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By PAUL DELANEY
Staff Reporter 

Errors all add up in Cards' softball losses

 

Last updated 4/26/2018 at 1:23pm



An up and down offense and defense made for an up and down week for the Medical Lake softball team.

When errors crept into the line score, so did the losses, 7-1 to Chewelah on April 17 and 10-2 to Colville. But when the defense did its job — and the offense, too — the Cardinals prevailed over Riverside 16-1.

In the two losses, Medical Lake (3-5 NEA, 4-7 overall) committed five errors in each contest.

“We were down 2-1 going into the sixth inning,” at Chewelah, head coach Tim Blakely wrote in an email. “Then the errors took over, after committing three errors in the sixth inning and after the dust settled Chewelah had scored 5 runs.”

“Holding the No. 1 team in the league to just seven runs is a very big accomplishment for our team,” Blakely said.

Hannah Petek had three hits, including a pair of doubles against the Cougars.

In a game shortened due to the 15-run rule at home April 18 against Riverside (1-6, 2-10), Medical Lake came out with hot bats. “We had 17 hits, five for extra bases,” Blakely said. Taylor Carpenter had two doubles, a triple and six RBIs, plus she pitched a three-hitter and struck out five.

Solid pitching by Carpenter kept Medical Lake in it against Colville (4-3, 7-4) and they were able to hold Colville to just 10 runs. “Colville is a good offensive team,” Blakely said. The Indians outhit the Cards 10-9.

Timely hitting was another factor, Blakely said. “We left eight runners on base in scoring position,” Blakely said. Suzanne Shores went 2 for 4 with a double, Hannah Petek was

3 for 3 with two doubles and a run scored. Haley Musser and Chloe Hanson each had a pair of RBIs.

Medical Lake played three games, all on the road this week. They were at Deer Park, April 24, at Davenport (nonleague) April 25 and Lakeside at 4 p.m. today, April 26.

Paul Delaney can be reached at pdelaney@cheneyfreepress.com.

 

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