North softball goes cold in 5-0 loss to Mooresville

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April 21, 2012

North softball goes cold in 5-0 loss to Mooresville

Craig Pearson The Tribune-Star The Tribune Star Sat Apr 21, 2012, 05:00 AM EDT

TERRE HAUTE — On a cold, miserable evening, Terre Haute North’s softball team could not catch any breaks, falling 5-0 to Mooresville.

The host Patriots (8-3) had been hitting .377 and averaging 10 hits a game.

Coach Jack Kirchner’s team managed just five hits against Mooresville pitcher Taylor Chitwood (3-2).

“We do what we do and we should win some games. But we come out tonight and got five hits,” Kirchner said. “Hat’s off to [Chitwood]. She did all right, but we’re very inconsistent right now.”

North was without sophomore slugger Jazmine Allen, who did not play due to disciplinary reasons. Her absence had an effect on the rest of the team.

“It put some of them down too because they weren’t expecting it,” Kirchner said.

The gloomy evening started that way for the Patriots when Chitwood reached on a Marlee Yeager error to start the game. Tori Wilson smashed a double to right field, and Paige Starling also doubled for the Patriots.

North starting pitcher Laurie LaTourette was pulled for Alisha Ludwig to start the second inning, but Ludwing gave up three straight hits in the sixth, allowing the Pioneers to tack on three more runs.

The North offense also struck out looking three times, including once with a runner in scoring position.

“We’re a team, that, we’re young, we’re still digging and finding what we need to do. [The Pioneers] scored two runs the first inning, and our shoulders went down, we just wasn’t in to the game,” Kirchner said.

Mooresville coach Traci Ball watched her team improve to 4-6 on the season.

“We’ve been fortunate to come down here the last two years and, in ugly weather, pull out a win and play pretty well,” Ball said.

Starling went 3 for 3 for Mooresville, and Allie McKinney had North’s only extra-base hit, a sixth-inning double.

Mooresville 5, TH North 0

Mooresville   ab   r   h   bi   THN   ab   r   h   bi

Chitwood p   4   1   0   0   Yeager ss   3   0   1   0

Cash lf   3   0   0   0   Rittenberg ph   1   0   0   0

Gregory 3b   3   1   2   0   McKinney lf   3   0   1   0

Wilson c   3   2   2   1   LaTrtte p-rf   3   0   0   0

Starling ss   3   1   3   1   Pritchard 1b   3   0   0   0

Shorter 22b   3   0   0   0   Herrick 3b   3   0   1   0

Keller dp   2   0   0   1   Collins 1b   3   0   0   0

Haynes cf   0   0   0   0   Travioli 2b   2   0   1   0

Speedy 1b   3   0   0   0   McBride c   2   0   0   0

Branham rf   3   0   0   0   Sykes ph   1   0   0   0

                   Ludwig rf-p   3   0   1   0

Totals   27   5   7   3       24   0   4   0

Mooresville   200   003   0   —   5

Terre Haute North   000   000   0   —   0

E — Yeager. LOB — M 1, THN 6. 2B — Wilson, Starling, Gregory, McKinney. SB — Starling.

Mooresville

   IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO

Chitwood (W, 3-2)   7   5   0   0   1   7

   IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO

LaTourette (L)   1   2   2   1   0   0

Ludwig   6   5   3   3   0   1

WP – Ludwig 3.

Next – TH North (8-3) plays today at Warren Central and Lawrence North. Mooresville improves to 4-6.

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