Ogilvie Falls to Mille Lacs and Rush City in Conference Matchups

Ogilvie played two games in Rush City yesterday. With forecasted rain all day Thursday, game were moved around to ensure all conference games were finished for the season.

The Lions lost their first game of the day to Mille Lacs 11-1.

Much like their first game the Tigers defense played well and their offense was able to score in the 1st inning to take a 1-0 lead. But sadly, their offense was quiet for some time. This allowed Ogilvie to start to find some momentum. In the 4th, the Lions would get a small 2 out rally going starting with a Lydia MacieJ triple. With Ali Beck at the plate, they were destined to tie. The Lions would tie the game at 1 but not with a hit, a rare mistake by the Tigers defense allowed MacieJ to force an error and she glided across home plate. Beck would reach on a base hit but was thrown out trying to steal 2nd. But now the Lions had new life and a chance to carry momentum into the next inning. They weren't able to muster a hit and it was back to defense. The 5th inning seemed like the Tigers had something to prove. They scored 7 runs on 6 hits while also forcing an error, they collected three RBI doubles as part of the explosive inning taking a now 8-1 leading into the 6th. Their defense once again held the Lions off the board. Their offense looked to copy and paste the 5th in the 6th. They lead off with a double and after the next batter struck out, Addisyn Antonson helped add onto the lead with an RBI groundout to extend their lead 9-1 ending the 6th.

The Lions refused to go away quietly, with one out in the 7th, they were able to score two runs on passed balls and looked like they could start a comeback. After a strikeout those hopes were dampened but not completely. A hit by pitch put runners on the corners and a chance to cut the lead down to 5. But the Tiger pitcher Natalie Rood was able to strikeout the final batter to preserve the victory 9-3.

While Braham did beat Hinckley-Finlayson, Rush City are the Great River Conference Champions due to one more conference win than Braham.

Pitching

Rush City:

Kendal Pillar 5 innings, 2 hits, 1 run, 1 walk, 8 K's

Natalie Rood 2 innings, 1 hit, 2 runs, 2 walks, 6 K's

Ogilvie:

Josie Bitz 6 innings, 8 hits, 9 runs, 6 walks, 5 K's