Gallatin’s softball girls take a 4-7 September record into the month’s final weekend, which closes with the Benton Tournament. The Lady Bulldogs will look to end a slump that has seen them lose three straight games and four of their last five.
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King City’s Grace Schottel and Gallatin’s Caragan Baker locked up in a pitchers’ duel Tuesday and the Lady Wildkats were able to eke out a 1-0 victory over seven innings.
The game’s lone run came in the third inning when the Lady Wildkats strung together three singles to start the inning. Schottel helped her cause by picking up the only rbi of the contest.
Aubrey Feiden hit safely twice for Gallatin. Kelsey Maxwell had the only other Lady Bulldog hit, a single.
Baker scattered nine hits on the mound and struck out four batters while walking only one.
E. Buchanan 6, Gallatin 3
A seventh inning rally fell short of the mark for Gallatin on Monday. East Buchanan broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the fourth inning with four runs on six hits, two errors, a passed ball and wild pitch.
Gallatin scored the first run of the game in the second when Maelea Coulson walked, moved to second on an error and scored on a single by Madalyn Shubert.
Addison Burns hit a one-out single in the seventh and advanced as Essie Williamson reached on an error. Both courtesy runners, Carli Beck and Bethany Bailey, advanced one base on Shubert’s second single of the contest. Beck was out at the plate on Maddi Michael’s fielder’s choice. Bailey and Shubert scored the game’s final runs on errors.
Braymer 5, Gallatin 1
Braymer’s Kelsey Stone held the Lady Bulldogs to one run and four hits while striking out 10 to get a complete game victory last Thursday in the GRC third place, interdivision game.
The Lady Bobcats also took advantage of six GHS errors, scoring twice in the third inning and locking down the win with three more runs in the fourth.
Gallatin’s lone run came on a Caragan Baker double, Courtney Shubert single and an errant pick off throw to third base. Karley Salmon doubled for the Lady Bulldogs in the fourth inning but was left stranded at second. Essie Williamson led off the third inning with a single but could not advance.
Benton/District
The Lady Bulldogs travel to St. Joseph on Saturday for the Benton Tournament. Gallatin opens play in Pool C against Benton at 10:30 and follows that game up with a noon contest against Hamilton. Gallatin will then move into bracket play.
Gallatin travels east next week to Green City for the Class 1, District 12 Tournament. Also competing in D12 are Green City, Grundy County, Linn County, Meadville and Tri-County.
The tournament bracket has not been drawn up as of press time.
Picture: Aubrey Feiden, partially hidden by Madalyn Shubert, makes a spectacular catch of a fly ball behind second base during Thursday’s softball game against Braymer.