The Fastpitch Chronicle

Poynette hosted Menasha and Spencer in a three-team round robin today at Diamond of Champions in Poynette.

The Pumas took on Menasha in the day’s first game and came away with a 13-3 win as Mattie Bredson scattered six hits, walked one and fanned two while allowing three unearned runs.  This the day after throwing a three at Marshall.

The Pumas scored three in thebottom of the second when the the lower four hitters came up big after there were two outs and nobody aboard. Bredeson reached first on a hard-hit ball to shortstop that gobbled up the fielder a bit and forced her to throw errantly to first where Bredeson was safe and went to second on the bounce off the sideline fence. Allison Tomlinson drew a two-out base on balls as did Mya Knuteson to load the bases. Makayla Sorge then a high-towering blast just to the centerfield side of the scoreboard in the leftfield power alley that the wind knocked down. It was high enough to cause the centerfielder to miss it as it came down while on the dead run. All three Pumas’ runners scored on the blast.

The Pumas added a pair of tallies in the third when Haley Radewan led off with a double off the fence in rightcenter, again into the teeth of a stiff wind. Brooke Dredske moved her along with sacrifice bunt before sophomore utility player Ashley Hellenbrand beat that stiff wind with a line drive that cleared the fence in dead centerfield for a 5-0 lead. In the Pumas fourth Knuteson singledf with opnme down and Sorge followed with a single to left. Knuteson scored on a fielder’s choice up the middle off the bat of Maegan Brookins that retired Sorge at second base.

Menasha scored three unearned runs in the top of the fifth after Williams and Ayanna Priestly both singled . Bredeson coaxed a routine roller out of Madeline Brown that rolled under the glove of Brookins playing second base and when Katelyn Sell followed with a single Brown scored the third run.

 In the Pumas’ fifth inning Hellenbrand coaxed a base on balls out of Bella Williams in relief of Loren Ludrison and Paige Doherty followed with as single and both runners scored when Bredeson helped her own cause with a triple off the fence in rightcenter. She then scored on a fielder’s choice from Tomlinson.

The Pumas’ recorded an “answer back inning” when Hellenbrand and Doherty had back-to-back walks and Bredeson helped herself again, this time with a single to center that plated two. She scored on Heather Kimberley’s single to left for the 13 run that ended the game.

All in all the Pumas collected 13 runs on nine hits, struck out just twice while drawing four walks.

The win boosted the Poynette record to 6-0 on the season.
 

Menasha             000 030   3  6  2
Poynette             032 233    13 9 2
WP: Mattie Bredeson (6-6-0-1-12)
LP: Loren Ludrison (4-4-2-2-2), Williams (1 1/3- 6-3-0)
Leading Hitters: Menasha; Bella Williams 2x4; Ayanna Priestly 2x3,
Leading Hitters: Poynette; Mya Knuteson 2x4, Mattie Bredeson 2x4, triple;
double by Haley Radewan; Home Run by Ashley Hellenbrand

In the second game Menasha outlasted a spunky Spencer club 4-3.

In the late game Poynette beat Spencer8-4 with a big inning in the top of thef irst. The Pumas, after a leadoff flyball to center saw Radewan triple and score on an infield single by Dredske who advanced to second on a late overthrow at first. Dredske moved to third on a ball booted at shortstop that also allowed Hellenbrand to reach first base safely and she abruptly stole second to put runners on two and three. Bredeson helped herself again with a double to righcenter and when Doherty singled down the rightfield line Bredeson scored the fourth run.

The Pumas scord three more in the second inning when Sorge led off with a sharp single up the middle and stole second base. Brookins lined a ball into  center that plated Sorge and then stole second base and made it to third on a passed ball and later scored on a wild pitch on strike three.

Spencer pitcher, sophomore Tiffany Meinders settled in and held off the Pumas’ bats until the sixth when Poynette got one runon a triple to dead rightfield on a ball that rolled into the corner of the field. She scored on a sacrifice fly to left by Hellenbrand.

The Rockets had scored one in the third when the number nine batter, Miranda Jackson tripled to the fence in rightcenter and scored on an rbi single by Cinnamin Harwood. Spencer added another run int eh ffith and two in the sixth to make the final score 8-4.

Bredeson got the win while Hellenbrand and freshman Casey Fountain finished out the work in the fifth through seventh for Poynette. Hellenbrand allowed three runs while Fountain short the door with the runners on two and three in the sixth and recorded a 1-2-3 inning in the seventh to end it. Poynette now sits at 7-0 and 2-0 in conference action.
 

Poynette             430 001 0              8 13 0
Spencer               001 012 0              4   8  3
WP Mattie Bredeson (4-1-1-7)
LP: Tiffany Meinders (7-4-5-6)
Leading Hitters Poynette: Brookins 2x5, Dredske 2x3, Bredeson 2x4,Sorge 2x4
Exrta Base hits Poynette: Brookins double; Radewan triple
Leading Hitters Spencer: Coourtney Buss 2x4; Cinnamin Harwood 2x4, Tiffany Meinders 2x3, Miranda Jackson 2x3
Extra Base Hits Spencer: Buss double, Meinders double, Jackson triple