Friday (5/18) was doubleheader day for MACA softball. The opponent was BOLD here in Motown. The surging Tigers scored in double digits in both games. We took the opener 10-1 and prevailed again in the second half, 12-2.Our offense wasted no time to assert itself. Game #1 saw the Tigers erupt for nine runs over the first three innings while BOLD scored one. We scored four runs each in the first and third. We scored our ten total runs on seven hits and committed two errors. The BOLD line score was 1-4-5.
Liz Dietz got the pitching win with her five innings in the circle. She fanned four batters and walked no one, while allowing four hits and the one BOLD run which was earned. Kenna Kehoe came on to pitch two innings and she allowed no hits or runs. The losing pitcher was Taylor Sagedahl. Just four of the ten runs that Sagedahl allowed were earned. Make note of the five BOLD errors.
Emma Bowman and Liz Dietz each had two hits. Jen Solvie, MacKenzie Hockel and Karly Fehr each had one. BOLD's Brenna Weis rapped two hits. Sagedahl and Devyn O'Halloran each contributed one in the losing cause.
Bats stay productive
On to game #2: It was more of same as the Tigers assumed a big lead with a nine-run third inning. We added three in the fourth to reach our 12-run total for the game in another romp, to the delight of the home fans. Coach Mary Holmberg had to be pleased as her team pounded ten hits and committed just one error!
Once again it was Dietz sharing the pitching with Kehoe. Dietz was again the pitcher of record with her stint of three innings in which she walked no one and allowed just one hit. The ball got handed to Kehoe who continued the pinpoint control with zero walks. She fanned a batter in her two innings to polish things off. One of the two runs she allowed was unearned.
Sagedahl worked like a trooper in the pitching circle for BOLD, not able to frustrate Tiger batters much. Two of the 12 runs she allowed were unearned.
Let's look at the offense where Riley Decker had a hot bat with her three hits in as many at-bats, one a double and one a triple. Emma Bowman was a perfect two-for-two. Whitney Demaris had two hits in four at-bats. These Tigers also hit safely: Bailey Marty, Karly Fehr and MacKenzie Hockel. All in all a nice offensive show by the orange and black.
Sagedahl may have struggled pitching for BOLD but she did nicely in hitting with a home run as part of going two-for-two. Sagedahl drove in a run and scored one. Also hitting safely for BOLD were Megan Ridler, Morgan Schmitz and Emily Sheehan. The BOLD line score was two runs, five hits and two errors.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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