The Fruitport softball team can win in a lot of ways.

Lately the Trojans have been pounding out lots of hits and winning by big margins.

On Friday, however, they showed they could play from behind and gut out a win, even when things go wrong.

Fruitport rallied and beat a very good Holton squad 14-12 on the road after scoring five runs in the sixth inning.

The Trojans have now won nine straight games and are 20-6 on the season.

They can clinch the outright O-K Silver conference championship on Tuesday with one win in a home doubleheader against Hopkins.

Holton grabbed a 5-0 lead in the first inning, then scored twice more in the third and led 7-2.

Fruitport cut its deficit to 7-4 in the third inning when Brylee DeWitt and Kya Tawney both hit solo home runs.

Madyson Prout added a two-run homer in the fourth inning for the Trojans, making the score 7-6. Fruitport tied the game in the fifth with an RBI single by Bri Chiaverini.

Holton pulled ahead 12-9 in the fifth inning, then the Trojans grabbed the lead for good in the sixth.

Kya Tawney hit an RBI double, Kalli Tawney had an RBI single, Kendall Prout and Chiaverini had RBI bases-loaded walks, and a run scored on a Holton error.

Kya Tawney led the offense with three hits with her homer and two doubles. Brooklyn Russell had four hits.

Russell pitched and did not have her best game in terms of stats, allowing 16 hits in a complete-game effort, but kept battling and got the big outs when she needed them.

“I told Brooklyn I had one word to describe her performance tonight, and that was wow,” said Fruitport Coach Bob Dorman. “She never stopped battling and when we took the lead, she shut them down in the seventh.

“I shared with the team that they were the true definition of relentless. The score didn’t matter. They kept on course, stayed focused and battled.”all the way through the seventh.”