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.