Monday through Thursday featured abundant success on the diamond
for coach Mary Holmberg's squad. They got past ACGC, Montevideo and BOLD
in games that receive the focus for this post.
Then there's baseball, an update for which I have on my companion
website, "Morris of Course."
The boys' success has been a little more spotty this spring, but there have been notable highlights. Today I review the 10-0 shutout win over Pelican Rapids, along with (on a down note) the 3-0 shutout loss at the hands of Monte and their pitcher Colton Vien.
The boys' success has been a little more spotty this spring, but there have been notable highlights. Today I review the 10-0 shutout win over Pelican Rapids, along with (on a down note) the 3-0 shutout loss at the hands of Monte and their pitcher Colton Vien.
Please click on the permalink below to read about coach Mark Torgerson's baseball squad:
Softball: Tigers 10, BOLD 4
Lots of Tigers hit safely in
the 10-4 road win over BOLD on Thursday, 5/3. The Tigers were in the
groove with their hitting at Dirks Field in Olivia. MACA upped its
sterling season record to 9-1, surely pleasing coach Mary Holmberg.
The Tigers scored in all but two innings. In all they pounded out eleven hits compared to four by the host Warriors. They also fielded better, committing but one error compared to three by BOLD.
Morris Area Chokio Alberta pitcher McKenzie VanBatavia held BOLD scoreless until the fifth. Meanwhile the MACA offense was supplying generous support.
Tracy Meichsner had a triple as part of going two-for-four. VanBatavia picked up three RBIs to go with her one-for-four showing.
Holly Amundson had a double and RBI as part of her two-for-four numbers. Sadie Fischer, Brooke Johnson, Olivia Reimers and Nicole Strobel each had a hit and an RBI. Strobel's hit was a double.
Jaimie Bergerson added a double to the mix. Steph Hennen had a one-for-three boxscore line.
BOLD's top hitter was Taylor Ebnet at two-for-three with an RBI.
VanBatavia pitched against Robin Lubitz. The Tiger ace set down five Warriors on strikes. She walked four and gave up four hits and four runs (earned).
Lubitz pitched the whole way and endured some rough spells. The ten runs she allowed were earned, and she walked five.
The Tigers began their scoring with one run in the second inning, and went on to plate two in the third, three each in the fifth and sixth, and one in the seventh.
The Tigers scored in all but two innings. In all they pounded out eleven hits compared to four by the host Warriors. They also fielded better, committing but one error compared to three by BOLD.
Morris Area Chokio Alberta pitcher McKenzie VanBatavia held BOLD scoreless until the fifth. Meanwhile the MACA offense was supplying generous support.
Tracy Meichsner had a triple as part of going two-for-four. VanBatavia picked up three RBIs to go with her one-for-four showing.
Holly Amundson had a double and RBI as part of her two-for-four numbers. Sadie Fischer, Brooke Johnson, Olivia Reimers and Nicole Strobel each had a hit and an RBI. Strobel's hit was a double.
Jaimie Bergerson added a double to the mix. Steph Hennen had a one-for-three boxscore line.
BOLD's top hitter was Taylor Ebnet at two-for-three with an RBI.
VanBatavia pitched against Robin Lubitz. The Tiger ace set down five Warriors on strikes. She walked four and gave up four hits and four runs (earned).
Lubitz pitched the whole way and endured some rough spells. The ten runs she allowed were earned, and she walked five.
The Tigers began their scoring with one run in the second inning, and went on to plate two in the third, three each in the fifth and sixth, and one in the seventh.
Tigers 8, Montevideo 0
Shhh. . . Don't tell anyone but the Tigers played a
game on Wednesday (5/2). High school sports aren't supposed to be played
on Wednesday, are they?
Well, occasional exceptions must be made. I presume it's because of
desperation caused by weather postponements. This is a unique aspect of
spring sports. So often, the weather just doesn't seem ready for the
outside stuff.
On good days it's terrific. But right now, as I write this, on Friday (5/4), it's cool and gray with rain pelting down.
Wednesday was a "go" for the Tigers and Thunder Hawks. The site: Montevideo.
The outcome: a rosy one for MACA with an 8-0 score. The momentum continues.
Mackenzie VanBatavia tossed a two-hit shutout. She fanned eight
batters and walked four. She out-dueled Kiersti Grey who gave up the
eleven Tiger hits (over seven innings).
The Tigers scored three runs in the first inning and five in the sixth.
Sadie Fischer was a standout at bat, socking three hits in four
at-bats with one of her hits a double. She scored a run and had an RBI
harvest of four. Brooke Johnson also went three-for-four.
VanBatavia helped her cause with two hits in five at-bats and two
runs-batted-in. Tracy Meichsner contributed two-for-four numbers with
two RBIs and two runs.
Steph Hennen went one-for-four with an RBI.
Tigers 18, ACGC 8
The MACA girls made a firm statement right away in their
4/30 home game against Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City. They rallied for five
runs in the first inning.
The runs kept coming at a pretty good pace after that. So much so, the Tigers won with the ten-run rule.
Tracy Meichsner made it official when she connected for a single to
drive in two runs in the sixth. It was her fourth hit of the afternoon!
The umpires declared "game over" with the score 18-8.
It was the sixth conference win for coach Mary Holmberg's crew, and
seventh overall. Only in the third inning did the Tigers fail to score.
Steph Hennen rapped three singles and got good RBI mileage. Her base raps in the first and fourth each drove in two runs.
Meichsner's first two at-bats each yielded an extra-base hit. Then,
her single in the fifth was good for an RBI, before finally her hit in
the sixth ended the game.
There were 12 MACA hits so there were several chefs contributing to
this broth. Olivia Reimers had two hits in four at-bats. McKenzie
VanBatavia had a hit in three at-bats.
Holly Amundson drove in a run with her one-for-three showing.
Brooke Wente added a hit to the mix. Meichsner's boxscore line was
four-for-five including a double and triple, and she netted three RBIs.
Hennen had a line of three-for-four and her RBI total was a robust four.
The ACGC line score was eight runs, ten hits and five errors.
VanBatavia didn't have her best outing as pitcher but the 'W' ended
up next to her name - the main objective. The Tiger pitcher struck out
four batters, walked one and gave up ten hits. Of the eight runs she
allowed, only four were earned.
ACGC scored in every inning except the first. Natasha Dallman was
potent at bat for the Falcons, hitting a double and home run and
collecting three RBIs. Payton Wilner went three-for-three.
Sydney Larson pitched for ACGC and had a rough day as she walked seven and gave up the 12 Tiger hits.- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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