Vs. Morgan (5/20)
The Raiders made the visit to New Concord on Tuesday in the rain to take on the Lil’ Muskies. The opening inning was uneventful as neither team was able to start scoring for the game. Morgan stepped up in the 2nd inning starting with an RBI from a single by Lahmers, followed by a single from Parsons to put Morgan up 2 – 0. The Muskies retorted in the bottom of the inning with Ava Miller scoring on a sacrifice bunt from Bella Daniels. Haylee Young grounded out later in the inning, but it was enough to let Daniels score, tying the game at 2 – 2. The Raiders stepped back into the lead when Clawson scored on a passed ball just before turning the batting back over to the Lady Muskies. Estelle Matheney doubled to bring home Addison Babcock to tie the game again at 3 – 3. Miller singled to score Matheney for the go-ahead run, ending the inning up 4 – 3. For Morgan at the top of the 4th, Rush gained two RBIs on a grounder to left field. Baker scored for Morgan on a walk, giving the Raiders a 6 – 4 lead as they entered the bottom of the 4th. Babcock doubled for the Muskies, letting Cece Maldenado cross home plate, followed by a single from Libby Brown that rolled into an error that brought in Babcock to tie the score once again at 6 – 6. Morgan’s Augenstein hit a single to center, allowing Keirns and Baker to score. Lanning singled to left, followed by an error that brought in Clawson and Augenstein. Kangas hit a ground ball to left, bringing home Lanning to top Morgan’s scoring spree for the inning, which set them up for an 11 – 6 lead. Morgan Harper singled in the bottom of the 5th for the Muskies, running in Bell and Young. Brown hit a ground ball to second, scoring Harper, whittling the Morgan lead down to 11 – 9. Augenstein hit a two-run homer in the top of the 6th to boost the Raiders’ lead to 13 – 9. Miller hit a two-run homer for the Muskies in the bottom of the 6th, closing in on their opponents, who still led 13 – 11. Morgan scraped together a seven-run rally in the top of the 7th inning to rise to a 20 – 11 lead that John Glenn could not recover from, and the Raiders went home victorious.
Vs. Garaway (5/16)
The Lady Pirates were invited to New Concord on Friday to play John Glenn. Matheney landed the first RBI of the game with a double to center, bringing in Babcock for a 1 – 0 lead. Garaway matched the Muskies with a run by LaCroix to tie the game 1 – 1. In the top of the 5th inning, the Pirates scored two more runs on an error to jump out to a 3 – 1 lead that they held until the bottom of the 6th inning when Miller hit a ground ball to center allowing Porter to score, followed by a ground out from Delaney Bell to bring home Matheney to tie the game at 3. – 3. The game remained equal until the bottom of the 7th inning when Babcock hit a triple to left field, allowing Morgan Harper to score the walk-off winning run to give John Glenn a 4 – 3 victory.
