HAYS – The TMP-Marian Monarchs picked up a pair of wins over Plainville/Stockton Thursday at TMP Field on senior night.
Game 1: TMP 7, Plainville/Stockton 6
The Monarchs rallied to score two in the bottom of the seventh inning and earned a walk-off win on a four-base error, 7-6 in game one of Thursday’s doubleheader.
TMP jumped out to an early lead scoring three runs on three hits and three Plainville errors in the first inning as Emilee Augustine and Sophia Coulter each drove in a run to put TMP up 3-0.
The Cardinals got a run back in the second inning to cut the TMP lead to 3-1. But Augustine’s second RBI double of the first two innings gave TMP a 4-1 after two innings.
A sacrifice fly by Emily Schulte in the fourth put TMP up 5-3 through four innings.
In the fifth inning Macy Odle drove in a pair of runs with an RBI single to tie the game at five and in the sixth Reece Becker drove in a run with a single giving Plainville/Stockton a 6-5 lead.
Down two in the seventh inning Kyleigh Allen reached with a leadoff single and then Emily Schulte in an effort to move the runner into scoring position laid down a bunt back to the pitcher, Odle. Her throw to first was off the mark and ended up in foul territory in right field.
Allen and Schulte both came home to score giving the Monarchs a 7-6 walk-off win.
Melissa Schoepf postgame interview
Senior Leanne Rack earned her first win of the season with an inning and a third of scoreless relief.
Augustine finished the game two-for-three with a pair of RBI doubles.
Game one highlights
Game 2: TMP 12, Plainville/Stockton 2 – 5 innings
In the second game of the doubleheader the Monarchs bats came alive scoring at least one run in all five innings on their way to a 12-2 win in five innings.
In the game the Monarchs two, three and four hitters would do the heavy lifting hitting a combined 9-for-11 with six RBI’s and eight runs scored.
Emily Schulte was four-for-four and scored three times, Emilee Augustine was three-for-four with a double, three RBI’s and two runs scored and Sophia Coulter finished two-for-three with three RBI’s and she scored two runs.
Kyleigh Allen earned the win in the circle. She allowed just two hits and struck out three with one walk in four innings. She improved to 8-6 with the win.
The Monarchs are now 10-6 on the season while Plainville/Stockton drops to 6-10.
Game two highlights
TMP travels to Great Bend on Friday. Plainville/Stockton hosts Ellsworth on Friday.