Girls lose heartbreaker in seventh inning

The Mount Si varsity girls softball team played host Monday night to

the Newport Knights. And being the great hosts they are, the Wildcats

allowed their opponents to not only get into the game at the last minute, but to

win it due to costly errors in the 8-2 loss.

Mount Si scored first in the third inning when Vanessa Riley

scored from third on a wild pitch. Then in the fourth, Therese Duvall smacked

a single scoring Heather Lewis from third.

It looked as though the game was in the bag as both teams headed

for the seventh inning. Newport’s rise started when Mount Si pitcher

Allison Moorhead hit the Knight’s leadoff batter. From there, errors became

the norm for the Wildcat defense, allowing a total of eight runs to be

scored. Mount Si never recovered and the Knights notched the win.

“Allison is pitching a heck of a lot better than we thought she would as

a freshman,” said coach Dirk Hansen after the game. “But we’re not

playing with confidence yet.”

Moorhead had six strikeouts in the game.