Slugfest finishes with Lady Pirates on short end

POMEROY––Lady Pirate batters hammered 31 hits, including three home runs but still wound up on the losing end in both games against Dayton-Waitsburg March 28.

Jadence Gingerich whapped two homers in the extra-innings second game along with one by Kendyll Potoshnick but the Lady Wolfpack prevailed with three runs in the top of the eighth to edge Pomeroy 20-17. In the first game, the Lady Buccaneers riddled DW with 11 first-inning runs but hits and runs in the next six innings resulted in a 25-14 decision

"The girls improved and did so well today," exclaimed Head Coach Lexi Beale. "We had three home runs, two by Jaden Gingerich and one from Kendyll Potoshnick, and doubles by Taylor Gilbert and Hannah Bagby.

"The girls worked hard and came back in the second game and it's great to see the improvement and hard work from the team," she said.

In game one, after the big, 11-run first inning, DW answered with nine runs in the second and went ahead in the third and kept going. Three Pirate runs in the later innings weren't enough.

In game two, DW was up 12-2 when the Lady Pirates scored nine in the bottom of the fourth, then rallied with six runs to tie it 17-17 in the bottom of the seventh. But the Wolfpack tacked on three runs for the 20-17 final.

Game 1

DW 25, Pomeroy 14 (3-28)

R H E

DW 094 223 5-25 15 0

Pom (11)00 021 x-14 14 0

Battery: Pomeroy-Bagby, Warren (5) and Gilbert. DW-M. Tupling, K. Tupling (1) and Hutchens.

Hits: Pomeroy-Gilbert, McKeirnan 2, Schmidt 3, Bagby 2, Field 3, Altube, Warren, Gingerich (3b). DW-M. Tupling, K. Tupling 2, Struckmeier 2 (2b), King 3 (3b), Groom 2, Gallardo 2 (3b) (HR), Hutchens, Jonas, Boggs (2b).

Game 2

DW 20, Pomeroy 17 (3-28)

R H E

DW 412 422 13-20 16 0

Pom 020 900 6x-17 19 0

Battery: Pomeroy-Bagby and Potoshnick. DW-Gallardo and Struckmeier.

Hits: Pomeroy- Gilbert 3, McKeirnan, Cooper, Schmidt, Bagby 2, Warren 2, Gingerich 4 (2-HR), Potoshnick 4 (HR) and Hart. DW-Culley 3 (HR), Segraves 3, Struckmeier 1 (HR), King, Groom 2, K. Tupling, M. Tupling 2, Henry 3 (HR).