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 7th, 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 7th, 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 3rd 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 5th 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 5th 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.