The Crookston Pirate Softball team lost to Badger/Greenbush-Middle River 14-2, lost to Warroad 15-5, and lost to Bagley 14-12 at the BGMR Tournament on Saturday.
CROOKSTON VS BGMR
BGMR’s first two batters were retired before the Gators scored two runs for a 2-0 lead. Crookston’s Emily Bowman started off with a single, and Maddie Bruggeman tripled to score a run. Bruggeman scored on a ground out, and Crookston tied the game 2-2.
BGMR dominated the rest of the game as they added six runs in the second inning, two runs in the third for a 10-2 lead. The Gators added a run in the fourth and scored three more runs in the top of the fifth inning for a 14-2 lead while leaving the bases loaded. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Crookston wasn’t able to score and BGMR won the game 14-2 in five innings.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| BGMR | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 14 | 19 | |
| Crookston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 4 |
CROOKSTON VS WARROAD
Warroad started the game with a single. After a ground out, they had two more singles to score a run for a 1-0 lead. After another out, they had two more singles to score another run for a 2-0 lead. Crookston was retired in 1-2-3 fashion.
Warroad added four runs in the second inning after they strung four doubles in a row and a single to score the four runs for a 6-0 lead.
Warroad added two more runs in the top of the third inning with a double and two singles for an 8-0 lead. Crookston added a run in the third inning when Madi Abrams, Dani Kresl, and Emily Bowman all singled to score a run, and the Pirates trailed 8-1.
Warroad didn’t score in the fourth inning. Crookston’s Reese Swanson reached and came around to score. Abrams added a double in the inning and Crookston trailed 8-2.
In the fifth inning, Warroad scored three more runs and led 11-2 after five innings.
In the sixth inning, Warroad added four more runs for a 15-2 lead and Crookston needed to score at least four runs to keep the game going. Crookston’s first batter was retired before Cassie Solheim singled. Swanson reached, and Rilynn Aubol singled, and all three scored to get within a 15-5 deficit. The last two batters were retired and Warroad won the game 15-5 in six innings.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Warroad | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | – | 15 | 21 | |
| Crookston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | 7 |
CROOKSTON VS BAGLEY
Crookston got things going with a two-out rally. Solheim singled, Swanson reached, Aubol reached on an error, Abrams and Leia Parkin all reached and four runs scored to give the Pirates a 4-0 lead. Bagley answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning to get within a 4-2 deficit.
Crookston added two more runs in the second inning when Brylee Darco walked, Emily Bowman reached, and both came into score for a 6-2 lead. Bagley added two runs in the bottom of the inning to get within a 6-4 deficit.
Crookston added three more runs in the third inning when Abrams and Kresl reached and scored on a Darco home run, and the Pirates led 9-4. Bagley didn’t score in the bottom of the inning.
Crookston didn’t score in the fourth inning. Bagley started chipping away at the Pirate lead in the fourth inning when they scored three runs to get within a 9-7 deficit.
Crookston didn’t score in the fifth inning. Bagley added another run in the fifth inning after a walk and two stolen bases before scoring to get within a 9-8 deficit.
Crookston had a big sixth inning when Bowman singled, Solheim doubled, Swanson singled and they all came into score for a 12-8 lead. Bagley responded in a big way in the bottom of the inning when sent 10 to the plate and scored six runs to take a 14-12 lead going into the seventh inning.
Crookston was retired in 1-2-3 fashion in the top of the seventh inning and Bagley won the game 14-12.
Crookston drops to 0-8 on the year and will play West Marshall in Warren on Monday.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Crookston | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | |
| Bagley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | – | 14 | 13 |
