Walton Softball ends Oxford 8-6 on Monday
OXFORD – With a previous win over Delhi at 14-4, the Oxford softball team advanced to the finals of the 9-12 bracket of the MAC league tournament, where a crafty Walton team handed them a loss at 8-6.
The bats were there, the runs were not. Oxford managed to snag 10 hits in their losing efforts on Monday, failing to find a run until the fourth inning.
Luckily for Oxford, the early goings in the game, saw Walton only score once in the third. However, when the Oxford team got hot, so did Walton. The Walton Warriors hammered in four runs in the top of the fifth inning – breaking the tied game which was at 1-1.
The seventh inning handed Oxford a six-run deficit, a lofty amount of runs to make up with just one inning to play.
The lady Blackhawks scored five runs in their failed comeback attempt – two in the sixth, three in the seventh.
Allison Beckwith would be the one to get the ball rolling for Oxford when she slammed a single to reach the base and sending Kylie Roys home for the score. Rachel Tefft returned the favor to Beckwth when she hit a fly ball – reaching first on an error – sending Beckwith home. The score then stood at 7-3, in favor of Walton.
Scoring once, the lead grew to 8-3 when Roys hammered a triple to right field sending Lilliana Gonzalez home for the score. Raigen Ehly sent Roys home when she hit a single on the next at-bat attempt – drawing the score to 8-5.
The comeback had begun.
Beckwith returned to the plate for another chance to help her team, hitting a solid triple on a line drive to right field. Ehly would score on the play. However, despite the roll that Oxford had, they also had two previous strikeouts – meaning their final strikeout with a pick off at first base ended the inning and the MAC league game.
Taking the loss on the mound for Oxford was Karly Marshman, who pitched the first two innings, striking out one and walking two. Allison Beckwith came in and pitched five phenomenal innings, with 10 strikeouts and five walks in her effort.
Five Blackhawks recorded hits in their 10 hit effort: Beckwith 3-4 with a run and three RBI, Raigen Ehly 3-3 with two runs and one RBI, Roys 2-4 with two runs and one RBI, Destiny Oralls 1-2 , and Layla Kriz 1-4.
With the loss, Oxford concludes their 2017 season with a record of 4-9 overall – barring any late-season games added on – a vastly improved record from the 2016 squad.
W: 0 0 1 0 4 2 1– 8 7 2
O: 0 0 0 1 0 2 3– 6 10 4
The bats were there, the runs were not. Oxford managed to snag 10 hits in their losing efforts on Monday, failing to find a run until the fourth inning.
Luckily for Oxford, the early goings in the game, saw Walton only score once in the third. However, when the Oxford team got hot, so did Walton. The Walton Warriors hammered in four runs in the top of the fifth inning – breaking the tied game which was at 1-1.
The seventh inning handed Oxford a six-run deficit, a lofty amount of runs to make up with just one inning to play.
The lady Blackhawks scored five runs in their failed comeback attempt – two in the sixth, three in the seventh.
Allison Beckwith would be the one to get the ball rolling for Oxford when she slammed a single to reach the base and sending Kylie Roys home for the score. Rachel Tefft returned the favor to Beckwth when she hit a fly ball – reaching first on an error – sending Beckwith home. The score then stood at 7-3, in favor of Walton.
Scoring once, the lead grew to 8-3 when Roys hammered a triple to right field sending Lilliana Gonzalez home for the score. Raigen Ehly sent Roys home when she hit a single on the next at-bat attempt – drawing the score to 8-5.
The comeback had begun.
Beckwith returned to the plate for another chance to help her team, hitting a solid triple on a line drive to right field. Ehly would score on the play. However, despite the roll that Oxford had, they also had two previous strikeouts – meaning their final strikeout with a pick off at first base ended the inning and the MAC league game.
Taking the loss on the mound for Oxford was Karly Marshman, who pitched the first two innings, striking out one and walking two. Allison Beckwith came in and pitched five phenomenal innings, with 10 strikeouts and five walks in her effort.
Five Blackhawks recorded hits in their 10 hit effort: Beckwith 3-4 with a run and three RBI, Raigen Ehly 3-3 with two runs and one RBI, Roys 2-4 with two runs and one RBI, Destiny Oralls 1-2 , and Layla Kriz 1-4.
With the loss, Oxford concludes their 2017 season with a record of 4-9 overall – barring any late-season games added on – a vastly improved record from the 2016 squad.
W: 0 0 1 0 4 2 1– 8 7 2
O: 0 0 0 1 0 2 3– 6 10 4
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