The Lady Maroons (0-1) played Muhlenberg North (1-0) to a 2-1 ballgame after three innings, but the Lady Stars hit with devastating contact in their last two at-bats en route to a 21-3 victory.
"I guess we just had some confusion, some lack of communication and the girls kind of had a little bit of trouble," coach Kacie Jackson said. "It's a learning experience and we learn from our mistakes and we're going to move on tomorrow as if this never happened."
Although North allowed 19 runs in the final two innings, the Lady Maroons got on the scoreboard in their first at-bat and led 1-0 until the third inning.
North employed a bit of small ball in the first to create the game's first run. Third baseman Hannah Cates led off with a walk and Kaci Rainwater's sacrifice bunt allowed Cates to advance to second. With one out, Kyleigh Taylor singled Cates to third and moved to second on an error. Finally, clean-up hitter Caitlin Todd made contact on a groundout and an error on the play allowed Cates to score and take a 1-0 advantage.
Taylor, North's starting pitcher, held the visiting Lady Stars to three hits in the first three innings, but then the barrage began.
Muhlenberg North batted around in both the fourth and fifth innings with 17 batters coming to the plate in the latter frame.
Although the Lady Stars found gaps in the defense with their hits, North unintentionally helped the opposition by struggling to find the relay person on hits to the outfield.
"Sometimes we have a little bit of trouble of communicating," Jackson said. "We try to tell them where cut offs are...Especially when it's up the middle, they have trouble communicating and trying to figure out who's supposed to be where."
Taylor (0-1) left the game in the fifth inning when Clarissa Smith drilled a line drive off the pitcher's foot. Freshman Katlyn Daniel made her varsity debut and entered in relief. Daniel faced three batters before recording the inning's final out.
After giving up 21 unanswered runs, the Lady Maroons struck for a pair in their final at-bat. Cates knocked in both runs with a two-out double to left field brining in Chelsea Britt and Lauren Todd, who reached via error and hit by pitch respectively.
Jackson said she was proud to see her girls fight until the final out.
"That's one thing that I praised them for," she said. "We try to teach them just because you're down, you can't give up. Even if it's 20-0, the important thing is that they didn't lay down. They fought hard and tried to get some runs on the board and that's something that we like to see."
North will look to earn its first win of the season when the team plays 5:30 p.m. today at University Heights Academy.
Muhlenberg North (1-0) 002 613- 21 17 2
Madisonville-North Hopkins (0-1) 100 02 - 3 3 5
WP: Kristen Harlan (1-0)
LP: Kyleigh Taylor (0-1)
"Sometimes we have a little bit of trouble of communicating," Jackson said. "We try to tell them where cut offs are...Especially when it's up the middle, they have trouble communicating and trying to figure out who's supposed to be where."
Taylor (0-1) left the game in the fifth inning when Clarissa Smith drilled a line drive off the pitcher's foot. Freshman Katlyn Daniel made her varsity debut and entered in relief. Daniel faced three batters before recording the inning's final out.
After giving up 21 unanswered runs, the Lady Maroons struck for a pair in their final at-bat. Cates knocked in both runs with a two-out double to left field brining in Chelsea Britt and Lauren Todd, who reached via error and hit by pitch respectively.
Jackson said she was proud to see her girls fight until the final out.
"That's one thing that I praised them for," she said. "We try to teach them just because you're down, you can't give up. Even if it's 20-0, the important thing is that they didn't lay down. They fought hard and tried to get some runs on the board and that's something that we like to see."
North will look to earn its first win of the season when the team plays 5:30 p.m. today at University Heights Academy.
Muhlenberg North (1-0) 002 613- 21 17 2
Madisonville-North Hopkins (0-1) 100 02 - 3 3 5
WP: Kristen Harlan (1-0)
LP: Kyleigh Taylor (0-1)
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