The balance hung on the last pitch on a full count with the bases loaded as the Chequamegon High School softball team secured a 4-3 victory over Stratford in the season opener for both teams on Tuesday, March 29, at the Park Falls Athletic Conference.
Stratford scored solo runs in the fourth and fifth innings to forge a 2-0 lead before the Screaming Eagles halved it on Klaudia Swanson's single and an RBI double by Emily Mader.
An RBI single by Kayla Herbst knotted it in the bottom of the sixth and Korrie Herbst followed with a two-run single to give Chequamegon a 4-2 lead entering the seventh inning.
Clinging to a 4-3 lead with the bases juiced, two outs and a full count, Mackenzie Dane blew a strike by the final Stratford batter.
A full-out leaping dive by Korrie Herbst in center field was a game-changer in the fourth inning with the bases full of Stratford runners.
Dane scattered seven hits, walked four and fanned three for the win in the circle. Mader had two doubles for Chequamegon and Korrie Herbst had two singles and two RBI in an eight-hit effort by the Screaming Eagles.
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