HOLLISTER
– Live Oak used some aggressive baserunning at Hollister
Wednesday evening to almost tie the game and send it into extra
frames.
HOLLISTER – Live Oak used some aggressive baserunning at Hollister Wednesday evening to almost tie the game and send it into extra frames.
Katie Hillman tried to score from third base after the Baler pitcher Dani Hernandez threw out Kasandra Souza at first following Souza’s comebacker.
Hillman broke from third and Baler third baseman Liz Stewart pegged Hillman out at the plate. Baler catcher Amy Baxter blocked the plate. And Hillman was called out by the umpire
“Katie never made it to the plate,” said Live Oak head coach Barry McDonnell, who was coaching at third. “She was out. We had to go for it.”
Acorns freshman Kaitlyn Rauschnot (0-1), making her first start, pitched like a veteran, keeping the free-swinging Balers off-balance with a mixture of speeds. Hollister (10-4, 4-2 TCAL) managed just two infield hits – one a high chopper/slow roller combo by Shelbi Dillon in the first inning, the other a sharp single off the glove of Acorns shortstop Catalna Rawers by Jenny Maheu in the third inning.
“It’s just movement,” said Rauschnot, who has four different pitches, including a very effective change-up. “I just throw different speeds.”
Alyssa Baker (7-2) threw three hitless innings before Eileen Grove singled through the middle and beat out the throw with her speed. Andrea Thrappas singled to center in the top of the fifth for the second hit.
Live Oak (3-9, 0-5 TCAL) faces North Salinas Friday at home at 4 p.m.
