Lady Cardinals Open Season With Tough Loss

The Lady Cardinals opened their season with a close game against Declo. The Cardinals would be up to bat first and despite getting some hits as well as some stolen bases they would not be able to score in the first. In the bottom of the first the Hornets would be able to get three players across the plate and take a 3-0 lead going into the second inning. The Lady Cardinals would once again fail to score in the top of the second and would give up two more runs in the bottom of the second. In the third inning the Cardinals would finally get things going with Brynlee Hemmert, Ana Davis and Abby Goodin all scoring, cutting the lead to 5-3. The Cardinal defense would continue to hold the Hornets to no runs while adding two more runs of their own by Alyssa Camp and Ana Davis tying the game up at 5-5 at the end of the fourth inning. Goodin would take over the pitching duty in the fifth as neither team would be able to add any runs.

Goodin would look very strong in the sixth as she would strike out the first three batters for the Hornets. Hemmert, who hit well all game, would be in scoring position but the third out would come before the Cardinals could take advantage. In the top of the seventh inning Declo would get their revenge as they would get three strikeouts of their own. On the first pitch of the bottom of the seventh the Hornet batter would deliver a devastating home run hit and the Cardinals would lose their season opener 6-5. The Cardinals had a lot of things go right for them but just missed on capitalizing on some good opportunities. The Lady Cardinals will be back in action on Monday the 25th as they travel to Snake River.