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Show i 9 4 i f ' : " ' - " " . ..... - - ' I " " . -. 'I - - " 7 ' 1 f 1 ,. - & i '. i ' : . , ; w, . . .. s THE RUNNER, Lisa Hatch, arrives safely at first base and the throw is wide of the bag and a leaping Natalie Goodwin " " .. , ! -t , . 1 t of Graco can't come up with the soft bail. Graco beat Lapoint and is in first place in the Bronco League at 6-0. Graco fleam f humps lapoinv, 17-9 in Bronco League softball warfare Tonya Schulz belted out three soft-balls soft-balls for home runs to guide the Graco team to a 17 to 9 win over Lapoint, Thursday in Vernal. Lisa Smuin singled singl-ed in the top of the first inning and scored on a double by Natalie Goodwin to give Graco a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Goodwin scored a few minutes later. Kim Kraft gained a bunt and scored to give Graco a 3-0 advantage. ad-vantage. A homer by Schulz presented a 4-0 lead to Graco. Sherry Smuin and Natalie Powell singled, but Smuin was tagged out at home plate for the second out. Don- DONNETTE WOOD connects with the softball and watches the journey of the white object. nette Wood was walked, but Brandi Staley grounded out for the final out in the inning. Lapoint scored two runs in the bottom bot-tom of the first inning to cut the Graco lead to two runs at 4-2. Crystal Johnson's base hit bounced off a fielder's glove for a double and scored on a single by Susan Rasmussen, which also bounced off a glove. Rasmussen scored to make the score 4 to 2 in favor of Graco. Janelle Bascom was walked with one out, but Nichole Carlson died out and Bascom was caught off third base for a doubleplay. . Four runs were scored by Graco in the top of the second inning for an 8-2 lead. Tiffaney Haslem was walked. She stole second and crossed home plate. Lisa Smuin singled and scored on a single by Goodwin for a 6-2 lead. Schulz gained her second homer of the game for a 7-2 lead. Sherry Smuin and Nicky Fisher were walked and Smuin scored on a wild pitch to increase Graco's lead to six runs at 8 to 2. Powell grounded out to end the inning. Lapoint scored one run in the bottom of the second inning to cut the Graco lead to five runs at 8-3. An error placed plac-ed Lisa Hatch on second base and a steal moved her to third base. Jeanette Huber was walked with one out and scored on a ground ball by Cassy Harrison. Har-rison. Christy McLean was walked, but was stranded as Wood caught Crystal Johnson's fly ball. Wood led off with a single in the top of the third inning for the Graco team and stole second and third base. Staley was walked, but Haslem committed the first out and Smuin flied out and Wood was doubled off third base. Lapoint reduced Graco's lead to four runs at 8-4 when they scored one run ; I : I , V.' i -'':' 1 . THE SOFTBALL pets tossed toward a batter bat-ter by Stacie Searle of Pmkham. Days alter the picture was taken Searle broke her foot. in the bottom of the third inning. Rasmussen was called out for being . out of the batter's box and Bascom was walked with one out. Carlson singled in Bascom for La point's fourth run. Graco increased its advantage to nine runs at 13-4 with five counters in the top of the fourth inning. Goodwin and Schulz singled and moved to second se-cond and third on a double steal. Sherry Smuin singled in Goodwin and Schulz for a 10-1 lead. Smuin scored on a two run homer by Fisher to make the score 12 to 4 in favor of Graco. Powell grounded out and Wood singled. Kris-ty Kris-ty Weeks was walked and a wild pitch scored Wood with Graco's Kith run. Four counters were scored by Graco in the top of the fifth inning for a 17-9 lead. Lisa Smuin netted a double on errors er-rors and Goodwin drove in Smuin due to a single. Kraft was walked and Schulz gained her third homer of the game on a mighty three-run shot to send Goodwin and Kraft home. Fisher and Powell singled with one out. However, Staley flied out and the runner run-ner at first base didn't tag up and was forced out at first. Uipoint had a shot at runs going in the bottom of the fifth inning, but they were dished out a big serving dish of bad luck stew. Jennifer Johnson, Huber and Harrison were walked to load up the bases. McLean struck out. but darted to first base and the coach told the runner at third to go home. The runner was tagged out at home place for the second out. Rasmussen stuck out for the final out. I i I I j ? I t ' y " , GRACO SOFTBALLER, Sherry Smuin swings at the softb: and sends it on a bouncing mission. y - - ; . ! I i - t TONYA SCHULZ of Graco rips the softball and sends it orbit. Schulz connected for three homers in a Graco win Lapoint Thursday. |
