WP Girls Lose Two Heartbreakers to Gar-Pal

PRESCOTT – The Waitsburg-Prescott girls' softball team dropped two one-run games to Garfield-Palouse on Saturday, 17-16 and 9-8.

In Game 1, the Lady Tigers jumped on the Vikings with 12 runs in the first inning and four more in the second. But it wouldn't be enough, as Gar-Pal fought back, taking the lead with six runs in the seventh inning.

For the game, WP had 18 hits and gave up 15. Kassidy Kuykendall and Hannah Grant each had three hits. But the Lady Tigers committed seven errors to help out the Vikings.

In Game 2, it was Gar-Pal that jumped out to an early lead, scoring eight runs in the first two innings. The WP girls fought back starting with two runs in the third inning and six more in the fifth and sixth.

Errors again hurt the Lady Tigers, as they committed six, along with giving up 12 Viking hits. For WP, Jaidyn Brown and Jade Alleman each had two hits.

Game 1

G-P 2 0 3 0 5 2 6 17 15 2

WP (12)4 0 0 0 0 0 16 18 7

Pitching: Gar-Pal - Burns and Griner; WP - J. Brown, Wood(4) and Alleman

Hits: Gar-Pal - Griner 4, B. Brown 4, Rodriguez 2, Arrasmith 2, Askins 2, Lingren; W-P - Kuykendall 3, Grant 3, J. Brown 2, Salazar 2, Wood 2, Jones 2, Alleman 2, Frohreich, Williams

Game 2

G-P 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 9 12 1

WP 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 8 7 6

Pitching: Gar-Pal - Burns and Lingren; WP - J. Brown and Alleman

Hits: Gar-Pal - Rodriguez 3, Arrasmith 2, Griner 2, Shrope 2, Linzren, P. Brown, Burns; W-P - J. Brown 2, Alleman 2, Frohreich, Grant, Pearson

HR - Gar-Pal: Griner