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Sports News - May 5, 2008
Hayden Hatfield on the mound. D. Horn Photo Indians split with Douglass April 24 Game 1 It’s good to have runners on base. It’s better to have them score. The Indians stranded eleven runners on base in their first game loss to the Douglass Bulldogs. The home team made contact fairly well, as only two strike outs occurred during the game. However, with runners in scoring position, the Indians would hit it to a waiting Bulldog. As the offense sputtered, Jacob Clarke took the mound for the Indians and struggled in the first, giving up two runs on a walk and three singles. Clarke retired the side in the second and settled down to give up only one more earned run while pitching through the sixth, while notching seven strike outs. Joe Dohrmann held the Bulldogs scoreless in the seventh to give the Indians a chance for a come from behind win in the bottom of the inning. Down three runs, with two out and two runners on, Greg Traffas drove a ball deep only to have it caught at the fence to record the final out of the game, with the Indians losing 5 to 2. Game 2 As the second game started, the Indians made an adjustment, and decided to "hit it where they ain’t". They scored seven runs in the first two innings with hits from Jacob Clarke, Bryant Theis, Brock Long, Greg Traffas, and Chris Fischer. Zach Richert had a well placed sacrifice bunt to keep the Indians in scoring position. The offense was held in check until the sixth. Colton Matthew opened the inning with a "no doubt" home run to left. Clarke, Theis and Long followed with consecutive singles with the latter two driven in by Hayden Hatfield’s two run single to right. With the Indians offense back on track, Brock Long stopped the Bulldogs from the hill, giving up only one earned run while pitching the complete game. Douglass was able to score three runs in the third due to Indian errors. With the bad inning behind them, the defense settled down and played error free ball the rest of the game while Long cruised on the mound, collecting five strike outs. The Indians bounced back to convincingly win the second game, 11 to 4.
Taylor Catlin pitching for the Lady Indians vs. Douglass. L. Nittler Photo Indian Softball Dominates Douglass Game one began as usual with Taylor Catlin at the mound and Katie Traffas behind the plate. Douglass hit a lone single to short centerfield in the first. Kaitlin Armstrong drew a walk for the home team but was left on base. The Medicine Lodge defense took care of business one, two, three in the top of the second. Katie Traffas got things going for ML with a homerun over centerfield fence and her teammates stepped it up and added four more runs before the inning was over. Catlin walked, Maranda Moody forced an error, Armstrong, Shelby Oldham, Ashli Hoagland, and Kelli Traffas all singled. In the top of the third the Bulldogs managed another short single. Katie Traffas got to start things off again in the third with a double and scored on a Catlin double. Innings four, five and six would seal the fate for Douglass, as only nine batters would see the box. The home team came up empty in the fourth with Oldham hitting a lone single. With two outs and nobody on in the bottom of the fifth Catlin hit another double, Mattie Sheldon and Moody forced errors and Armstrong singled. All together accounting for three runs. The Lady Indians needed one run to complete the run rule in the sixth and Hoagland set up the win by hitting a single. She advanced to third on a couple of passed balls and scored off of a single by Katie Traffas. Final score Indians 10 Bulldogs 0. Catlin allowed no runs, walked 2, struck out 5 and hit one batter. Catlin and the flawless defense behind her only allowed 21 batters in the box in the six-inning game. Katie Traffas’ homerun was her fourth of the season. Katie also picked off two runners attempting to steal second. Kayla Larkin and Katie Traffas paired up for the pitcher/catcher duo in game two. In the top of the first two Bulldogs got on following a walk and a single but neither scored. Medicine Lodge suffered a three up and three down scenario in the bottom of the first. Larkin and her defense returned the favor in both the second and third innings. For the home team in the second Kelli Traffas teed off for a double and scored on Taylor Catlin’s third double of the night. In the bottom of the third Kaitlin Armstrong, Shelby Oldham, Katie Traffas and Mattie Sheldon all singled accounting for four runs to score. The top of the fourth Douglass threatened with the first two batters reaching base after being hit by pitches. But Larkin regrouped and struck out the next three. The Lady Indians came up big in the fourth scoring eight Kaili Eshelbrenner, Chelsie Becker, and Ashli Hoagland all forced errors. Maranda Moody, Armstrong, Kelli Traffas, Katie Traffas, and Catlin all singled. Douglass needed four runs to keep the game alive going into the top of the fifth. The first two batters for the visitors were out on a strike out and infield fly. The next two earned walks only to be left stranded by a fly ball to right field. Medicine Lodge 13 Douglass 0. Larkin allowed no runs, two hits, struck out 8, walked 3 and hit two batters. Again the Indian defense was error free and combined with Larkin’s efficient pitching only allowed 22 batters in the box over the course of 5 innings. If you have not made your way to the city ballpark to watch the Lady Indians I would encourage you to do so. Last chance will be Thursday, May 1st, with games beginning at 4:00. After dropping their first double header of the year to The Independent School the girls have been on a 10-0 run. Putting up some of the best team numbers for Indian Softball. As a team the girls are averaging less than 2 errors a game, hitting .380 as a team and the pitching duo are allowing less than two base runners per inning. The slugging percentage for the team is .530. In the last ten games the Indians have outscored their opponents 104-19. We encourage you to come out and support the girls in their quest for a trip to the state tourney. Monday, April 28 we will be on the road to Belle Plaine, home May 1 and then a huge road trip to The Independent School for a rematch on May 5th. The game against Independent will be played at WSU on the Shocker Softball Diamond! Please come out and show your school spirit and support!
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