Wapakoneta softball splits doubleheader
The Redskins played host to the Cavaliers for a doubleheader
Saturday, the two teams would split games. Coldwater takes home the game
one victory with a 6-1 win over Wapakoneta.
The Redskins would get the better of Coldwater in game two, winning 14-2 and moving to 12-4 on the season.
In the opening game, Wapakoneta was held
to just four hits while giving up 12 in the loss. The Redskin offense and defense would come back much stronger in the
second game as they combined for 14 hits as a team and only allowed two hits from
the Cavaliers in the win.
Game one: Addison Fisher pitched the whole game for the Redskins, the Cavaliers had her figured
out from the start. Fisher gave up six runs on 12 hits, fisher did manage to get out of some jams with
some key strikeouts to keep the game within
striking distance for Wapakoneta.
Unfortunately for Wapakoneta, the offense was never able
to get in much of a rhythm like it has been all season. Madison Wendel of Coldwater pitched a great
opening game only allowing the high-powered
Redskin offense to score one run on four hits and three walks. She would
strike out 15 including one to end the game with the bases loaded
for the Redskins. Addy Allen was the lone Redskin in the game with multiple
hits.
Following the games, Wapakoneta manager
Bill Sammons spoke about game one and Wendel, “the big thing was in game one, we
knew we were going to facing one of the
better teams, but that’s the kind of team we want to play, that’s the
kind of pitcher we want to play,” said
Sammons. Adding “they had to get that focus going again, they got the focus going, we started hitting
off of her in the first game.”
Score by innings Coldwater 101 130 0 - 6 12 1 Wapakoneta 000 100 0 - 1 4 1
Game two: Wendel again would get the
start for the Cavaliers but Wapakoneta had figured out how to hit
off of her, she quickly allowed four runs off
of four hits and a walk, and Macy Scheffer would relive her to close the first inning.
Scheffer would not fare much better than Wendel in game two
as she allowed 10 runs
the year for the Trojans, they scored a combined 60 runs in four wins.
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Softball
Fort Loramie 21,
Botkins 0 BOTKINS — The Trojans drop to 0-7 in
SCAL play after falling to Fort Loramie. The Redskins runruled
the Trojans in a 21-0 victory.
The Redskins used two pitchers to throw five perfect innings in the win, Kate Ruhenkamp pitched the three innings striking out five. Lauren Bergman pitched the final two innings sitting down four Trojans on
strikes.
Aubrie Uppenkamp pitched all six innings for the Trojans. She allowed 19 hits and three walks. The team
as a whole also allowed four errors as 21 runs were scored for the Redskins.
Botkins, now 1-12 overall will turn attention to hosting Anna on Thursday.