PREP ROUNDUP: Out of the ordinary

Tuesday’s baseball game between Sacred Heart and New Franklin ended in a fitting fashion.

The game that featured walks, hit-batsmen and multiple errors ended on a balk, giving Sacred Heart a 14-13 win at Liberty Park Stadium.

Sacred Heart (6-6) built an 8-3 lead through four innings, but that disappeared in a hurry.

New Franklin scored eight in the fifth to take an 11-8 lead. The Gremlins cut the lead to one run with two in the bottom of the fifth, but New Franklin scored two more in the sixth to restore its three-run advantage.

After scoring a run in the sixth, the Gremlins mounted a rally in the seventh.

Nicolai Cox smacked a leadoff double. Jacob Melick drew a walk. Jason Lamb hit a one-out single that went between the legs of the New Franklin outfielder. Cox and Melick scored on the error to tie the game.

New Franklin issued intentional walks to Alex Geml and Sam Liston. After recording the second out, the pitcher balked home Geml for the winning run.

Lamb was the winning pitcher despite throwing 2 1/3 shaky innings. He gave up three runs on two hits while striking out four. However, he walked three batters and hit four others.

Wes Register led the Gremlins’ offense with three hits including a triple. Geml went 2-for-3 and drew two walks.

Nate Bailey and Brice Stephens had two hits each. Lamb went 2-for-5 including a two-run, first inning homer.

“We didn’t pitch well, and we compounded the problem with walks and hit batters,” Sacred Heart coach Steve Goodwin said. “On the positive side, we won our third in a row, and anytime you’re down two runs in the last inning and you win, that always feels good.”

GIRLS SOCCER
Sacred Heart 10, KC Lutheran 0

Cassie Blackmore and Meghan Stratton scored two goals each Tuesday to lead the Sacred Heart girls soccer team to a mercy-rule victory.

The game, which was played in Kansas City, was called 13 minutes early because of the Gremlins’ 10-goal lead.

Kim Crank, Rachel Fritz, Maeghan Johnson, Megan Moore, Maddie Tague and Devin Wadley scored one goal apiece.

Goalkeeper Laura Hunkins turned away the only two shots she faced to earn the shutout for Sacred Heart, which improved to 7-11-1.

SOFTBALL
Smithton 21, Prairie Home 0

Jillian Burrows and  Alysha Case unleashed their “A” game Tuesday at Prairie Home.

Burrows went 4-for-4 with thee doubles, a home run and seven RBIs and scored four runs for Smithton.

Case pitched three perfect innings in a game that was called early because of the mercy rule. She struck out all nine batters she faced.

Alysa Cairer went 2-for-3 with a home run, and Melissa Williams went 2-for-3 with two RBIs.


Northwest 14, Leeton 0

Northwest’s two seniors went out in style Tuesday in a softball game at Leeton.

Kelcey Dankenbring went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and three stolen bases. Ashton Miller went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two stolen bases.

Junior Shadow Wiskur went 3-for-4 with three RBIs.

Mariah Wiskur (11-1) pitched five one-hit innings, striking out seven and walking one.

Northwest, which finished the season 13-1, scored three runs in the first, four in the second, one in the third, two in the fourth and four in the fifth.

La Monte 9, Sweet Springs 7

The La Monte softball team scored eight runs in the first two innings and an important insurance run in the fifth Tuesday in La Monte.

Briana Davis hit an RBI single, and Sara Bell doubled home a pair of runs in the first inning.

Davis hit a two-run double in the second. Chante Holcombe tripled home Davis. Holcombe and Lacie Holcombe scored on  passed balls.

Sweet Springs scored four runs in the fourth to slice its deficit to 8-7.

Becky Opfer drove home Lindsey Wessel with a grounder to second base in the fifth to secure the win for La Monte.

Davis was the winning pitcher. She gave up seven runs on five hits with 12 strikeouts in seven innings.