The Fastpitch Chronicle

Game One (Played at Oshkosh West:

 Oshkosh West 6, Divine Savior Holy Angels
DSHA: 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0     2 R, 5 H, 0 E
OW:    0, 1, 3, 0, 2, 0,        6 R, 9 H, 0 E
Losing Pitcher DSHA: Lauren Berridge -  6 inn, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 K, 0 BB
Winning Pitcher OW: Lacey Cruz - 4 2/3 inn, 2 R, 2 ER, 7 K, 2 BB
Save OW: Annika Johnson - 2 1/3 inn, 0 R, 4 K, 2 BB
DSHA Leading Hitters: Jackie Dooge 2x3, Mia Jensen 1x3, 2 RBI
OW Leading Hitters: Taylor Emory - 2x3, 2B, 3B, 2RBI, Lacey Cruz - 3x3, 2B, RBI, 

After scoring one run in the bottom of the second inning thanks to a Lacey Cruz lead off double,  OW put three more runs on in the third inning to take a 4 to 0 lead. Dominique Bauer scored on a sacrifice fly by Emily Miller, followed by an RBI double by Taylor Emory to score Abby Curtis who singled earlier. Emory later scored on an RBI single by Lacey Cruz.

DSHA answered with two runs in the top of the fourth starting the inning with back to back singles by Lauren Berridge and Jackie Dooge.  Mia Jensen followed with a two RBI double to put DSHA on the board.

OW Added two more runs in the bottom of the fifth thanks to an RBI triple by Taylor Emory who later scored on a wild pitch.

Annika Johnson came it to relieve Lacey Cruz in fifth to shut down DSHA hitting. OW pitchers, Lacey Cruz and Annika Johnson, combined for 11 strikeouts.  

Game 2 (played at Oshkosh West):

Oshkosh West 9 at DSHA 7
OW:    1, 5, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0      9 R, 13 H, 2 E
DSHA: 0, 2, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0      7 R, 9 H, 1 E
Winning Pitcher OW: Annika Johnson - 4 2/3 inn, 0 R, 8 K, 0 BB
Starting pitcher OW: Tatum Duff - 2 1/3 inn, 7 R, 6 ER, 2 K, 3 BB
Losing Pitcher DSHA: Emma Urban - 2 2/3 inn, 8 R, 7 ER, 4 K, 2 BB
Relief pitcher DSHA: Jackie Dooge - 4 1/3 inn, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 K, 2 BB
OW leading hitters: Taylor Emory - 2x5, 2B, RBI, Alyssa Ebel - 2x3, Dominique Bauer - 2x4, RBI, Leah Engstrom - 3x4, 2B, RBI, Emily Miller - 1x4, 2B, 2 RBI
DSHA leading hitters: Emma Urban - 2x4, 2B, RBI, Brooke Mackey - 2x4, Emma Teske - 1x3, 2B, 2 RBI

Leading 1 - 0 going into the second inning, Oshkosh West took a 6 - 0 lead thanks to consecutive singles by Alyssa Ebel, Dominique Bauer, and Leah Engstrom.  Emily Miller cleared the bases with a 2RBI double, followed by an RBI single by Taylor Emory.

DSHA battled back with two runs in the bottom of the inning with a lead off single by Brooke Mackey, followed by an RBI double by Emma Teske. Teske later scored on a fielders choice.

OW answered in the top of the third inning with two more runs to take a 8 - 2 lead.

DSHA got back into the game in the bottom of the third inning scoring five runs taking advantage of four hits, two walks, and two OW errors making the score 8-7. 

OW's Annika Johnson came in to relieve Tatum Duff in fifth inning to end the DSHA threat.  She was able to shut down DSHA for the rest of the game compiling 8 strikeouts.

OW added one more run in the top of the sixth to take a 9 - 7.  Brianna Geis lead of the inning with a single. Geis later scored on an RBI single by Dominique Bauer.