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Softball
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% including a single, a double and an RBI.
Naramore batted 1 for 3 with a double and an RBI.
Rappahannock had seven hits total, and the Panther defense played an excellent game with only one error. Rappahannock 5, Strasburg 1
The Panthers scored two runs in the first inning and added three more in the
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