With only two wins on the season, the Fruitport softball team was getting a little frustrated.

The Trojans took that frustration out on North Muskegon in a non-conference doubleheader on Thursday, piling up 24 total runs, winning both games and doubling their victory total for the season.

“I encouraged them (after the games) not to be satisfied, that the season is a process and we still need to work, but it was rewarding to see in their faces how happy they were with the way they played,” said Fruitport Coach Bob Dorman, whose team is now 4-9 on the season.

Fruitport won the first game 13-1.

Fruitport’s Kendall Lee lets a high pitch go by. Photo/Jeremy Clark

The Trojans got on the board in the first inning when Brooklyn Russell singled and ended up scoring.

They pulled away with six runs in the fourth inning, powered by RBI hits from Teagen Schultz, Russell, Kendall Lee and Maddy Kohnke.

Fruitport piled up 14 hits in the game. Russell and Olive Staal led the way with three hits apiece while Lee, Mylee Mineni and Madyson Prout each had two.

Russell was the winning pitcher, scattering four hits with only one walk while striking out six in six innings.

Fruitport’s Brooklyn Russell prepares to deliver a pitch. Photo/Jeremy Clark

The Trojans kept the offense rolling in Game 2 with an 11-1 victory.

They got a run in the first inning when Staal walked and ended up scoring. They added a run on a North Muskegon error in the third, then took control in the fourth with five more runs. Ash Olson, Russell, Staal and Kohnke had RBIs in the big inning.

Schultz added a home run in the fifth inning.

Fruitport totaled nine hits in the game, with Staal and Brylee DeWitt each collecting two.

Fruitport’s Tatum Anderson gets ready to haul in a fly ball. Photo/Jeremy Clark

Russell pitched again and won again, scattering four hits over six innings while striking out three.

“I really feel we took a big stride toward where we want to be, but we are not there yet,” Dorman said.”We had great pitching, backed up with sound defense in both games. Each game we had a double play, which are huge for a pitcher’s confidence and the team’s.

“We hit one through nine, and when we do that we are a very good team. We talk all the time about getting the outs they give us, and there were a few times when we gave them four out in an inning, but it didn’t break us and we were able to get out of the innings.”