18T22:09:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T03:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wausau-ignite\/?p=36825"},"modified":"2026-06-18T22:09:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T03:09:57","slug":"ignite-walk-off-honey-bees-8-6-off-of-sosa-3-run-homer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wausau-ignite\/2026\/06\/18\/ignite-walk-off-honey-bees-8-6-off-of-sosa-3-run-homer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignite Walk-Off Honey Bees 8-6 off of Sosa, 3-run Homer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gabby Sosa seals the deal for Ignite with a 3-run walk-off blast.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

WAUSAU, WI. – The Ignite earn<\/span> their second walk-off win of the season and third win overall off the bat of Gabby Sosa(Purdue), who launched her first home run of the season\u2014a three-run shot to call the game in a back-and-forth battle to end the homestand.<\/p>\n

How it Happened<\/strong><\/p>\n

Addison Kluck(Queens) made her first start of the year for her hometown of Wausau, Wisconsin. The Honey Bees went three up, three down and got the game started early. A Mia Johnson(UW-Parkside) single got things started for Brynn Daniel(Northwestern State) to walk. Ava Arenz(N. Colorado) scored Johnson after a single to center field, advancing Daniel to third. The Ignite closed the first inning up one.<\/p>\n

The Honeybees failed to score in the top of the second, with Kluck gaining her first Northwoods strikeout. The offence picked up where they left off with a Quinn Marnocha (SDSU) double. Marnocha was plated by Taylor Liebelt(Illinois State) on her first double of the night. Marley Teasley(Washington) scored Liebelt with a single to right, and the Ignite were up 3-0.<\/p>\n

The third inning saw both teams go up and down to keep the game 3-0.<\/p>\n

The fourth inning saw Riley Stiles(Lake Forrest<\/span>) come into relief in back-to-back games. The Honey Bees would plate four off of 7 hits. In the bottom of the inning, the Ignite bit back with a run for themselves. Megan McGinnis(St. Mary\u2019s), pinch-hitting for Morgan Smith(Prairie View A&M), would crack a double and be scored by Taylor Liebelt after her second double of the day. The game would be even at 4.<\/p>\n

The fifth inning was scoreless for both teams once again off the performances from Stiles and the Ignite defence. The Ignite offence would quiet down, leaving 2 on base.<\/p>\n

The Honey Bees’ offence heated back up in the sixth with a series of walks and singles before plating 2. The Ignite saw Liebelt hit her third double of the game but would be left on to enter the seventh.<\/p>\n

Down 6-4, the Ignite defense got out of the runners-on-the-corners jam. Claire Calmes(UW-Madison), 0-3 on the day, would strike a single into centerfield<\/span> and be brought to second with a Brynn Daniel walk. Riley Schwisow(Northwestern State), pinch-hitting for Ava Arenz, struck a clutch double, scoring Calmes and putting Daniel, the tying run, on third. Gabby Sosa, with a single early in the game and earning her first hit of the season just one night ago, stepped up to the plate. Sosa struck a 3-run bomb to center field to walk off the game for an 8-6 win.<\/p>\n

Stats and Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n