
Sophia Winnick, a senior pitcher/first baseman and the coach’s daughter, had a one-out triple in the fifth that was Owen J’s biggest hit. Our contact was weak, and we were jamming hits off the bat.”

The girls knew that,” the Wildcats’ first-year mentor said. OJR head coach Steve Winnick concurred with that assessment. It happens all the team, and this time it escalated.” Hughes, however, cautioned the outcome wasn’t indicative of how good the Owen J. The bats were popping to the tune of 15 hits - all but one of 12 batters either hitting safely or scoring at least once - the defense was stopping every ball of which the Roberts bats were able to get a piece, and pitching ace Jules Scogna was hopping on the way to a three-hit, eight-strikeout shutout. It all came together this game.”Įvery aspect of the game came together for Spring-Ford. “Despite the rough start, they kept me in the lineup. “I had the trust of the coaches,” she recalled. It was a redeeming performance for Jarrell, who got the season off to a rough start but persevered through it. The center fielder had the distinction of scoring twice in the high-powered sixth: The first time on a wild pitch, the second off Jessica Flizar’s pinch-hit double before OJR was able to bring the slugfest to a halt. The Rams’ spotlight-grabber was Ellie Jarrell, who put up some strong numbers with the bat: 4-for-4 hitting, four runs scored, two doubles and two RBI.

I’m blessed to have 15 kids who bust their butts. “Our kids are doing a great job,” SF head coach Tim Hughes said. The visitors added three more runs in the fourth and two in the fifth, then went on a sixth-inning bataround that brought another eight runners across the plate for an insurmountable 15-run lead.

The hitless affair between the Pioneer Athletic Conference’s last two unbeaten teams - the Rams came in 4-0 Liberty Division and 6-0 overall, the Wildcats 3-0 and 4-0 - came undone in the top of the third inning, when Spring-Ford scored twice. BUCKTOWN > The matchup’s expectations were realized Wednesday.Īfter that, Spring-Ford got things rolling on the way to a 15-0 mercy-rule win on Owen J.
