Raiders first inning crushes MC, win sectionals

Wayne Trace Senior Alex Fast earns a Grand Slam on this home run as she cranks the ball over the fence. More pictures at westbendnews.net

On Thursday, May 10 the Lady Raiders posted Miller City for the sectional final game. First at bat was Miller City who scored zero points. Wayne Trace Raiders came up and crushed the competition in the first inning with an 11 point scoring spree. It helped the Raiders’ cause that the Miller City pitcher hit 2 of the batters, putting them on base. Final score: Division IV Softball at Wayne Trace – Wayne Trace 22, Miller City 1 (5 innings)

Score by Innings:

Miller City – 0 0 1 0 0 = 1; 4H, 6E

Wayne Trace – 11 1 3 7 x = 22; 17H, 2E

Winning Pitcher – Maggie Crosby (5IP, 4H, 1 run, 0ER, 5SO, 1W)

Losing Pitcher – Kylie Berner (3-1/3IP, 15H, 20R, 13ER, 1SO, 4W)

Other Miller City Pitcher – Adrienne Kuhlman

Wayne Trace Hitters – Emily Dyson (single, two runs), Megan Moore (single, three runs), Maggie Crosby (two singles, double, run batted in), Brooke Sinn (single, double, two runs, two runs batted in), Alex Fast (grand slam home run, double, two runs), Kalin Gerber (single, three runs), Olivia Egnor (two singles, double, two runs, three runs batted in), Chelsea Sinn (single, run, run batted in), Anne Eklund (single, home run, two runs, four runs batted in), Keagann Parrish (single)

Miller City Hitters – Megan Niese (single), Abigail Schroeder (single, run batted in), Natalie Koenig (single), Molly Ellerbrock (double)