Lady Cards Fall to Burbank, Mac-Hi

WAITSBURG – The Cardinals hosted the Burbank Coyotes Monday in a double header. Although the Cards put 29 runs on the board, they split with the Coyotes losing the first game by two. The Cards jumped to a 9-1 lead after scoring eight runs in the second inning. Burbank slowly chipped away at the lead scoring three in the third and two more in the fourth, but the real damage came in the last two innings when the Coyotes scored seven runs between the 6th and 7th to take the game 13-11.

In the second game, Burbank jumped out to a quick start scoring three runs, but the Cards battled back with a nine-run rally in the bottom of the second to take the lead at 10-3. Burbank went scoreless in the third while Waitsburg scored three more. Burbank put two more on the board in the 4th and Waitsburg answered with five of their own. In the top of the fifth, the Coyotes again chipped away at the lead with three runs, but it was too late as the Cards won 18-8.

Deja Williams led all batters on the day with five hits. Ariel Sandau and Devon Harshman had two a piece in each game with Harshman ripping three triples and 4RBI's. Chloe Pierson notched three hits in the first game and followed up with a hit in the second with a total of three RBI's. Jade Alleman also had three hits on the day.

"We gave away game 1 with unearned runs allowed on errors.  It's hard to watch a game that we had control of slip away by playing too comfortably and not performing at key moments.  The girls did a great job of bouncing back and taking game two", Head Coach Angie Potts said.

Cards vs. Mac High

The Cardinals hosted McLoughlin High last Tuesday evening and came out on the short end when they could not get their offence going. Taylor Jones scored the sole hit of the day in a losing effort that left the Cardinals with an 11-0 loss. Both teams played cleanly as there were no errors in the five inning game.

"Unlike the Burbank games, we couldn't get anything going on offense against a pitcher we should have been able to hit fairly well off of.  We made contact with the ball, but we hit at the infielders and they made the plays.  We're still working on consistency in our hitting to get runners on.  Once on base, we can make things happen and score runs," said Coach Angie Potts 

Burbank      1  0  3  2 0  3  4  13  7  0

Waitsburg   1  8  1  0  0  1  0  11  14  2

Sandau, Summers (7) and Jade Alleman; N/A

Hits: Waitsburg: Sandau 2, Jones, Frohreich, J. Alleman 2, Harshman 2, Pearson 3, Williams, K. Alleman 2, 

Game 2 VS Burbank

Burbank 2  1  0  2  3 x  x  8  3 0

Waitsburg  1  9  3  5  x  x  x  18 13 0

Summers, Benson (3) and J. Alleman

Hits: Waitsburg Sandau 2, Jones, J. Alleman, Harshman 2, Pearson, Williams 4, Forney 2

Mac-Hi JV

Mac-Hi       3  1  2  5  0  x  x  11  5  0

Waitsburg 0  0  0  0  0  x  x  0    1  0

Lovell and Birdwell; Benson, Summers (3), Sandau (5) and J. Alleman

Hits: Mac-Hi Hodgen 2, Burks, Lovell, Banek  Waitsburg: Jones