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TURBOTVILLE &#8212; Just make contact. They&#8217;re two strikes after all, and that&#8217;s the goal.Just &#8230; make &#8230; contact.Well, Holy Redeemer freshman Tiana Wren made contact. Wow, did she ever.Wren blasted a grand slam as part of Redeemer&#8217;s five-run fourth inning as the defending PIAA Class 2A softball champions defeated Milton 7-3 in a first-round state game at the Moser Complex.District 2 champion Redeemer (22-2) will play District 3 champion Kutztown (18-6) in the quarterfinals on Thursday at a site and time to be announced. Kutztown defeated D12 runner-up Philadelphia Academy Charter in its opener.&#8220;I just wanted to put it in play with the bases loaded and an 0-2 count,&#8221; said Wren, who has hit seven of the team&#8217;s 10 home runs this year. &#8220;Just put it on the ground. Make something happen.&#8221;Understatement of the season. Wren destroyed the pitch, sending it well beyond the left-field fence. The five runs completed a rally from a 3-2 deficit and they all came with two outs.Meghan Armstrong appeared stranded at second in the fourth when Sam Rajza&#8217;s attempt at a sacrifice bunt failed and D4 champion Milton (21-3) recorded the second out. Morgan Bienkowski, though, singled and Allyson Laiuvara was hit by a pitch to load the bases.Olivia Mennig then singled to left to tie the score 3-3 and set up Wren&#8217;s grand slam.&#8220;It&#8217;s so odd,&#8221; Redeemer coach Jerry Paulukonis said. &#8220;This year, honestly, of I think it&#8217;s like 180 runs we&#8217;ve scored most of them have come with two outs. They just find a way of hitting the ball then. It just works. I don&#8217;t know why. It&#8217;s weird.&#8221;If the two-out outburst didn&#8217;t deflate Milton, then Bienkowski&#8217;s pitching did.Once again Redeemer used the one-two punch of Kristen Coffay to start and Bienkowski to close. Bienkowski struck out six in four innings, and Milton didn&#8217;t hit a ball out of the infield until Siage Graham&#8217;s bloop single to right with one out in the seventh. Madi East followed with a ground single up the middle, but Bienkowski cut off the threat.Bienkowski entered the circle with a four-run lead. That cushion didn&#8217;t enter her mind as she went about striking out six of the first nine batters she faced.&#8220;Yeah, but we know the score is always 0-0 like Kaya (Swanek) said last year,&#8221; said Bienkowski of her former teammate on the state championship team. &#8220;We just have to keep fighting to the end.&#8221;Redeemer took a 1-0 lead in the second as Coffay was hit by a pitch, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on an errant throw when she and Morghan Armstrong pulled off a double steal. Armstrong had reached on an error.&#8220;The only thing we had with all the girls playing different positions is every now and then they got tentative,&#8221; Milton coach Bill Keeger said. &#8220;We want them to be aggressive and charge the ball. That&#8217;s what happened when we got a little flatfooted and did go get it.&#8221;Milton came back with three runs in the second on an RBI double by Chloe Perrin and a pair of RBI singles by Graham and East.Brittany Hebda added an RBI single with two outs in the third for Redeemer.PIAA Class 2A First RoundHoly Redeemer 7, Milton 3Redeemer`AB`R`H`BIBienkowski ss`4`1`3`0Laiuvara rf`2`2`1`0Kuhar ph`1`0`0`0Mennig 2b`3`1`1`1Wren cf`3`1`1`4Hebda 3b`4`0`1`1Coffay p`3`1`0`0Shorts c`2`0`1`0Kudrka ph`1`0`0`0Armstrong 1b`2`1`0`0Rajza lf`3`0`0`0Totals`28`7`8`6Milton`AB`R`H`BIEast cf`4`0`2`1Reitz 2b`4`0`0`0Gessner 3b`4`0`1`0Chappel c`3`0`0`0Buck rf`3`0`1`0Arnold 1b`3`1`1`0Aunkst ss`3`0`0`0Perrin lf`2`1`1`1Wolfe ph`1`0`0`0Graham dp`2`1`2`1Brouse p`0`0`0`0Holy Redeemer`011`500`0`&#8212;`7Milton`030`000`0`&#8212;`3E &#8212; Milton 2. LOB &#8212; Milton 6, Redeemer 6. 2B &#8212; Shorts, Buck, Perrin. HR &#8212; Wren. SB &#8212; Bienkowski, Coffay, Armstrong. SAC &#8212; Shorts, Mennig.Redeemer`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOCoffay (W)`3.0`6`3`3`0`4Bienkowski (S)`4.0`2`0`0`0`6Milton`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOBrouse (L)`7.0`8`7`6`2`7<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Holy Redeemer&#8217;s Tiana Wren (11) returns to the dugout after hitting a grand slam in the fourth inning Monday in a PIAA Class 2A state softball game against Milton. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/web1_DSCN4448-1-1-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Holy Redeemer&#8217;s Tiana Wren (11) returns to the dugout after hitting a grand slam in the fourth inning Monday in a PIAA Class 2A state softball game against Milton. </caption0><photoCredit0>John Erzar | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/web1_DSCN4441-1-1-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Holy Redeemer&#8217;s Kristen Coffay, left, steals third base as Milton shortstop Hayley Aunkst waits for the throw in the second inning Monday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/web1_DSCN4441-1-1-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Holy Redeemer&#8217;s Kristen Coffay, left, steals third base as Milton shortstop Hayley Aunkst waits for the throw in the second inning Monday. </caption1><photoCredit1>John Erzar | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By John Erzarjerzar@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach John Erzar at 570-991-6394 or on Twitter @TLJohnErzar</shirttailMeta></div>

Tiana Wren’s grand slam gives Holy Redeemer victory over Milton in PIAA softball opener