Vikings vs Pleasant Grove
March 26, Lady Vikings vs. Pleasant Grove.
Sarah Enriquez was on the mound for the Lady Vikings having 5 strikeouts. In the bottom of the 1st inning with two runners on and a pickle ensuing between 1st and 2nd Pleasant Grove was able to score one run. In the top of the 2nd the Lady Vikings were able to answer back with a single by Bethany Kemp, sacrifice bunt by Caitlin Rooney which advanced Kemp to 2nd. Amy Moore had a bunt single advancing Kemp to 3rd. Annie Dreher was able to ground out which allowed Kemp to score. In the top of the 3rd inning Shannon Fitzgerald singled and advanced to 2nd on a wild pitch to Madison Shipman. Shipman then doubled to center and advanced Shannon to 3rd. With Lauren Boser at the plate, the catcher made a wild throw to 3rd to try and get Fitzgerald out. Fitzgerald capitalized and ran home. In the top of the 4th, Rooney singled, pinch runner Missy Fundora was put in to run and advanced to 2nd on a sacrifice bunt by Moore. Bottom of the 4th, with the score at 2-1, Pleasant Grove was able to get a homerun to tie the game. With runners at 1st and 3rd, Carly Mortensen was brought in and was able to get out of the inning. Top of the 5th inning Shipman had a hard single down the third base line and then stole 2nd. Megan Foglesong grounded out advancing Shipman to 3rd. With the next two innings remaing scoreless, the Lady Vikings went into an international tie breaker. With Fitzgerald starting on 2nd base, Foglesong came up big with a double up center, scoring Fitzgerald. Lauren Boser who has hit well all evening came to the plate and hit yet another double into left field advancing Foglesong to 3rd. Kemp hit an infield single to load the bases. Rooney came up big with a hard single scoring Foglesong and Boser. With the Lady Vikings up 5-2 they headed into the bottom of the 8th.With the inning led off by a strikeout, the next two batters followed with singles, scoring the international tie break runner from 2nd. With the score now 5-3, Mortensen struck out the next batter and was one out away from putting the game away. Unfortunately, that was not to be. With the batter having two strikes on her, Mortensen who had struck her out the previous two times on curve balls, threw another and the batter was able to get a hold of it for a 3 run homerun to end the game with Pleasant Grove winning in extra innings by the score of 6-5. Mortensen was able to strikeout 8. Nonetheless, we are very proud of you ladies.
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