Because of the wet, wet, wet spring weather last week, Medical Lake played just one softball game.
But it is one that those involved will remember for a while as the Cardinals scored a come-from-behind 7-6 Northeast A League victory at Freeman on April 10.
The Cardinals dug themselves out of a 6-0 deficit, scoring twice in the top of the fourth inning and then trimmed it to 6-3 with a run in the sixth which set up the dramatic finish.
With no outs, a base hit followed by a walk set the table for Suzanne Shores to crack a bases-clearing home run that caromed off the top of the fence and tied the contest.
And with one out, the next batter, Taylor Carpenter, hit a shot to right center field that cleared the fence to give Medical Lake the lead, 7-6. Carpenter led Medical Lake with three hits in four at bats. Shores was 2-for-4 while Haley Musser and Chole Hanson each had a pair of hits.
Medical Lake’s (2-3 NEA, 3-5 overall) slow start was the by-product of suspect defense.
“Our defense let us down for the first three innings,” head coach Tim Blakely said. “They committed five errors in the first three innings.” Freeman (1-3, 2-3) used that to their advantage, scoring runs off the majority of the miscues.
Carpenter also weathered the error-storm to pitch a complete game. She allowed six hits while striking out 11.
Medical Lake will try to battle both the weather and opponents this week. A Monday game with Riverside was postponed but they three league games, Chewelah April 17, followed by the rescheduled Riverside game on April 18 and Colville today, April 19 at 4:30 p.m. are on tap.
Paul Delaney can be reached at pdelaney@cheneyfreepress.com.
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