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Rachel LeMaster
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Katie Wills
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Hamilton HS |
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Hamilton (OH) |
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Christina Stoffer
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Rachael
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Position: Outfield |
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Ross HS |
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Hamilton (OH) |
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Position: Catcher/Infield |
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Lakota West HS |
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Ashleigh Jackson
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Michelle Breen
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Position: Infield/Outfield/Pitcher |
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Johnson City (TN) |
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Position: Infield/Outfield |
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Springboro (OH) |
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Faith Amrein
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Mollie Berry
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Position: Infield |
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Colerain HS |
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Cincinnati (OH) |
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Position: Outfield
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| Oregon HS |
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Lindsay
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Kristen Bradshaw
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Position: Pitcher |
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Lakota West HS
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West Chester (OH)
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Position: Infield |
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Fairborn (OH) |
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Sydney Doyle
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Allison Cox
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Position: Infield
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Position: Pitcher/1st Base |
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Chillicothe (OH) |
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August 4-12 ASA GOLD
NATIONALS- OKLAHOMA |
In windy Oklahoma City, the Miami Valley Xpress came away
with two pool play victories. Hot and windy seemed to be a
good combination for the Xpress.
The first
game was in Mustang, Oklahoma, against the Kansas City
Peppers. Lindsay Bodeker held them scoreless until the
fourth inning. With bases loaded and two outs the Peppers
came out of the top of the inning with two unearned runs.
Xpress answered back with one run. Christina Stoffer led off
the inning with a single up the middle and scored on Kristen
Bradshaw’s single down the third base line. Allison Cox
replaced Bodeker in the fifth inning and shut the Peppers
down allowing only one hit for the final three innings of
the game. In the bottom of the seventh, Ashleigh Jackson led
off with a line drive through the five-six hole. Katie Wills
sacrificed Jackson to second base. Rachel LeMaster followed
with a single. Next, Michelle Breen advanced the runners and
Molly Berry smacked a hard ground ball to the second baseman
that allowed Jackson to score followed by catcher LeMaster
with the game winning run.
Xpress- 3
Peppers- 2
The temperature and the wind followed the Xpress to the Hall
of Fame Complex for an 8:30 game against the California
Crusiers. Both teams were held scoreless until the Xpress
put some runs on the board in the bottom of the 3rd
inning. Rachel LeMaster, catcher singled up the middle and
was followed by a walk from Christina Stoffer. After a
double steal, Sydney Doyle drove the ball to right center
allowing LeMaster to score and advancing Stoffer to third.
Kristen Bradshaw drove in the second run of the inning when
she hit a high infield grounder that allowed Stoffer to
score. The Cruisers answered back with
three hits and two runs in the fourth. In the sixth, the
Wright State contingences, Bradshaw, Allison Cox and
Ashleigh Jackson stacked up three hits including a one hop,
over the fence, ground rule double by Jackson. The sixth
inning saw more scoring for the Xpress. Four runs on four
hits were recorded, including a successful squeeze play with
Molly Berry on third and Doyle executing the bunt.
Xpress- 7
Cruisers- 2
The Miami Valley Xpress suffered a
tough loss this afternoon against the Corona
Angels-Marty, from California. Errors and questionable
calls seemed to be the order of the day and the team
that had the most came out on top. With two outs
in the top of the first inning, Rachel Shepherd suffered
a broken bat as she reached first base on an infield
error. Kristen Bradshaw followed with a single which
advanced Michelle Breen to second who courtesy ran for
Shepherd. The top of the inning was ended by a base
running error. After shutting down the first three
batters in the bottom of the first, the Xpress again had
opportunities
to make something happen in the top of the second
inning. With a walk of the leadoff batter, poor bunting
and base running errors prevented the Xpress from
putting runs on the board. With two outs in the bottom
of the second inning, the Angels were able to string
together two hits. The first hit was one that made it
through the five-six hole. The second was a shot to
right center field which was misjudged and allowed the
runner to score from first.
In the third and fourth innings,
Xpress was able to get runners on base but unable to
send those runners across the plate. The fifth inning
was one that would have had any fan on the edge of their
seat. Sydney Doyle started off the inning by reaching
first on an error. Christina Stoffer followed with a
single. With two outs Kristen Bradshaw hit a single to
load the bases. On a two-two count, Allison Cox hit a
high hoping ball down the third base line that was fair
in everyone's mind except the one who counted, the home
plate umpire. The Angels ended up retiring Cox to bring
the top of the inning to an end. The Angels were within
striking distance again in the fifth. With a runner on
third, the Angels attempted a squeeze play. Stoffer
pounced on the bunt and quickly flipped the ball to
Shepherd for the tag out at home. The Xpress came up
short in the sixth and again were able to stop the
Angels from scoring in the bottom of the inning.
Lindsay Bodeker fielded a grounder and composedly fired
the ball to Shepherd who once again tagged the runner
before she reached home. With two outs Mollie Berry gave
the Xpress hope by reaching first base on an error. All
hopes were dashed when the Corona Angels were able to
come up with the third out of the final inning.
Xpress- 0 R, 7 H, 3 E
Angels- 1 R, 5 H, 4 E
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It was one
in the afternoon, on a hot and windy day in Oklahoma. However,
the Miami Valley Xpress managed to hit an iceberg. The Xpress
was facing the NW Glacier’s from Washington; both teams were
hoping to keep the dreams of GOLD alive. The game was
scoreless through three innings of play. In the top of the
fourth, the Xpress were able to break the 0-0 tie. Mollie Berry
led off the inning with a single, then stole second. Kristen
Bradshaw singled to get Berry to third. Allison Cox hit a
sacrifice fly to right field to allow Berry to tag-up and
score.
In the
bottom of the fourth, the Glaciers answered; producing a run on
an RBI shot down the third base line. The Xpress was able to
close the inning with minimal damage. The fifth inning showed
promise for the Xpress when Sydney Doyle bounced a high hopper
over the pitchers head. Then, as promised, Christina Stoffer
smacked the ball down the right field line to move Doyle to
third. Unfortunately, these two runners were stranded.
The Captain
lost control of the ship in the bottom of the fifth. The strike
zone changed, and a few errors allowed the Glaciers to break the
1-1 tie. With two outs, the Glacier’s four hitter, drilled a
shot, which re-painting the first-base foul line. The next
batter lofted a ball over the left field fence. The Xpress came
out of the fifth inning down 6-1.
The top of
the sixth inning again held promise for the Xpress. A walk by
Allison Cox was followed by a single in the five-six-hole by
Ashleigh Jackson. The ship started sinking when both runners
were left stranded. Dreams of GOLD were completely dashed when
the Xpress was unable to produce in the top of the seventh.
Xpress – 1
run; 6 hits; 5 errors Glaciers – 6 runs;
9 hits; 0 errors.
 
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