McCracken County 2 Male 1 (8 innings- State Finals)

[heavy duty]

In their 3rd consecutive game of the day, the Male Bulldogs ran out of steam in the heat at Jack Fisher Saturday afternoon.

 

The game stayed knotted at 0-0 through 5 with shut down pitching from Male's Hannah Poynter and McCracken's Audrey Dodd, as well as solid defense from both teams.

 

In the 6th Male broke through with 1 run on a SAC Fly following 3 straight singles, and a caught stealing.

 

In the end, up 1-0 on McCracken in the bottom of the 7th, a 1-out E4 puts the tying run on, and 3 batters later, with 2 away, and runners at 1st and 2nd, Male's SS makes a nice running snag up the middle on a short hop, but rushed the throw just a bit, skipping it about 2' in front of the 1st baseman, allowing the tying run to make it home....a routine 5-3 ground out sent the game into extras.

 

In the 8th, a 2-out ground ball single puts a runner on 1st, and then a line drive double short hops the fence, and RFer slides into and knocks down the temporary fence making a play on the ball...by the time she wrangles herself out of the fence to get the ball the runner from first scores.

With 2 outs runner was going, and may have scored regardless, but still hate to see ANOTHER game at State Tournament (especially a Championship Game) end with a temporary fence play.

 

It was a fantastic game by both teams, and all players from both dugouts can hold their heads high.

[Lawnboy13]

Thanks for the recap.