Lindsey Jackson fanned 12 batters as the Bluejays beat Stewartsville/Osborn in their opener 4-2 Tuesday, September 3rd.
The Wildcards threatened early as Jaelin Hahn crushed a double to left center with out out, but Jackson fanned Laila Burris for the second out. A wild pitch put Hahn on third, but Rylei Squire grounded out to Blair Nelson at short to end the threat.
Baylie Busby reached second on a dropped fly ball and stole third. Blair Nelson reached on a dropped throw to first as Busby scored, and Brianna Meyer grounded out to advance her to second. Nelson took third on a wild pitch and Hayley Yost grounded out to score her to make it 2-0 after one.
Jackson fanned five out of the next six Wildcard batters. In the Bluejay third, Sasha Deardorff walked and Baylie Busby reached on a dropped pop fly to second, with Deardorff scrambling and making it just ahead of the force attempt. Blair Nelson bunted to move them over to second and third and Brianna Meyer flied out to center. Sasha was late getting back to third to tag up, but the throw over there got away and she scored anyway to make it 3-0. Another dropped pop fly scored Busby to make it 4-0.
Hahn got her second big blow of the afternoon, a triple to right center, to lead off the Wildcard fourth. Laila Burris reached second on a throwing error to score Hahn and cut it to 4-1. Rylei Squire grounded out to advance her to third. Autumn Manley struck out, but Addie Jackson reached on an error that went under first baseman Makenzie Pride’s legs to cut it to 4-2 and stole second. But then she tried to steal third on a return throw to the mound and was cut down stealing to end the threat.
Northeast could not mount any more threats, as they were hitting it hard, but right at people. In the fifth, Stewartsville/Osborn got Marley Cashatt on with a base hit and she stole second and took third on a wild pitch. But she was stranded there as the next three batters struck out.
Hahn came up in the sixth with two extra base hits under her belt, and she worked a 3-2 count and drew a walk to lead off. She stole second, but Laila Burris struck out into a double play when Hahn tried to take third on the return throw to Jackson and Hahn was out in a rundown. That loomed up strongly as the next batter, Rylei Squire, singled, which would have cut the Wildcard deficit to 4-3. But Manley grounded out to end the inning. In the seventh, center fielder Sasha Deardorff made a running catch of Addie Jackson’s pop fly behind the back at second to quash any threats.
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