Lady Cards Split Double Header

Last week the Lady Cardinals traveled to Firth to take on the Lady Cougars in a double header.  In the first game of the double header Firth struggled from the mound.  In the just the first inning several Cardinals earned walks or were hit by pitches giving them free trips to first base.  The Cardinals opened things up in the first when McKartie Green hit a double driving in some extra runs helping the Cards earn the early five run lead.  Abby Goodin had a good day on the mound earning several strikeouts in the first three innings of the game.  In the top of the second inning Aspen Davis smashed a solo home run to extend the lead for the Cardinals.  That score would hold until the bottom of the fourth inning.  Goodin began to show some signs of fatigue giving up a handful of hits and allowing one run but the Lady Cardinals would continue to hold a solid lead.  That stayed the case until the sixth inning.  In the top of the sixth Brynlee Hemmert would add a single run for Soda Springs and the Cardinal lead was once again six.  Firth tried to grab some momentum in the bottom of the inning and did so with a two run homer.  However the Cardinals would not break and held out to earn the victory by winning seven to three.

In the second game of the double header the Cardinals started much the same way with mostly getting on base and scoring off of walks and errors.  After taking a two run lead Soda Springs saw the Lady Cougars come out swinging in the bottom of the first.  Helped by another two run home run Firth quickly passed the Cardinals on the scoreboard to take a two run lead of their own.  In the top of the second Davis drove in two runs off of a great hit for a double to tie the score.  The tie did not last long.  As the Cougars took their turn at bat they added three runs to their total forcing the Cardinals to play catch up once again.  The Lady Cardinals would cut the lead to just one run twice over the next two innings but could never quite get over the hump.  In the bottom of the fourth the Firth bats caught fire as the Cardinals watched the Cougars hit several doubles driving in seven total runs.  In the top of the fifth inning the Cardinals only managed to earn one more run coming up well short of what they needed to force Firth to another at bat.  The Cardinals lost the second game of the double header by seven.

The Cardinals have a very busy week this week as they will face Declo on Wednesday at Declo before heading to the Glenns Ferry tournament to get three more games in over the weekend.

Cardinals 5 1 0 0 0 1 7

Cougars 0 0 0 1 0 2 3

Cardinals 2 2 2 2 1 9

Cougars 4 3 2 7 - 16