PIRATE SOFTBALL BEAT NORTHERN FREEZE, LOSES TO ROSEAU, AND BGMR BEATS THEM WITH A PERFECT GAME

The Crookston Pirate Softball team is finally playing their first game of the season and actually will play three total.  Crookston beat Northern Freeze 14-11, lost to Roseau 9-2, and lost to Badger/Greenbush-Middle River as the Gators pitcher threw a perfect game to win 15-0 in four innings.  Crookston went 1-2 on the day. 

CROOKSTON VS NORTHERN FREEZE – 
It was a typical first game with the pitchers struggling with their consistency and that led to 20 walks between the teams.  
In the top of the first inning, the Northern Freeze took advantage of an error and a walk followed by a line drive over the left-fielders head for a two-run double to take a 2-0 lead. 
In the bottom of the first inning, Crookston answered with Cassie Solheim leading off and in her first ever at-bat she drew a walk.  Addison Fee singled up the middle.  After a ground out, Jenna Coauette walked to load the bases.  After a strikeout, Solheim scored on a wild pitch.  Emily Bowman walked to load the bases again.  Kendal Bergquist was hit by a pitch to score a run and Coauette scored on a wild pitch and Crookston took a 3-2 lead after one inning. 

In the top of the second inning, Northern Freeze loaded the bases with one out.  Coauette was able to get the next batter to fly out to right field where Aleah Bienek made a nice catch for the second out.  The next batter hit a line drive and the Pirate outfielder dropped the ball and two runs scored.  Another run scored on a wild pitch and the Freeze led 5-3.
Crookston answered in the bottom of the inning, Fee walked with one out.  Ally Perreault was hit by a pitch and Coauette reached on a fielder’s choice and Fee was out at third.  Reese Swanson was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Bowman walked to score a run and Coauette scored on a wild pitch to tie the game at 5-5.

Northern Freeze added a run in the top of the third inning after a walk and a single and a run scored during a rundown for a 6-5 lead.  
In the bottom of the third inning, Crookston blew the game open as Emily Tate walked, Bienek reached after she hit the ball off the end of the bat and beat the throw to first.  Solheim hit a slow roller back to the pitcher and with her speed, there was no play, and bases were loaded. Fee walked to score a run, Ally Perreault grounded out but knocked in a run for a 7-6 lead.  Bowman walked to score a run.  Bergquist hit a hard ground ball and the Freeze didn’t have a play and another run scored for a 9-6 lead.  A throw to third base was off the mark and Swanson and Bowman scored for an 11-6 lead.  Emily Tate hit the ball to the opposite field with a line drive down the right-field line to score another run for a 12-6 lead. 

Northern Freeze scored another run, this time on a wild pitch to get within a 12-7 deficit. 
Crookston responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the fourth inning.  Solheim smashed a line drive to the centerfield fence.  Fee grounded out and Solheim moved over to third base and came into score when Perreault smashed a line drive to the centerfield fence and Crookston led 13-7.

Nobody scored in the fifth inning and each team added a run in the sixth inning.  Crookston scored their run when Solheim reached on an error, Fee reached on an error and Solheim scored for a 14-8 lead. 

Northern Freeze tried to mount a seventh-inning rally and scored two runs on a stand-up triple and they added another run but that would be it as Crookston held on for a season-opening 14-11 victory.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Northern Freeze	2	3	1	1	0	1	3	11	12	0
Crookston	3	2	7	1	0	1	–	14	11	2

 

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Jenna Coauette- Crookston	7.0	12	11	10	9	5
Brooklyn Dahle – Northern Freeze	6.0	11	14	14	11	6

For CROOKSTON
Cassie Solheim – 3 for 4, 4 runs, walk
Addie Fee – 2 for 3, 2 runs, 2 rbi, 2 walks

For Northern Freeze
Sunny Edin – 2 for 4, 4 rbi, run, walk
Rylie Fredrickson – 2 for 3, run, rbi

 

CROOKSTON VS ROSEAU
Roseau pitcher B. Hulst came out strong and retired the first three batters she faced in the top of the first inning.  
Roseau scored two runs in the bottom of the inning for a 2-0 lead.

Crookston got the bats going in the top of the second after a Coauette walk, Bergquist hit a frozen rope over the right-fielders head to score Coauette to get within a 2-1 deficit.  A couple of batters later, Bergquist scored on a wild pitch to tie the game at 2-2.
Crookston’s pitching and defense were strong in the bottom of the second inning to retire the Rams without giving up a run and the game was still tied 2-2.

In the top of the third inning, Roseau’s defense and pitching were solid and the Rams retired Crookston in 1-2-3 fashion.
In the bottom of the third inning, Roseau had three singles to score two runs to take a 4-2 lead through three innings. 

Neither team scored in the fourth inning and in the top of the fifth inning, Crookston had runners on first and second base with one out, but stranded the runners and still trailed 4-2.
In the bottom of the fifth inning with one out, Roseau drew a walk and had back-to-back singles to score two runs for a 6-2 lead. 

Crookston was held scoreless in the top of the sixth inning before Roseau expanded their lead in the bottom of the inning.  Roseau drew a walk and a single and after an out, they followed with another single to score a run.  The next batter hit a triple to score two runs for a 9-2 lead. 

Crookston was retired in 1-2-3 fashion in the top of the seventh inning and Roseau won the game 9-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Crookston	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
Roseau	2	0	2	0	2	3	–	9	11	0

 

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Dani Kresl- Crookston	6.0	11	9	9	4	2
Brooklyn Hulst – Roseau	7.0	5	2	2	3	9

For CROOKSTON
Jenna Coauette – 1 for 1, run, 2 walks
Addison Fee – 1 for 1
Reese Swanson – 1 for 3, run, walk

For Roseau
Jasmine Hovda – 4 for 4, 3 rbi, 2 walks
Rebecca Wensloff – 2 for 3, run, walk
Kayla Jacobson – 2 for 3, 2 runs, rbi

 

CROOKSTON VS BGMR
Crookston was retired in 1-2-3 fashion in the top of the first inning, which was a portents of things to come as junior Kinsley Hanson would go on to throw a perfect game no hitter!!  BGMR answered with two singles and a triple for a 2-0 lead.  The Gators added two more runs to take a 4-0 lead after the first inning. 

Crookston was retired in 1-2-3 fashion in the top of the second inning.  In the bottom of the second inning, BGMR started with a bunt single.  After a strikeout, the Gators popped out and a run scored for a 5-0 lead.  

Crookston was retired 1-2-3 in the top of the third inning.  In the bottom of the third inning, BGMR started with back-to-back singles and after an out they had another single to score a run for a 6-0 lead. After a walk, a Gator batter flew out and scored another run for a 7-0 lead. 

Once again, Crookston was retired 1-2-3 in the top of the fourth inning.  In the bottom of the inning, BGMR started with a double, followed with a walk and they scored a run on a ground out for a 9-0 lead.  The Gators followed with a double, single, single, an out, a walk, single, and triple for a 14-0 lead.  With a runner on third base, the winning run scored on a passed ball and BGMR won 15-0 in four innings.  The Gators pitcher, Kinsley Hanson didn’t give up a hit, while striking out three, and not walking a batter for a perfect game.

Crookston drops to 1-2 on the year and will travel to Twin Valley on Friday to play Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal.

	1	2	3	4	R	H	E
Crookston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BGMR	4	1	2	8	15	16	0

 

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Jenna Coauette- Crookston	3.2	16	15	13	3	1
Kinsley Hanson – BGMR	4.0	0	0	0	0	3

For CROOKSTON
No hits

For BGMR
Jaycee Wojchowski – 4 for 4, 3 runs, 3 rbi
Kinsley Hanson – 3 for 4, 2 runs, rbi
Cassie Dahl – 2 for 3, 2 runs, 2 rbi
Theron Kuznia – 2 for 3, 2 runs, rbi