FASTPITCH: Tahoma team evens league record

This season has been a roller coaster ride already for Tahoma’s fastpitch team which is now 3-3 overall and 1-1 in league after a 3-2 win March 27 over Kentrdige.

The Kentridge pitcher got out of bases loaded jams in the third and the fourth innings, but Bears coach Tom Milligan said “we didn’t let her off the hook in the sixth.”

Kiley Dunn led the inning off with a triple, Milligan said, while Shelby Carter followed with an RBI double to the right-center gap.

“Three hitters later, Emily Miller doubled to left to drive in two runs,” Milligan said. “We threw the ball around in the bottom of the sixth and let the Chargers back into the game, but held the one-run lead and won the game.”

Miller went 2-3 from the plate with a pair of doubles while Lisa Maulden was 2-3 with a double and a single and Carter went 2-2 with a single and a double. Sherry Linett, Kaila Wilkinson and Alex Clyatt also added to the hits total for the Bears with a single apiece.

Tahoma pitcher Sammi Jimenez scattered hits and Milligan said she “kept the Kentridge hitters at bay for most of the game.”

The win evened up the Bears league record after they dropped their first league game March 26 to Kentlake 2-0.

Milligan said the Bears couldn’t get their bats going.

“We gave up the two runs in the top of the 1st and could never get anything going offensively,” he said.

Lisa Maulden had the best game offensively for Tahoma going 2 for 3 with a pair of singles and a stolen base.

Jimenez pitched a complete game in the loss and rang up six strike outs while giving up two walks.