North Putnam softball opens season with win over Eels

Monday, March 19, 2018

BAINBRIDGE — Mia Runnells and Emma Haste each hit a home run and Chloe LaPierre was the wining pitcher with a one-hitter and eight strikeouts as North Putnam opened its 2018 softball season on Monday with an 11-0 win over Eminence.

The Cougars scored in every inning, getting one in the first, two in each of the next three innings and ending the game with four in the bottom of the fifth.

“This was a solid team win,” first-year North Putnam coach Jarrod Duff said. “We played well in every phase of the game. Chloe LaPierre pitched really well, and defensively, we made plays behind her.”

Haste, the Cougars’ leadoff hitter, was 3 for 3 with three RBI and four runs scored in accumulating half of her team’s hits.

Besides Runnells’ blast, the Cougars also got a hit from Jada Stump and a hit, run and two RBI from Dana Tennis. Baylee Osburn had an RBI.

“It was nice to see us make simple plays and make some key defensive plays to get out of a couple of innings when Eminence had runners in scoring position,” Duff said. “We had some key hits and did a good job of manufacturing some runs as well.”

LaPierre walked only two batters in picking up the victory on the mound, and got error-less support from her team defensively.

The Cougars will host Cascade today.

“We will look at some things we need to clean up,” Duff said. “Hopefully, we come back [today] against Cascade, and play another good game.”

EMINENCE (AB-R-H-BI) — Bales cf 2-0-0-0, Manion dh 1-0-1-0, Smile ss 1-0-0-0, Owens c 2-0-0-0, Grider 1b 2-0-0-0, Davis rf 2-0-0-0, Ready 3b 2-0-0-0, Finney lf 2-0-0-0, Morris 2b 2-0-0-0. Totals 16-0-1-0.

NORTH PUTNAM (AB-R-H-BI) — E.Haste 3b 3-4-3-3, Osburn 1b 1-0-0-1, Runnells ss 3-1-1-1, LaPierre p 1-1-0-0, Stump c 3-0-1-0, O.Haste rf 2-1-0-1, Gierke ph 1-0-0-0, Storm cf 2-1-0-0, Gibson lf 1-1-0-0, Cox ph 0-1-0-0, Tennis 2b 3-1-1-2. Totals 20-11-6-8

Eminence 000 00 — 0 1 4

North Putnam 122 24 — 11 6 0

WP — LaPierre. LP — Owens.

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