The Alden-Albert Lea Blackhawk U-16 fastpitch softball team was swept by Kasson-Mantorville in a doubleheader Wednesday at Hammer Field in Albert Lea.

Kasson-Mantorville scored an 8-1 win in six innings in the first game and a 3-2, eight-inning win in the second game.

Kasson-Mantorville rapped out 12 hits in the first game and put four runs across the plate in the first inning as it cruised to the victory.

The Blackhawks had just three hits and scored one in the second after Kasson-Mantorville made consecutive fielding miscues.

In the second game Alden-Albert Lea made a late rally to tie the game in the seventh inning.

The Blackhawks trailed 2-1 until the top of the seventh when Lana Howe reached on a one-out single. Howe advanced to third on two wild pitches and was able to score on Hayley Knutson’s single to make the game 2-2.

In extra innings the game was played by the international rules, meaning at the start of an inning each team would begin its at-bat with a runner on second base.

Alden-Albert Lea failed to capitalize on its opportunity as Kasson-Mantorville doubled up the Blackhawks in the eighth.

Kasson-Mantorville came back in the bottom half of the inning with two consecutive base hits to win the game.

Alden-Albert Lea plays Monday against Rochester in Alden.

Kasson-Mantorville 8, Alden-Albert Lea 1, 6 innings, Game 1

Kasson-Mantorville 4 11 110 — 8 12 3

Alden-Albert Lea 010 000 — 1 3 4

Kasson-Mantorville 3, Alden-Albert Lea 2, 8 innings, Game 2

Alden-Albert Lea 100 000 10 — 2 4 2

Kasson-Mantorivlle 110 000 01 — 3 4 0