Simon Kenton 9 Notre Dame Academy 5

SK survives a slow start to overwhelm Notre Dame Academy 9 to 5.

In the top of the 1st, NDA leadoff hitter Addy Mack drew a walk, Ava McKinley reached base on a throwing error, then another walk to Tori Danneman loaded the bases. Cleanup hitter Cam Steinbrunner hit a ball out in front of home plate, an mental mistake by SK allowed all runners to be safe and NDA took an early 1-0 lead. Morgan Huston grounded out to Larkin Mitchell at 2nd base and that all another run to score. Landrey Beth Dance then struck out the next 2 batters to end the top half of the inning. SK would put up a threat in the bottom of the first after a Mitchell single, then walks to Emilie Young & Hannah Schwier loaded the bases. Adreena Barton grounded out to 3rd base to end the inning. Dance went the next 5 innings without allowing a hit. SK got on the board in the bottom of the 3rd after Mitchell singled followed by an RBI double from Young. In the bottom of the 4th SK bats finally came alive. Courtney Beach & Kaylee Korros started off the inning with back to back singles, Alexis baker then followed with a 2 run double. Mitchell then hit a sac fly to score Baker after she had stolen 3rd base to give SK a 4-2 lead heading to the 5th. NDA added a run in the top of the 5th after a couple of defensive errors. Bottom of the 5th, Dance led off the inning with a single, courtesy runner Jayden Jones then stole 2nd, moved to 3rd on a Schwier ground out. Barton appeared to have hit a sac fly to score Jones, but after appeal, Jones was called out for leaving 3rd base early taking a run off the board. Dance shut NDA down in the top of the 6th. Bottom half of the inning SK exploded for 5 runs. Beach started the inning off with a hit, followed by a Jada Johnson line drive triple to right field scoring Beach. Baker hit an RBI triple then took home on a passed ball. Mitchell then singled followed by a 2 run home run by Young. In the top of the 7th NDA put up a couple of runs. Ava Aueberger led off with a single followed by an impressive Mack home run that cleared school bus row! Final 9-5 SK!!!

Dance pitched 7 solid innings of 3 hit ball. Walks and errors hurt some. 7 innings pitched, 5 runs (3 earned) 9 K's and 4 walks.

Alexis Baker 2 for 4, 3 RBI's, Double, Triple, 2 SB

Larkin Mitchell 3 for 3, RBI, SAC, 3 SB

Emilie Young 2 for 3, 3 RBI's, Double, Home Run, BB

Landrey Dance 2 for 4

Courtney Beach 2 for 3

Kaylee Korros 2 for 3

Jada Johnson RBI, Triple

 

ND 2-0-0-0-1-0-2 5 3 2

SK 0-0-1-3-0-5-X 9 13 3

 

SK Improves to 7-4 on the season!

 

Next Up: Walton Verona - Today at SK 5:30pm - HUGE DISTRICT SEEDING GAME! Come out and support the Lady Pioneers!

 

JV1 played after the varsity game. No stats to report but another complete team effort. Coach Jessica Dougherty-Swope continually moved players around utilizing all players in multiple positions to come away with a 10-4 win

 

JV2/Freshman Team played a double header at Bishop Brossart this past Monday winning game #1 13-0, and won game #2 4-2 (game was shortened due to darkness as Brossart doesn't have lights).