Aleah Williamson (top) 3-4, 3B, R
(photos by Jim Lindquist)
Farmington rapped a season-high 10 hits but couldn't come up with the big one with runners in scoring position in a 4-3 Missota Conference loss to Chanhassen Monday, Apr. 25 at Tiger Field.
The Storm broke a 3-3 tie with the deciding run in the top of the seventh to run its record to 3-2. The loss dropped the Tigers to 2-2.
After Chanhassen scored a run in its first at-bat, a triple by Aleah Williamson and a single by Alyssa Kalmes tied the count in the bottom of the inning.
Singles by Williamson, Taylor Yousse and Kalmes put the home team ahead in the second before the Storm re-took the lead with a two-run third.
The Tigers added a little drama in the home half of the fifth when pitcher Ashley Betzold singled, moved up on Dani Muelken's sacrifice bunt and a ground out by Alyssa Hagen and then scored the tying run on Allie Rice's perfectly executed suicide squeeze bunt..
Leadoff hitter Williamson had a big day at the plate for the Tigers with three hits in four plate appearances. Kalmes went 2-4 with a pair of runs batted in. Betzold, who gave up 11 hits and absorbed the pitching loss, also had a pair of hits for Farmington.
"I know we could have and should have won this game," Tiger coach Rob Laden said. "It just shows we have to keep improving and making adjustments to our game. We need to get better defensively and we have to stop popping the ball up so much."
Monday's game was designated Farmington Youth Softball Night with 93 future Tiger hopefuls and their families in attendance.
"It was a great night, except we didn't capture the win," Laden said.
