Dual Gopher One-Hitters

It’s rare that softball and baseball pitchers from the same school throw one-hit shut-outs the same night.  Chatfield’s Lexi Chase and Jake Mandt performed the feat, making of mockery of L-A’s hitting.  Chase was Chase in tossing her fifth shut-out of the season (6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 14 K, Win).  She moved to 8-0 (92 K, 2 BB, .149 ERA).  Belle Berg hit her fourth home run (2-4, 2 RBI, 2 R).  Britney Fretland (3-4, 2 RBI, R), Shelby Isensee (2-4, 2B, 2 RBI), Peyton Berg (2-3, R), and Teagan Allen (1-3, 3B, 3 RBI, R) helped offensively.  The Gophers broke open a 1-0 game with a 9-run sixth for a 10-0 win (six innings).  The win capped a 3-0 week.  Chatfield (#6 in AA, 12-1) leads D-E (11-3, 11-4) in the TRC West.  On the baseball diamond, Jake Mandt shut down L-A’s hitters (7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 6 BB, 8 K, Win, 2-3, R).  Max Aug (3-4, 2B, RBI, R), Robert Crouch (2-4, 2 RBI), and Bennett Gathje (2-4, R) provided the “O” in a 3-0 Gopher win.  The win capped a 3-1 Chatfield baseball week.  The Gophers improved to 6-7-1.