The offensive struggles continued for Ketchikan High School on Thursday at home in a shutout loss to Juneau-Douglas High School.<\/p>\n
A triple by Kayhi senior Leesa Murphy and two two-out singles by fellow seniors Kayla Schaffer and Kaylee Smith were the only blemishes on Juneau-Douglas pitcher Quincy Bates\u2019 pitching stat line. Two-thirds of the 21 outs recorded in the Crimson Bears\u2019 7-0 win came by strikeout or groundout.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn these past couple of games, we\u2019ve been having the same kind of problem,\u201d Kayhi senior Kaileigh Krosse said. \u201cThere is this trepidation that is leading up to it. We all know we have success when we hit the ball on the ground, it\u2019s just a matter of finding the holes and starting to figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bates struck out six batters in her complete-game shutout.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer drop ball was working pretty good tonight,\u201d Juneau-Douglas head coach Dave Massey said of Bates.<\/p>\n
The Lady Kings have been outscored 20-3 and outhit 22-11 in three conference games with the Crimson Bears this season.<\/p>\n
Murphy, the Kings\u2019 starting pitcher, kept the Juneau-Douglas bats quiet through the first two innings, striking out three batters and allowing no hits.<\/p>\n
A two-RBI double by Morgan Balovich and an error by Smith led to three runs for Juneau-Douglas in the top of the third. Two walks and a hit batter came before the RBI double.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were able to keep their big sticks quiet tonight but they had kids step up,\u201d Kayhi head coach Scott Smith said. \u201cThey hit the ball where we weren\u2019t and a majority of those runs were put on by walks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Balovich hit a double, a single and had two RBI to lead the Juneau-Douglas offense. Leadoff hitter Sami Good drew two walks, hit one single and scored two runs.<\/p>\n
Two well-placed singles by Juneau-Douglas\u2019 Abby Meiners and Bates drove in two more runs in the sixth and a fielder\u2019s choice put the seventh run on the board for the Lady Crimson Bears.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of them were maybe a little lucky,\u201d Massey said. \u201cSometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn\u2019t. You just have to take the good along with the bad.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe game as a way of snowballing on you,\u201d Kayhi coach Smith said. \u201cSometimes a lot of things go your way at once when you\u2019re playing well and it went their way tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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