by Mari Radtke
The Royals stayed within a run through the 4th inning. Trinity put 3 points on the board in the 2nd inning. The Royals stayed close at the top of the 3rd scoring 2. The host team had a big bottom of the 5th bringing home 4 runners. The Royals fought for a rally in the 7th putting another run on the board but couldn’t keep the rally going. The Royals bowed, 3-7 at Hull.
Maesa Cleveringa pitched for Trinity all 6 of their outfield innings and earned the win. She faced 32 Royals’ batters. She allowed 5 hits and 3 runs with 4 strikeouts.
The Royals fielded a pair of pitchers in the game. Senior Kaleigh Gravenish opened on the mound for the first inning. Junior Isabelle Richardson finished the duty. Richardson faced 26 batters. She allowed 9 hits that they converted to 7 runs. She marked 2 K’s while Gravenish marked 1. The Royals pitching staff gave up no freebies on Tuesday. Errors were the enemy that night.
Scorers Tuesday were Breanna Staab, Gracie Schroeder and Cassie Weiler that night. All three poked doubles.