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Lady Vandals win final alumni battle

VANDALIA – Having only eight players for each team last Thursday didn’t stop the Lady Vandals and the softball alumni from contesting their final doubleheader of the summer.

High school coach Brian Buscher played left field for the Lady Vandals, and Rich Well filled in defensively as needed for the alumni as the Lady Vandals secured 10-6 and 11-8 wins.

Eight errors by the alumni in game one helped push the Lady Vandals to victory, as they collected just four hits – including two by Kadi Metzger and an RBI double by Taylor Well.

Well scored three times, and Lindsay Dagen was 1-for-3, with two runs. Jessica Sullens secured the game-winning RBI with a fielder’s choice in the bottom of the second.

Scoring summary

Top 1st
•Jeni Boyd reaches on a fielding error; Amanda Walton scores, 0-1
•Amy Walton hits a sacrifice fly to center; Boyd scores, 0-2

Bottom 1st
•Taylor Well doubles to center; Brandy Protz scores, 1-2
•Katie Wagner reaches on a fielding error; Well and Kadi Metzger score, 3-2

Bottom 2nd
•Well reaches on an error; Jessica Sullens scored, 4-2
•Well scores on a fielding error, 5-2
•Lindsay Dagen hits into a fielder’s choice; Metzger scores, 6-2
•Wagner hit by a pitch; Dagen scores, 7-2

Top 3rd
•Whitney Schaal walks; Hannah Edgar scores, 7-3

Bottom 3rd
•Well scores on a fielding error, 8-3
•Dagen scores on a fielding error, 9-3
•Sarah Bigelow scores on a fielding error, 10-3

Top 4th
•Amanda Walton doubles to center; Caitlin Alverson scores, 10-4
•Boyd doubles to right-center; Amanda Walton scores, 10-5
•Edgar singles to left; Boyd scores, 10-6

Vandalia 10
Alumni 6
A: 2-0-1-3—6-7-8
V: 3-4-3-X—10-4-2
WP: Protz; 4 IP, 0 K
LP: Childers; 3 IP, 3 K
Lady Vandals: Metzger, 2-for-3, 2 runs, SB; Well, 1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 runs; Dagen, 1-for-3, 2 runs; Sullens, RBI, run, SB, BB; Wagner, 2 RBI, HBP; Bigelow, run, SB, BB; Protz, run.
Alumni: Boyd, 2-for-3, 2B, RBI, 2 runs; Amanda Walton, 1-for-2, 2B, RBI, 2 runs, SB, BB; Edgar, 1-for-2, RBI, run, BB; Alverson, 1-for-2, run, SB; Paige Ehrat, 1-for-2, SB, sac bunt; Schaal, 1-for-2, RBI, BB; Amy Walton, RBI, sac fly.

Paige Ehrat (left) just misses tagging out Sarah Bigelow in the third inning during an alumni softball game last Thursday.

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