Presley Wells sets up to catch a pop up on the infield.
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Gallatin picked up two wins during a busy week of softball action. Things continue to heat up for the Lady Bulldogs as they prepare to compete in Saturday’s Princeton Tournament. Gallatin takes on Princeton in the first round at 8:30 a.m. The winner/loser of that game will face either South Harrison or Mercer at noon/1:45 p.m.
The Lady Bulldogs will travel to Gilman City on Monday before taking on Brookfield as the #7 seed in next Wednesday’s Class 2, District 6 Tournament. Game time against the second-seeded Lady Bulldogs of Brookfield is 5 p.m. at Marceline High School. The host team is the top seed at 16-0.
Oct. 6: King City 6, Gallatin 3
Gallatin spotted King City three runs in the first inning and tried to play catch up for seven innings. Presley Wells tripled and scored in the bottom of the first for the Lady Bulldogs. Betty Rogers doubled in the third and courtesy runner Alex Endicott scored on another double by Carli Beck, who finished with three hits for Gallatin.
Caragan Baker opened the bottom of the fifth with a triple and scored to make it 4-3, but the Lady Wildcats tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the top of the seventh inning.
Oct. 5: E. Buchanan 8, Gallatin 2
Roughed up early by the long ball, Gallatin recovered to shut out East Buchanan over the final five innings. A 3-run homer by Hannah Archdekin in the first inning and 3-run blast by Ashley Baxter in the second helped stake EB to an 8-0 lead but that would be the sum total of their scoring.
Gallatin pocketed a run in the bottom of the fourth when Betty Rogers rocked a leadoff homer to left. The Lady Bulldogs added a run in the fifth when Maddi Michael reached first on a bunt and later scored on a Caragan Baker single.
Oct. 2: Gallatin 13, Pattonsburg 10
Gallatin bats remained hot in Thursday’s GRC crossover game at Pattonsburg, though the Lady Panthers had the potential game-tying run at the plate when the contest ended in the seventh inning.
The Lady Bulldogs wasted no time building a 5-0 lead in the first. Presley Wells was nailed by a pitch, stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch. Ashley Feiden sacrificed her home. Caragan Baker, Betty Rogers and Carli Beck strung together singles. Beck’s hit drove in 2 runs. Ella Bradford walked. AnnaBelle Ball’s single plated a run. Addie Riley picked up an rbi on a ground all out.
The Lady Panthers scored twice in their half of the first on a Jillian Plymell double, Jaden Gannon single and Quincy Crone grounder played into an error. Pattonsburg added another run in the third when Brynn Teel reached on an error and eventually scored on Kierra deJong’s single.
Gallatin stretched its lead to 8-3 in the fourth. Wells walked and advanced to third on a pair of wild pitches. Feiden drove her in with a grounder. Baker launched a 2-run homer. Bradford’s single scored courtesy runner Alex Endicott.
Pattonsburg kept the pressure on with two runs in the fourth. Webby Bailey singled and scored on a single by Plymell, who would also score on a wild pitch.
The Lady Bulldogs fired back with three runs coming off two singles (Maddi Michael, Rogers), double (Baker) and a walk (Wells).
Bailey scored a run for the Lady Panthers in the bottom of the sixth but the Lady Bulldogs countered in the seventh with runs by Wells and courtesy runner Emma Christopher.
A 7-run GHS lead wouldn’t hold up as deJong walked, Jenna Heath crashed a 2-run homer, Mekenzie Turner walked, and Kelsey Crabtree reached on an error … all coming with no outs. Baker struck out Bailey and Plymell but Gannan singled to make it 13-10. Crone’s single loaded the bases for the Lady Panthers but Baker retired Teel for the final out.
Sept. 30: Princeton 12, Gallatin 11
The Lady Bulldogs overcame one 3-run deficit and recovered from an 8-run Lady Tiger fourth inning but came up short, despite outscoring Princeton, 6-0, over the course of the final two innings.
Princeton led, 3-0, before Presley Wells crossed the plate by way of a passed ball in the bottom of the first. Gallatin sent nine batters to the plate in the third and grabbed a 5-4 lead thanks to Caragan Baker’s 2-run homer and AnnaBelle Ball’s 2-run double.
The Lady Bulldog lead proved to be short-lived as the Lady Tigers more than batted around in the fourth, using seven hits, two errors and two hit batters to regain the lead, 12-5.
Baker’s second home run of the game, another 2-run shot, in the sixth inning set up a climactic finish as Ball blanked the opposition in the final 2 frames and opened the bottom of the seventh with a single.
Addie Riley’s fielder’s choice grounder forced Ball at second, but Maddison Michael blasted a home run to left field, scoring two and narrowing the PHS lead to 12-9. Ashley Feiden and Caragan Baker each singled with two outs and scored on a single by Betty Rogers, but the game ended with the potential tying run on second base.