KALONA — The Tipton softball team has started the 2020 season on fire, winning three of their first four games. The Tigers traveled to Mid-Prairie last Thursday and picked up their second RVC win in as many tries, beating Mid-Prairie 2-1. Tipton senior Morgan Wendel won her third game this season and improved to 3-0 keeping the Golden Hawks off balanced at the plate. Wendel struck out seven and walked one batter in seven innings of work.
The Tigers scored both of their runs in the first inning. Tipton sent five batters to the plate and pushed two runs home. Britney Ford walked, stole second and went to second on a fielder’s choice. She scored on an RBI single by Avary Calonder. Calonder would come in to score on a double by Kamryn Chapman to give THS a 2-0 lead. Mid-Prairie scored their run in the bottom of the fourth. Tipton would survive the Golden Hawks seventh inning where they had the tying run reach third base.
Tipton had six hits in the game and had two players with multi-hit games. The Tigers were led by Avary Calonder and Delaney Fitch who were each 2-for-3 at the plate. Calonder had two singles, an RBI and scored a run. Fitch had two singles. Also registering hits were Birtney Ford and Kamryn Chapman.
Abbi Patterson, Jaselyn Robertson, and Lanie Bowlin had the hits for Mid-Prairie. Myah Lugar took the loss after working seven innings. Lugar struck out nine, walked one and gave up two Tipton runs on six hits.
Tigers Split With Davenport Central To Improve To 2-1
DAVENPORT — Two days after picking their season opening win, the Tipton softball improved to 2-1 after splitting a varsity doubleheader at Davenport Central. The Tigers won game one 6-5 in nine innings, but fell 13-1 in the second game. Tipton improved to 2-1 with the victory.
In game one, Tipton senior Morgan Wendel improved to 2-0 on the year after getting the win. Wendel pitched all nine innings and gave up five runs, two earned, on six hits. She struck out 11 batters and walked two.
Tipton trailed 3-0 after the fifth inning of the game. In the top of the sixth, Tipton’s bats came alive with two outs. Britney Ford singled and stole second base. Ford scored on an Avary Calonder RBI single. Calonder stole second base and advanced to third on a Kamryn Chapman single. With runners on the corners, Chapman stole second, and on the play the Davenport Central shortstop made an error allowing Calonder to score the Tigers second run, and cut the Blue Devil lead to 3-2. Grace Nichols stepped up and smacked a hard line-drive to center field scoring Champman to tie the game at 3-3. The Tigers let a prime scoring chance slip through their hands in the top of the 7th. Madison Burmeister drew a one-out walk and a pinch-hit double by Madelyn Ham sent Burmeister to third giving the Tigers two runners in scoring position. Davenport Central recovered, getting the Tigers Sydney Barton and Britney Ford out in consecutive at-bats to end the inning.
Davenport Central also let a chance to win the game slip through their hands in the bottom of the seventh. DC advanced their first batter of the inning to third base with no outs. The Tigers didn’t flinch, and got the next three batters out in order to end the threat and send the game to extra innings. Tipton got a runner to second base in the top of the eighth but came away with no runs. The Tigers would not make the same mistake in the top of the ninth, scoring three runs to take a 6-3 lead. Three consecutive hits from the 8-9-1 batters of Delaney Fitch, Madelyn Ham, and Sydney Barton produced the go-ahead run and put two runners in scoring position. Fitch and Ham opened the inning with back-to-back doubles with Ham getting the RBI. Ham and then Barton, would later score to give the Tigers a three-run lead. Morgan Wendel had a bumpy bottom of the ninth, facing seven batters and giving up two earned runs to set the score at 6-5 Tigers, but Wendel calmly retired the Blue Devils 1-2 batters for the second and final outs to close out the win.
The Tiger offense produced 11 hits in the game. Tipton had four extra base hits in the game. Madelyn
Ham collected a pair of doubles while Wendel and Delaney Fitch each had doubles. The Tigers
had three multi-hit players in the game as Kamryn Chapman, Grace Nichols, and Madelyn Ham each had two hits in the game. Avary Calonder led four THS players with a run driven in with two RBI’s. Ham, Nichols, and Britney Ford each had a RBI in the game. Other THS hits came from Sydney Barton, Ford, Calonder, Wendel, and Fitch.
In game two, Central evened the doubleheader, beating the Tigers 13-1 in a game that ended early due to the 10-run mercy rule. The Tigers had a season low hit total through three games of the season in the game with three. Avary Calonder, Britney Ford, and Grace Nichols each had hits. Kamryn Chapman drove in the Tigers only run. Chapman was leading the RVC in RBI’s with four through the first three nights of the season.
Delaney Fitch took the loss in her first start of the season. Davenport Central scored ten runs in the one-inning Fitch worked. Ashlyn Curry finished up the game in relief and struck out two batters and gave up three runs.
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