Seward Manages Just 1 of 3 at Odessa

The Seward County Lady Saints struggled Friday against a pair of teams poised to make a run at the NJCAA National Tournament.  Seward took a 3-2 lead against Southern Idaho before being blown out 13-3 and split a double header with Odessa, winning 5-3 in game one of the doubleheader before falling 10-0 in game two to drop to 7-5 on the year. 

Early on in their game with Southern Idaho, the Lady Saints and Lady Eagles mirrored each other, putting traffic on the bases without being able to squeeze across a run as the game was scoreless through two. 

Seward got the scoring going in the 3^rd, getting a three run home run off the bat of Danielle Orr to grab a 3-0 lead on the Eagles. 

Southern Idaho got a run back in the 3^rd on a one out double and used a two out triple to get another run in the 4^th to make it a 3-2 game. 

The Lady Saints bats went cold from there and CSI took advantage, scoring a pair of runs on sacrifice flies in the bottom of the 5^th to go on top 4-3 and then blowing the game open with five two out runs to extend their lead to 9-3. 

Seward went down quietly in the 6^th and the Eagles walked the Lady Saints off the field in the bottom of the inning, getting a grand slam to force the run rule as Southern Idaho took the game 13-3. 

The Lady Saints managed just 4 hits in the loss while Southern Idaho finished with 12 against Seward pitching.  Orr had two of the four Seward hits in the game and accounted for all three of their runs with the 3^rd inning home run.  Alexa O'Brien suffered the loss for Seward in the circle, going 5 1/3 innings, allowing 12 hits and 13 runs while walking 8 to fall to 3-2 on the year. 

SEWARD COUNTY/SOUTHERN IDAHO BOX SCORE

Seward's cold bats carried over into their second game of the day as they took on the host team Odessa in the first game of a doubleheader.  The Lady Saints were scoreless through three innings of action, but thankfully for Seward, starting pitcher Jaclyn Wagner was on point, matching zero's with the Wranglers to keep it a 0-0 game. 

Odessa scored first in the bottom of the 3^rd on a Seward error to grab a 1-0 lead but the Lady Saints responded with a two run home run by Summer White in the top half of the 4^th inning to grab a 2-1 lead of their own. 

Wagner controlled the tempo the next two innings, keeping Seward in front 2-1 after five innings of play. 

The Lady Saints offense rewarded their right hander with three more runs in the top half of the 6^th inning as Grace Petersen and Kennedy Brunson singled while Megan Olsen walked to load the bases with one out.  A costly Odessa error emptied the bases, allowing in three Seward County runs and without a hit, the Lady Saints took a 5-1 lead. 

Odessa got a solo home run in the 6^th to cut the Seward lead to 5-2 and then another in the bottom of the 7^th to make it 5-3, but that was all that Wagner would yield as the sophomore shut the door getting a strikeout and a fly out to end the game, giving the Lady Saints a 5-3 win. 

Seward outhit Odessa 9-4 in the game, getting a 3 hit game from Petersen and a pair of RBI's from White in the victory.  Wagner improved to 4-1 on the year, going the distance in the circle for the Lady Saints, allowing just 4 hits and 2 earned runs while striking out 5. 

SEWARD COUNTY/ODESSA GAME ONE BOX SCORE

In their third and final game of the day the Lady Saints faced a 1-0 early deficit as Odessa scored an unearned run in the bottom of the 2^nd following a one out Seward error. 

After a quick 1-2-3 Lady Saints half of the 3^rd, the Wranglers blew the game open, scoring five runs on just four hits to extend their lead to 6-0. 

Seward was unable to muster any offense in the 4^th and Odessa took even more advantage, scoring four more times in the bottom of the frame to go in front 10-0. 

The Lady Saints got a one out double in their final at bats in the 5^th, but they were unable to score and that was all she wrote as the Wranglers took a 10-0 final score. 

After the 3^rd inning the game was never close as Odessa outhit Seward 11-2 in the game with the Lady Saints getting just one runner to second base in the loss.  Jaidyn Mawhinney took the loss for Seward in the circle, allowing 10 hits and 10 runs in 4 innings of work, the freshmen fell to 0-2 on the year walking 5 and striking out 4 in the contest. 

SEWARD COUNTY/ODESSA GAME TWO BOX SCORE

The Lady Saints finish the day 7-5 overall and will take the field once again Saturday in Midland when they will play the Lady Chaparrals in a 11:00 doubleheader.