The Effingham Lady Hearts had a lot of offense in the opener Saturday and then relied on a strong pitching performance in the second game to notch their first two softball wins of the season.

In the opener, Effingham banged out 10 hits and scored in every inning, en route to a 12-8 win over Salem.

In the second game, Taylor Armstrong tossed a four-hit, complete game, helping the Lady Hearts post a 2-0 victory over Olney.

In the first game, EHS led 7-0 and 11-2 before settling for the four-run decision. Emma Hardiek had three hits and Grace Bushur added two more.

The Lady Hearts went immediately to work in the bottom of the first. Bushur led off with a triple and scored on a fly ball by Sawyer Althoff. But before the inning was over, Emma Hardiek had a base hit, plus there were two walks and two errors that led to a pair of runs and an early 3-0 lead.

Effingham scored a single tally in the second on an RBI double by Hardiek; added three runs in the third on a run-scoring single by Tori Budde, an RBI double by Riley Cunningham and a ground out by Bushur; took advantage of two errors in both the fourth and sixth to add single runs; and had a three-run fifth, capped by a two-run double off the bat of Armstrong.

Riley Cunningham went the first six innings to get the win. She allowed five hits and seven runs, while walking one and striking out seven. Armstrong relieved in the seventh and recorded the final three outs.

And Armstrong just continued recording outs in the game against Olney. She allowed only four hits, while making 95 pitches in the shutout. She walked three and struck out five.

The Lady Hearts scored both of their runs in the fourth. Jacy Boatman and Hardiek led off with base hits. An error allowed the first run to score and a ground out by Budde drove home the second run. Boatman and Bushur both had two hits in the team’s six-hit attack.

Effingham, now 2-1 on the season, will play Wednesday at Shelbyville.