Gopher Ball Teams Glutton Feats

It was an eye-catching week for Chatfield’s two ball squads.   Baseball and softball teams and players accomplished a parade of feats.  The baseball team posted back-to-back shut-outs (feat 1) to run its win streak to four (feat two).  Brian Baum’s young squad felled Cotter 10-0 (five innings) behind Max Aug (3-3, 3B, 2 RBI, 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, Win (3-0)), Lincoln Salisbury (1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R), Henry Gathje (2-3, 2B, 2 RBI), and Paul Griffen (2-3, RBI).  Chatfield then shut-out R-P 10-0 in five.  The sophomore Gathje had a high school dream game, going 3 for 3 (2 R) with two home runs (feat 3) and 6 RBI (feat 4) while taking the win (4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K).  Seth Allen (2-3, 2B, RBI, 2 R), Salisbury (1-2, 3B, 2 RBI), and Zach Roline (2-3, 2 R) helped.  Gopher baseball ended the week losing at home in a tight-one to L-A.  Chatfield took its first lead 7-6 in the bottom of the sixth, but watched a fielder’s choice score two runners a ½ inning later.  The Cardinals prevailed 8-7.  Aug (2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 4 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, ND), Roline (1-2, 2 RBI), Austin Storm (2-4, R), and Gathje (1-3, RBI) did damage.  Chatfield is 3-2 (TRC), 5-2 (overall).  Meanwhile, the softball team’s pitching surrendered zero earned runs across 20 innings (feat 8), but still lost a game.  In another big match-up, the #7 in AA Gophers fell to #4 in AA Cotter 1-0 in Winona.  In another battle between Isabel Northrup (7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 13 K, Win) and Lexi Chase (6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, Loss), the Ramblers plated the game’s only (unearned) run in the second inning.  The Gophers then got a no-hitter (feat 5) from Carlie Berge (0 R, 1 BB, 10 K, Win) in beating R-P 12-0 in five.  Chase (3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R), Belle Berg (3-4, HR (2), 2 RBI, R), McKenna Daniels (2-3, HR, RBI, 2 R), Teagan Allen (2-4, 2 RBI, 2 R), and Peyton Berg (1-2, 2B, 2 RBI) led the offense.  At Lewiston, Chase chalked up a couple more feats (6/7), pitching a 9-inning no-hitter (0 R, 2 BB, Win), striking out 20 Cardinal batters.  The Gophers had ten hits, but finally scored (Chase) in the top of the ninth courtesy of a Belle Berg RBI-double.  They prevailed 1-0.  Chase (4-5, R), B. Berg (2-5, two 2Bs, RBI), and Allen (2-5) had multiple hits.  Jerry Chase’s girls are 4-1 (TRC), 5-2 (overall).