Lady Raiders Fall Victim to Patriots

Wayne Trace’s Logen Bland, junior, scores the first run for the Raiders in the seventh inning after Katie Anna Baumle, junior, hits the ball between shortstop and second base, getting a single, and starting the home team revival! More pictures at westbendnews.net

Monday April 10th started the week with some drier and warmer spring weather and high school softball action. 

Hosting at the Raider fields, Wayne Trace softball met the Heritage Lady Patriots on the mound.

The Lady Patriots crossed the state line and were ready to play. It took both teams the first four innings to get warmed up as it was a scoreless game till then. Heritage put 2 runs on the scoreboard at the top of the 5th inning. This lead was kept through the 6th, and then in the 7th, the Lady Raiders made a rally attempt in the bottom of the 7th with 3 runs, but the Patriots gained 3 runs in the top of the 7th. 

Final score: Wayne Trace 3, Heritage 5

Score by Innings:

Heritage (IN) 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 = 5 runs, 9 hits, 4 errors

Wayne Trace  0 0 0  0 0 0 3 = 3 runs, 5 hits, 3 errors

Winning Pitcher – Danica Fuller (7 innings, 5 hits, 3 runs, 0 earned runs, 8 strikeouts, 0 walks)

Losing Pitcher – Raegan McGarvey (5 innings, 6 hits, 2 runs, 2 earned runs, 3 strikeouts, 2 walks)

Other Wayne Trace Pitcher – Logen Bland (2 innings, 3 hits, 3 runs, 2 earned runs, 2 strikeouts, 1 walk)

Heritage Hitters – Danica Fuller (single, double, two runs, RBI), Kendall Zelt (two singles), Grace Guenthner (home run, run, two RBI), Claire Bickel (single, run), Lydia Schultz (two singles), Libby Cain (double, run)

Wayne Trace Hitters – Macy Doster (two singles, RBI), Logen Bland (single, run), Katie Anna Baumle (single, run, RBI), Allison Schilt (run), Laura Thornell (single)