North Harrison scored first, but Stanberry proceeded to start timing and crushing it in the third and fourth innings and ended the game on the ten run rule after five Wednesday.
Emma Craig reached when rightfielder Lexi Craig dropped her fly ball to start the game. Carly Rinehart moved her over with a sacrifice bunt, and then Kami Gibson doubled off the right center field wall to bring her in.
Stanberry got the run back in the bottom of the first when Riley McQueen singled with two outs to bring in Lily Osborn. It would have been worse, but catcher Emma Craig threw out Elle Ellis stealing.
The Bulldogs then got three straight hits to take control in the third when Kierstyn McMillen doubled to bring home Ellis and Osborn to make it 3-1. Third baseman Carly Rinehart caught Madi Sager’s screamer and shortstop Kami Gibson caught Ashley Peterson’s line drive to keep it close.
But then all hell broke loose in the fourth as Stanberry scored eight runs to put the game away. Kierstyn McMillen was hit by a pitch to force in a run and Riley McQueen singled in two more to finish Ashlynn Gilpatrick. Stanberry kept right on teeing off on Carly Rinehart, capped off by Sydney Mattson’s three-run home run to put Stanberry over the ten run limit. The game was called in the fifth after Rinehart doubled off the wall in left with two outs, but North Harrison couldn’t get her home.
The Shamrocks won a wild game in districts 8-7 over Princeton Monday the 15th. The Shamrocks collected 14 hits, including two home runs from Kami Gibson and one from Ashlynn Gilpatrick in the game. It was the best-ever hitting performance for Gibson; Princeton elected to walk her the next time she came up. But Princeton slugged the ball right back and took a 7-6 lead going into the bottom of the seventh with the bottom of North Harrison’s order coming up.
Rainey Fordyce walked, but Mason Cracraft forced her at second, with two freshmen, Deva Wallace and Camden Castleberry, coming up. But the Shamrock freshmen came up huge and showed that they will do a lot of good things for the squad for the next three years. First, Wallace worked a long battle and got her best at-bat of the year, drawing a walk to keep the Shamrocks breathing. Then, Castleberry hit a flare just beyond everybody’s reach to tie it up at 7-7 as Cracraft scored from second. That put runners on first and second and brought up Emma Craig and the top of the order again. Emma, who normally hits it up the middle, crushed one fair past first for a base hit for the walkoff win.
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