Rock Creek Softball falls to McLouth in home openers 11-12 and 3-6

Rock Creek’s effort to come back from down seven runs in the second inning came up just short, as they fell 12-11 to McLouth on Thursday. The Mustangs managed ten runs in the failed comeback. Rock Creek tallied five runs in the second inning. The offensive onslaught came from a walk by Brook Dillon, a single by Haley Petty, a fielder’s choice by Maddi Figge, and a double by Laney Scott. “We found ourselves in a big hole after the first couple innings down 8-1.  We appreciate the fight we showed in competing to make it a game through the 7^th, but we really feel this is a game we could have and should have won. Credit McLouth for their aggressive plate mindset. We had two players that had that aggressive mindset in Haley Petty (4-5 with 2 doubles) and Laney Scott with 3 hits, combining for 7 of the 10 Rock Creek hits.”  Rock Creek evened things up at ten in the bottom of the fifth inning when Petty doubled on a 1-2 count, scoring one run.  Tied 10-10 going into the top of the 7^th, McLouth loaded the bases, and was quickly met with an outstanding double play courtesy of centerfielder Maddi Figge who caught the ball and gunned the runner from 3^rd out at the plate.  The next batter singled for McLouth to score 2 and the Mustangs could not answer in the bottom of the inning.  Morgan Searle managed the hill in the loss for the Mustangs, allowing 12 runs over seven innings, striking out seven, walking four.

In game two, Rock Creek watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 6-3 loss to McLouth on Thursday. McLouth chipped away inning by inning, scoring in 4 different innings via 12 hits, while Rock Creek scored 3 runs in the 5^th inning.  Demi Kunkel got her first homerun of the season with a 2 run homerun that scored Megan Prockish who had already doubled to score Maddi Figge (singled) earlier in the 5^th inning.  Kunkel went 3-3 in the game. Carmen Mallon took the loss for Mustangs. She completed all seven innings, allowing 12 hits and six runs while striking out five.

Rock Creek will face their first MEL opponent – St. Marys on Monday, April 16 at home at 4:00.

Rock Creek traveled to Chapman on Tuesday, April 10.
The mustangs won the first game by 11 runs (16-5) and won game two 9-6. Mustangs had all cylinders firing on offense on Tuesday, winning big over Chapman 16-5. Rock Creek opened up scoring in the first inning, when leadoff batter Demi Kunkel tripled and was driven in by Brook Dillon. Chapman answered in the second inning, but the Mustangs pulled away for good with three runs in the third inning. In the third Haley Petty doubled, scoring one run, Morgan Searle singled, scoring one run, and Alexandra Hoelscher’s wild pitch allowed another run to score. Rock Creek scored another four runs in the fifth inning. Dillon and Sydney Montgomery each drove in runs during the inning.  Searle led the Mustangs to victory on the pitcher’s mound. She went six innings, allowing five runs on eight hits and striking out five.  The Mustangs tallied 13 hits in the game. Laney Scott, Petty, and Searle each managed multiple hits. Scott led with three. Rock Creek stole nine bases during the game as three players stole more than one. Megan Prockish led the way with three.

In game two, the base paths were crowded for both offenses in a high-scoring game where Mustangs came out on top against Chapman, 9-6.  Again, the mustangs were able to plate runs in the top of the first inning.  Kunkel and Dillon singled and eventually scored.  Prockish plated a run in the second by reaching on an error, stealing 2 bases and scoring on a wild pitch. Rock Creek scored five more runs in the fifth inning and held on to the lead the entire game, as Chapman continued to threaten with offense. In the 5th Sydney Montgomery, Maddi Figge, and Leighton Herrman, each had RBI hits in the inning.  Brook Dillon had 2 hits in the outing.  Megan Prockish was wicked on the bases, stealing 5.
Morgan Searle pitched Mustangs to victory through 4 innings, allowed three hits and three runs over four innings, striking out three. Carmen Mallon threw three innings to complete the game.

Rock Creek will play McLouth at home on Thursday, and then play at home again on Monday, April 16 against St. Marys.