So it's a pleasure writing about another resounding win for coach Mary Holmberg's nine. Our offense erupted for eight runs in the first inning. We only had to bat in four innings and we scored in each of them.
The success comes in the same week as when the dedication of the new softball facility is set. It's set this Friday at 5:15 p.m. Any chance the temperature will show a little uptick? It's May for crying out loud.
Will there be any pompous speeches? This writer continues to feel there are problems with this project. I have tried to get the fan seating question answered with a source who is at or near the top of it all. No success. Obviously I would be happy to be pleasantly surprised on this matter. Success is all we want. Hope someone is monitoring all that is going on with a keen eye. We are talking public money.
The Tigers amassed their 16 runs on eight hits and had a mere one error. Our opponent was the BOLD Warriors who struggled badly in the field. They managed only three hits off our pitcher Brienna Dybdahl. Dybdahl was mighty sharp as she fanned six batters and walked none. One of the runs she allowed was unearned.
The losing pitcher was Caylee Weber.
Our offense saw LaRae Kram triple and score three runs. She had two hits, drove in a run and stole a base. Sydney Dietz was a force at bat with a 3-for-4 line. She scored a run, drove in two and stole two bases. Katelyn Wehking had a hit, three RBIs, one run scored and a stolen base.
Cortney Lehman had a hit, two runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base. Hannah Fischer doubled, scored two runs and drove in three. Emma Bowman was fleet on the basepaths with three stolen bases, plus she scored two runs. Makenna Hufford stole a base and scored a run.
Sophia Carlsen crossed home plate twice and stole a base. Yasmine Westerman added a run scored to the mix.
BOLD's hits were by Delaney Tersteeg, Kendra Nolting and Shayleen Skold. The Warriors scored both their runs in the first inning.
This was West Central Conference softball.
Baseball: YouTube viewing terrific
Typical of human nature, we take all the amazing tech inroads for granted, don't we? I seek to have a better memory than most people. A good trait to have? Others can judge. When I was a kid, Twins games on TV very often had a camera position behind home plate the whole way. Fans kept their interest but the setup was not as desirable as the now-ubiquitous center field camera position. And yes, we take it for granted.
But my point is this, relative to our local MACA Tigers baseball: as fantastic as it is to see the team on YouTube - it's something we could never have dreamt of when Don Chizek coached - maybe we could set standards even higher. The tech revolution has been so overwhelming, I think it could be in reach.
Let me explain: Might we get the center field camera position for our high school games? (It actually would be left-center.)
We'd need a zoom lens, perhaps a quite powerful one, and yes this would have a pricetag. But look at the money we're pumping into high school softball in Morris. And would the center field camera position be practical for softball too? It is the desired format for fans who watch on TV. The camera would be on a tripod on a platform.
A second camera operator could be positioned midway down the foul line to follow the ball when it's hit. All this would be roughly a re-creation of what we see for big league ball. But would it be prohibitive for the local level? I suggest maybe not. Seems like a miracle we can even watch Tiger sports live, in effect "on TV" because YouTube is essentially the same.
I'm sure our local promoters would always want to consider big goals for the future. Sure seems like the sky is the limit for softball, although I have reservations about the effectiveness of the current project.
Compare baseball's Chizek Field or the whole Eagles complex to what was there when I was a kid, not that the place hasn't always served baseball well. Ah, progress! I remember Don Goracke pitching from bygone days. Mike Dingman and yours truly retrieved bats sometimes. I seem to recall retrieving pop bottles too and returning them to the Fougerons. It's important to remember the past in this, Morris' Sesquicentennial year!
Baseball: Tigers 11, Sauk Centre 1
The MACA diamond boys thumped the Sauk Centre Streeters with a barrage of 12 hits in game 1 of the Tuesday home twin bill. Zach Bruns continued with his heroics of late. His talent was exhibited on the pitching mound as well as at bat. Pitching, Bruns slammed the door on Sauk over the last four innings. For the game he allowed two hits and one run.
Hitting, Bruns connected for three hits. Dylan Rose's bat also resonated with three hits, and he drove in two runs. Brandon Jergenson and Ross Marty each rapped two hits.
Tigers 12, Sauk Centre 6
Continuing the pattern, MACA scored often and eliminated any suspense in game 2. I'll refer to game 2 as the "nightcap" because the atmosphere looked dark. We came at the Streeters with 15 hits and one big inning: the second, when seven Tigers crossed home plate. So the sweep is in the books.
Our pitcher of record appeared in relief. This was Tristan Raths. Just one of the four runs he allowed was earned. He appeared in relief for starter Brandon Jergenson, for whom one of the two runs he allowed was unearned. Jergenson struck out two and allowed one hit. With the bat, Jergenson was a force with two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored.
Sam Kleinwolterink mastered the Sauk Centre pitching with his three hits in four at-bats and an RBI. Will Breuer contributed with sacrifice fly balls. The Tigers upped their W/L to 7-4 while the Streeters fell to 2-7.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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