West Virginia’s pitching trio shuts down Ohio

ROUNDING THIRD — Brooke’s Emilee Knorr rounds third base en path to scoring a run Monday evening in the course of the OVAC Tom Bechtel All-Star Softball Sport on Ben’s Subject on the I-470 J.B. Chambers Advanced in Elm Grove. – Kim North

ELM GROVE — Good pitching will beat good hitting any day. It did as soon as once more on Monday evening.

A trio of West Virginia pitchers mixed to strike out 18 Ohio batters and the Mountaineers scored 5 occasions within the fourth and fifth innings in defeating the Buckeyes, 5-2, within the annual OVAC Tom Bechtel All-Star Softball Sport on Ben’s Subject on the J.B. Chambers I-470 Sports activities Advanced.

Oak Glen’s Maddie McKay fanned seven, together with the facet within the prime of the ninth. College’s Autumn Stemple recorded six punchouts and Weir’s Madison Angus chalked up 5 because the trio yielded simply 4 base hits and walked solely three.

“It was a pleasant showcase for the ladies,” Oak Glen’s Sherry Garner stated. “This can be a nice alternative for the ladies. I feel they’d enjoyable.”

New Philadelphia’s Julia Miller, who’s headed to Ohio State College to pitch, stored West Virginia off the board in her three-inning stint. The Quakers standout struck out 9 and walked two.

Nonetheless, the Mountain State broke by way of within the fourth towards Harrison Central’s Tristen Kovarik with a pair of tallies.

John Marshall’s Adriana Skrzyneki reached on an infield single main off and promptly stole second. Stemple drew a stroll earlier than Linsly’s Haley Heitz bunted each runners up 60 foot. Parkersburg South’s Kassidy Trimble grounded out as Skrzyneki scored the primary run. John Marshall’s Sophie Adkins tripled down the road in proper to drive in Stemple for a 2-0 lead.

West Virginia added to its margin an inning later with a three-spot because the bulge elevated to 5-0.

Brooke’s Emilee Knorr reached on an error main off and McKay, who’s headed to the College of Toledo, drew a stroll. Morgantown’s Breonna Marietta doubled to deep left-center as Knorr raced dwelling, making it 3-0. Oak Glen’s Kenna Calahan drove within the fourth run and Weir’s Mallory Rosnick lifted a fly ball to middle that was deep sufficient to plate Marietta.

Ohio prevented being shut out when Miller lined a laser over the fence in right-center that minimize the deficit to 5-1 within the seventh. The Buckeyes would rating as soon as within the eighth as Monroe Central’s Kalista Friday singled to left with one out. She went to second on a groundout and scored on a double to middle by Cambridge’s Ryleigh Goodman.

“There was lots of good pitching right here tonight,” Ohio head coach Doug Pfeffer of Caldwell stated. “You don’t see many 5-2 scores in all star video games. Often there are extra runs scored, however tonight there have been much more strikeouts than runs.”

McKay earned the win contained in the circle whereas Kovarik suffered the loss.

Adkins was the lone batter with two hits as she singled along with her three-bagger.

The Buckeye State was held hitless till Indian Creek’s Carly Penner slapped a single by way of the left facet of the infield with one out within the sixth.

GAME NOTES

≤ Participant of the 12 months awards have been offered throughout breaks within the motion. The winners have been Conotton Valley’s Masy Baker (Class 1A); Caldwell’s Madi Mumaw (Class 2A); Martins Ferry’s Maria Clark (Class 3A); Oak Glen’s McKay and Indian Creek’s Penner (Class 4A); and New Philadelphia’s Miller (Class 5A).

≤ The OVAC Coach of the 12 months was offered to Caldwell’s Doug Pfeffer.

≤ The win is the second straight within the collection for West Virginia, however Ohio nonetheless holds a 16-7 benefit general.

West Virginia 5, Ohio 2

Ohio 000 000 110 – 2 4 2

West Virginia 000 230 00x – 5 6 0

OH-Miller (9K, 2BB), Kovarik lp (4), (0K, 2BB), Penner (6), (2K, 0BB), Hancock (8), (2K, 1BB) and Congleton, Goodman (4), Brown (6), Congleton (8); Miller HR, rbi; Goodman D, rbi

WV-Stemple (6K, 2BB), McKay wp (3), (7K, 0BB), Angus (5), (5K, 1BB), Stemple (7), Angus (8), McKay (9) and Jones, Koontz (3), (Jones (5), Koontz (7), Jones (9); Marietta D, rbi; Calahan rbi; Rosnick SF, rbi; Trimble rbi; Adkins S, T, rbi