Storm
Tuesday June 30 v. Norwood @ Meador, T 5-5
Hits: Haleigh Brown (double); Ashley Payne; Rachel Schrader 2 (triple); Jessi Bruce;
We were down 5-0 when we finally got on the board with 3. Haleigh Brown stepped up and hit a double scoring 2 to tie the game in the last inning. We were unable to get the winning run across. It is frustrating to play your heart out for 75 minutes and everything ends in a tie. We would have loved to play it out.
Wednesday July 1 v. Willard @ Ash Grove, L, 4-0
Hits: Haleigh Brown
We did not swing it well tonight. It was just not a good night at the ballpark.
Thursday July 2 v. Ash Grove @ Ash Grove, L 9-8
Hits: Haleigh Brown (2); Ashley Payne; Megan Vest; Rachel Schrader; Tristia Patton; Jessi Bruce; Brittany Wood;
Brittany Wood threw the ball very well tonight. She pitched 7 innings and the last 4 were under a lot of pressure. I am very proud of her efforts tonight.
This was a tough week, driving to ball parks for 1 game each night. Finally on Thursday v. Ash Grove we had a game with numerous learning opportunities. This was a game that will make us better down the road. Back and forth all game. We had 4 tie breaker innings and had opportunities to play under pressure. We had our chances and we had successes and failures. It was a great opportunity to learn who we are.
Record: 5-7-1; Up next @ Meador Park Saturday (11th) 11:30 & 12:45; @ Meador Park Tuesday 14th 6 & 7:15
Liberty
Wednesday July 1 v. Pleasant Hope, L, 8-3
Hits: Delpha Miller; Haley Rauch (triple) RBI; Taylor Sechler RBI; Haleigh Wallace; Brandi Cline (RBI)
Thursday July 2 @ Meador
Gm 1 v. Thunder, W, 4-1, Abby Toler WP, 6 strikeouts;
Hits: Taylor Sechler (2); Haley Rauch (2); Brook Townsend (2); Mikalyn Wheelbarger
Gm 2 v. Shox, L, 7-3.
Hits: Karli Duren; Haley Rauch; Brook Townsend; Brandi Cline;
The girls are learning to make adjustments at the plate and we are incorporating more phases of fastpitch, such as bunting and slapping. We are putting pressure on defenses. We need to continue to run the bases hard and play solid defense including pitching.
Up Next: v. Morrisville 5 and Pleasant Hope 7:30, Wednesday July 8; @ Meador Park Thursday 6 & 8:30
Patriots
Wednesday July 1 v. Morrisville, L, 10-1;
Sydney Julien struck out 3 and AnnaMarie McGlone struck out 4....McGlone had a single....Morrisville did a good job hitting the ball hard and we made a few mental mistakes in the field. (Nathan Rothdiener)
Thursday July 2 @ Meador
Gm 1 v. Irish, W 9 - 3 AnnaMarie McGlone pitched the win and struck out 5 in effort. sydney julien recorded a hit....we took advantage of what they gave us...which was a number of walks and errors in the field. (Nathan Rothdiener)
Gm 2 v. Strafford won 9-8 Sydney Julien struck out 4 in the winning effort...Julien also recorded a hit...
This was a good game for our girls. Strafford was a very athletic team. We held the lead most of the game but Strafford fought back late and we had to battle back to win it. Our girls were aggressive on the bases which scored most of our runs. Jenna Halbrook stole home to score the winning run on a wild pitch. Our girls are learning the importance of playing error free ball and for most of the game we did that.
Up Next: v. Morrisville 6:15 and Pleasant Hope 8:45 Wednesday July 8; @ Meador Park Thursday 6 & 8:30
Record: 7-7
