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Pirates win on Young’s no-hitter
By Cody Hockema, Staff Assistant
Saturday, April 05, 2008 | No comments posted.
Brittney Young threw a no-hitter to lead Marshfield’s softball team to a 2-0 win over visiting Springfield on Friday, the Pirates’ first win of the Midwestern League season.
Young said her pitching has been on all week.
“I felt pretty good on Wednesday and I just carried it over to this game,” she said after her first career no-hitter.
Although his team was on the winning end, Marshfield coach Floyd Montiel was a bit disappointed about the Pirates’ offense.
“We need to get our bats going a little earlier,” said Montiel. “We watched way too many good pitches go by.”
Young’s successful pitching combined with Marshfield’s lack of hits resulted in a scoreless game until the sixth inning.
Jayla Tavernier, who had a home run against Churchill on Wednesday, doubled to start the offense. Brianna George followed with a single and Tavernier scored on a sacrifice fly to right, beating the tag by Springfield catcher Brandi Dunn.
With George still on first, senior Jessica Ott stepped up to the plate and knocked a ball nearly to the fence in center field. The triple brought in George with the game’s final run.
“It’s like our coach said, hitting is contagious,” said Tavernier.
Later in the inning, Ott was out on a close play at the plate, when she was tagged out by Springfield pitcher Hillary Wasson. Montiel was dissatisfied with the call, but the score did not change.
The two runs were enough, though, with Young’s pitching and stellar defense, including three straight outs in the fourth inning when George stopped the ball at shortstop and fired to Kayla Lyche at first.
Montiel hopes his team will get more aggressive at the plate in next Monday’s game where the Pirates face off against Willamette at 5 p.m.
“We can’t be waiting until the sixth inning to start getting hits,” he said.
Pirates rally for baseball win
Marshfield scored 14 runs in the seventh inning to rally for a 14-5 win over host Springfield on Friday.
The Millers walked nine batters in the final inning while hitting two.
“Their walks killed them,” said Marshfield coach Quintin Hall. “But they made us take pitches and we had a good eye.
“The biggest difference was a great pitching performance from (Geoff) Van Pulliam, and Adam Reed came in after Geoff and got three outs right away.”
VanPulliam pitched the first six innings for the Pirates, limiting the Millers to five hits.
Marshfield’s Justin Riddle went 2-for-4 with three RBIs.
“Justin Riddle is a junior that has really stepped it up, he’s been hitting like crazy,” said Hall.
Cody Slack, who was absent from last Wednesday’s game against Churchill, was also 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Adam Reed and Levi Meline each had a double for Marshfield. In addition, Meline had two RBIs.Brittney Young threw a no-hitter to lead Marshfield’s softball team to a 2-0 win over visiting Springfield on Friday, the Pirates’ first win of the Midwestern League season.
Young said her pitching has been on all week.
“I felt pretty good on Wednesday and I just carried it over to this game,” she said after her first career no-hitter.
Although his team was on the winning end, Marshfield coach Floyd Montiel was a bit disappointed about the Pirates’ offense.
“We need to get our bats going a little earlier,” said Montiel. “We watched way too many good pitches go by.”
Young’s successful pitching combined with Marshfield’s lack of hits resulted in a scoreless game until the sixth inning.
Jayla Tavernier, who had a home run against Churchill on Wednesday, doubled to start the offense. Brianna George followed with a single and Tavernier scored on a sacrifice fly to right, beating the tag by Springfield catcher Brandi Dunn.
With George still on first, senior Jessica Ott stepped up to the plate and knocked a ball nearly to the fence in center field. The triple brought in George with the game’s final run.
“It’s like our coach said, hitting is contagious,” said Tavernier.
Later in the inning, Ott was out on a close play at the plate, when she was tagged out by Springfield pitcher Hillary Wasson. Montiel was dissatisfied with the call, but the score did not change.
The two runs were enough, though, with Young’s pitching and stellar defense, including three straight outs in the fourth inning when George stopped the ball at shortstop and fired to Kayla Lyche at first.
Montiel hopes his team will get more aggressive at the plate in next Monday’s game where the Pirates face off against Willamette at 5 p.m.
“We can’t be waiting until the sixth inning to start getting hits,” he said.
Pirates rally for baseball win
Marshfield scored 14 runs in the seventh inning to rally for a 14-5 win over host Springfield on Friday.
The Millers walked nine batters in the final inning while hitting two.
“Their walks killed them,” said Marshfield coach Quintin Hall. “But they made us take pitches and we had a good eye.
“The biggest difference was a great pitching performance from (Geoff) Van Pulliam, and Adam Reed came in after Geoff and got three outs right away.”
VanPulliam pitched the first six innings for the Pirates, limiting the Millers to five hits.
Marshfield’s Justin Riddle went 2-for-4 with three RBIs.
“Justin Riddle is a junior that has really stepped it up, he’s been hitting like crazy,” said Hall.
Cody Slack, who was absent from last Wednesday’s game against Churchill, was also 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Adam Reed and Levi Meline each had a double for Marshfield. In addition, Meline had two RBIs.
Young said her pitching has been on all week.
“I felt pretty good on Wednesday and I just carried it over to this game,” she said after her first career no-hitter.
Although his team was on the winning end, Marshfield coach Floyd Montiel was a bit disappointed about the Pirates’ offense.
“We need to get our bats going a little earlier,” said Montiel. “We watched way too many good pitches go by.”
Young’s successful pitching combined with Marshfield’s lack of hits resulted in a scoreless game until the sixth inning.
Jayla Tavernier, who had a home run against Churchill on Wednesday, doubled to start the offense. Brianna George followed with a single and Tavernier scored on a sacrifice fly to right, beating the tag by Springfield catcher Brandi Dunn.
With George still on first, senior Jessica Ott stepped up to the plate and knocked a ball nearly to the fence in center field. The triple brought in George with the game’s final run.
“It’s like our coach said, hitting is contagious,” said Tavernier.
Later in the inning, Ott was out on a close play at the plate, when she was tagged out by Springfield pitcher Hillary Wasson. Montiel was dissatisfied with the call, but the score did not change.
The two runs were enough, though, with Young’s pitching and stellar defense, including three straight outs in the fourth inning when George stopped the ball at shortstop and fired to Kayla Lyche at first.
Montiel hopes his team will get more aggressive at the plate in next Monday’s game where the Pirates face off against Willamette at 5 p.m.
“We can’t be waiting until the sixth inning to start getting hits,” he said.
Pirates rally for baseball win
Marshfield scored 14 runs in the seventh inning to rally for a 14-5 win over host Springfield on Friday.
The Millers walked nine batters in the final inning while hitting two.
“Their walks killed them,” said Marshfield coach Quintin Hall. “But they made us take pitches and we had a good eye.
“The biggest difference was a great pitching performance from (Geoff) Van Pulliam, and Adam Reed came in after Geoff and got three outs right away.”
VanPulliam pitched the first six innings for the Pirates, limiting the Millers to five hits.
Marshfield’s Justin Riddle went 2-for-4 with three RBIs.
“Justin Riddle is a junior that has really stepped it up, he’s been hitting like crazy,” said Hall.
Cody Slack, who was absent from last Wednesday’s game against Churchill, was also 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Adam Reed and Levi Meline each had a double for Marshfield. In addition, Meline had two RBIs.Brittney Young threw a no-hitter to lead Marshfield’s softball team to a 2-0 win over visiting Springfield on Friday, the Pirates’ first win of the Midwestern League season.
Young said her pitching has been on all week.
“I felt pretty good on Wednesday and I just carried it over to this game,” she said after her first career no-hitter.
Although his team was on the winning end, Marshfield coach Floyd Montiel was a bit disappointed about the Pirates’ offense.
“We need to get our bats going a little earlier,” said Montiel. “We watched way too many good pitches go by.”
Young’s successful pitching combined with Marshfield’s lack of hits resulted in a scoreless game until the sixth inning.
Jayla Tavernier, who had a home run against Churchill on Wednesday, doubled to start the offense. Brianna George followed with a single and Tavernier scored on a sacrifice fly to right, beating the tag by Springfield catcher Brandi Dunn.
With George still on first, senior Jessica Ott stepped up to the plate and knocked a ball nearly to the fence in center field. The triple brought in George with the game’s final run.
“It’s like our coach said, hitting is contagious,” said Tavernier.
Later in the inning, Ott was out on a close play at the plate, when she was tagged out by Springfield pitcher Hillary Wasson. Montiel was dissatisfied with the call, but the score did not change.
The two runs were enough, though, with Young’s pitching and stellar defense, including three straight outs in the fourth inning when George stopped the ball at shortstop and fired to Kayla Lyche at first.
Montiel hopes his team will get more aggressive at the plate in next Monday’s game where the Pirates face off against Willamette at 5 p.m.
“We can’t be waiting until the sixth inning to start getting hits,” he said.
Pirates rally for baseball win
Marshfield scored 14 runs in the seventh inning to rally for a 14-5 win over host Springfield on Friday.
The Millers walked nine batters in the final inning while hitting two.
“Their walks killed them,” said Marshfield coach Quintin Hall. “But they made us take pitches and we had a good eye.
“The biggest difference was a great pitching performance from (Geoff) Van Pulliam, and Adam Reed came in after Geoff and got three outs right away.”
VanPulliam pitched the first six innings for the Pirates, limiting the Millers to five hits.
Marshfield’s Justin Riddle went 2-for-4 with three RBIs.
“Justin Riddle is a junior that has really stepped it up, he’s been hitting like crazy,” said Hall.
Cody Slack, who was absent from last Wednesday’s game against Churchill, was also 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Adam Reed and Levi Meline each had a double for Marshfield. In addition, Meline had two RBIs.
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