Last time against King City, the two teams went to the International Tiebreaker in King City as the Wildkats scored one in the top of the seventh and Worth County scored two to take the 4-3 win. This game needed no walkoff heroics as the Tigers broke open a 1-1 tie with four in the fifth and three in the sixth to get the win.
Worth County prevented potential damage in the second when center fielder Morgan Beagle laid out and made a diving catch of Emberlyn Medsker’s screamer that looked headed for extra bases.
The Tigers scored their first run in their half of the second when Merrideth Spiers fouled off four pitches before chasing a pitch in the dirt for an apparent strikeout. But the ball got away from catcher Victoria Washburn and she was safe at first on the wild pitch. Jill Hardy reached on a successful bunt when third baseman Hollie Washburn threw it away as Spiers came all the way around to score to make it 1-0.
Pitcher Braidy Hunt retired the first ten batters she faced, but King City got the run back in the fourth as Washburn singled to center with one out and reached second as Beagle bobbled it. Kristen Butrum grounded to Hunt, who threw it away, scoring Washburn.
Worth County could not score in their half of the fourth when third baseman Hollie Washburn cut down Hailey Adwell at the plate. But King City couldn’t score in the fifth as second baseman Anna Spainhower made a diving stop of Mariah Hess to take a base hit away from her.
With one out in the fifth, Anna Gladstone beat out a bunt down the third base line and stole second. Daredevil Anna then took off for third on a return throw to the pitcher and made it without a throw. Megan Cassavaugh then walked and attempted to steal second. There was a heartstopping moment as King City, which has a pickoff play for that, threw to third after pitcher Emberlyn Medsker cut off the throw to second and caught Anna leaning towards home. She was caught between third and home, but somehow slid around a tag and got back to third safely.
That brought up Merrideth Spiers; she had been swinging under everything and fouling it off, but this time, she caught hold of one and crushed it down the left field line past the fence for a ground rule double as two runs scored to put Worth County up 3-1.
The floodgates opened after that; Worth County had been chasing after Medsker’s high pitches all night; she makes a living off getting batters to chase those pitches. But during the fifth and sixth innings, they were able to lay off those high pitches and force her to give them something to hit.
Jill Hardy then reached on an infield hit as she beat out Kelcie Catlett’s throw from short as Spiers took third. Hardy stole second and Hailey Adwell grounded out as Spiers scored. Anna Spainhower crushed a double down the left field line that scored Hardy. Even the final out, Morgan Beagle’s screamer caught by left fielder Chloe Eiberger, had a charge out into it. That put Worth County up 5-1.
With one out in the sixth, Worth County added some insurance runs as Aivry Griffin reached on an error as Catlett misplayed her grounder at short. Anna Gladstone beat out an infield hit with a carbon copy of her last bunt. Megan Cassavaugh hit a base hit to left field to score Griffin and successfully stretched it into a double as King City was occupied watching Anna Gladstone, trying to keep her from scoring all the way from first. Merrideth Spiers reached on second baseman Sydney Overmann’s dropped pop fly, scoring Gladstone and moving Cassavaugh to third. Jill Hardy flied out to Taryn Hunter in center to score Cassavaugh.
The JV lost 7-4 in the nightcap. Pitcher Taylor Sanders had two strikeouts. She had a single and a double, while EmiLee Brown had two singles and two runs batted in. Anna Spainhower, trying her hand at shortstop, made three catches, including a screamer to take extra bases away from the purple shirts. Taylor Sanders and EmiLee Brown scored on wild pitches.
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