PH2, I'm sure it was unintended but your post may insinuate to some people that McCracken won the game off of Woodford's backups. I'm not looking at the stats but McCracken scored 3 off Woodford's starter in the bottom of the 3rd and I think 3 off of her in the bottom of the 4th before scoring 11 more runs off the 2nd pitcher and backups after that, then 2 more in the 5th for the run rule. Who would have thought about an outcome like this after Woodford had a 9-0 lead going into the bottom of the 3rd?
I appreciate the fatigue and injury factor, but if you make it to the championship game, you play it to win it, otherwise, why hang around. You had the preseason #1 team down 9-0 going into the bottom of the 3rd inning. McCracken played the same amount of games and had 2 injuries during this game. McCracken's bench also played a major role in this game and tournament. To their credit, Woodford teed off on McCracken's #33 Ridofi, but #1 4 Dodd came in and shut Woodford down. Dodd had held a powerful Madisonville North Hopkins to 1 run in the previous game and shut Male out earlier in the day. Also, McCracken was without their #1 pitcher (in my opinion) Chapman for the tournament. But if Chapman is #1 , Dodd is #1 .1.
Woodford Co is an awesome team, they came from behind and beat the defending state champs, so no disrespect is intended here. As happy as I am for McCracken, I feel bad for the young ladies of Woodford. Hope these two teams play again in June.
In reference to Heavy Duty's previous post, I bet most teams in the state would love to have McCracken's pitching. Woodford's too.