The TMP Marian softball team went 1-1 Thursday at their home triangular with Salina Sacred Heart and their cross-town rival Hays High.
Game 1: Sacred Heart 10, TMP 7
In the first game of the day Salina Sacred Heart jumped out to an early lead on TMP and then held off a late Monarch rally for a 10-7 win.
In the first inning the Knights opened the game with back-to-back singles and then back-to-back errors by TMP lead to the first two runs of the game.
Sacred Heart added two more in the second inning and four in the fourth to build a 9-1 lead through four innings.
TMP’s attempt at a comeback started in the fifth when the Monarchs scored three runs in the innings, two of them coming on an RBI single from Sophia Coulter.
A TMP error led to a sixth inning run for Sacred Heart that gave them a 10-4 lead through five and a half innings.
In the bottom of the sixth TMP’s M.K. Dwyer doubled in a run and then in the seventh inning Lexi Gottschalk and Emma Pope each drove in a run to cut the Sacred Heart lead to 10-7. But the Knights were able to shut the comeback down and earn the win.
TMP starter Kyleigh Allen allowed nine runs, five earned on nine hits in four innings and suffered the loss.
The Monarchs committed seven errors in the game.
Melissa Schoepf postgame interview
Game one highlights
Game 2: Sacred Heart 10, Hays High 6 in 8 innings
In the second game of the day Hays rallied to force extra innings but Sacred Heart scored four in the eighth inning to earn the 10-6 win.
The Knights scored three in the first inning only to see the Indians score two runs in the third inning and one more in the fourth, on a Knights’ error, tying the game at three.
Sacred Heart retook the lead with two in the six and one in the top of the seventh to lead 6-3 heading into the bottom of the seventh.
In the seventh inning Jaysa Wichers doubled in a pair of runs to cut the Sacred Heart lead to 6-5 and Macy Altman followed that with an RBI single tying the game at six.
In the extra frame the Knights took advantage of a two-out walk, an error and a pair of singles to build a 10-6 lead. Hays High went in order in the bottom of the eighth.
Wichers allowed 10 runs but just two were earned in eight innings. She also struck out eight. As a team Hays High committed 12 errors.
Altman drove in three runs in the loss.
Game 3: TMP 5, Hays High 2
In the final game of the night TMP’s Kyleigh Allen turned in one of her best performances of the season. She held Hays High to just two runs, one earned on four hits in seven innings. She struck out three and walked four in the win.
Hays High got on the board first scoring on a TMP error in the first inning.
TMP tied the game in the bottom of the second inning on a Sophia Coulter RBI single.
A third inning error led to two more TMP runs and Coulter added an RBI double to put TMP up 4-1.
Hays High cut the TMP lead in half in the top of the fifth when Madelyn Waddell scored on a wild pitch but Coulter added her third RBI on a single in the bottom of the inning putting TMP up 5-2 and that was more than enough for Allen as TMP earned the win.
Coulter was three-for-three and drove in three runs.
Jaysa Wichers suffered the loss for Hays High. She allowed five runs, just two were earned in six innings. She struck out five and walked two.
Game two highlights
TMP improved to 8-6 on the season.
Hays High drops to 6-6.