Montague split a high-scoring doubleheader against Hart Thursday,
taking a 16-15 thriller in game one and surrendering a late lead to fall
12-11 in a darkness-shortened game two.
The Wildcats (1-6)
broke a 9-9 tie by scoring six times in the sixth inning of the opener
and were able to stave off a late Hart charge for the victory. After two
straight sixth-inning singles and a run-scoring groundout, Sophia
Beishuizen delivered a RBI single, and later in the inning Greta Auch
added one too. Greta Auch capped off the outburst with a two-run single.
Hayden
Boutell led the 'Cats in game one with three hits, three runs scored
and three RBI, and Reagan Cederquist and Auch each had two hits.
Cederquist doubled and scored four times, in addition to picking up the
win in the circle, striking out nine.
Montague's Gentry Knop takes a hack at a pitch during Thursday's doubleheader against Hart. The Wildcats went 1-1 in the two games, earning their first win of the season.
Montague was in position
for a sweep in game two, taking an 11-4 lead into the bottom of the
fourth inning. However, Hart roared back with four runs in each of the
fourth and fifth frames, and the game was called for darkness after
five.
Hart scored all four of its fifth-inning runs without
making an out, taking advantage of a Wildcat error and two walks. Hart
banged out four hits in the fourth.
Auch, Boutell, Beishuizen
and Jocelyn Rodriguez-Perez each collected two hits in the second game,
with Rodriguez-Perez and Cederquist driving in four runs apiece.
Cederquist again pitched the entire game for the Wildcats.
