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Pirates remain unbeaten
The Prairie Lady Pirates softball team remained undefeated after sweeping a pair of doubleheaders this past week. On Saturday, April 29 they beat Troy 13-10 and 19-9. On Monday May 1 they finally were able to play Kamiah and won 20-1 and 23-4 at Kamiah. The won the first game 13-10 and won the second game 19-9. 
The first game was a back and forth affair with both offenses dominating play. Troy used a walk, error and single to score a run in the opening inning. Prairie came back in their half with 3 runs on just 2 hits. Kylie Tidwell reached on an error to lead off the inning. Faith Uhlenkott was hit by a pitch and a passed ball advanced both runners. Tidwell scored on a sacrifice fly to left by Sarah Ross. Uhlenkott scored on a single to right by Sam Remacle. Remacle then scored on a single to left by Leah Higgins to make it 3-1. Troy came right back to reclaim the lead in the second with 3 runs of their own on 2 walks and 2 singles. The lead didn’t last long though as Prairie batted around for the second straight inning. Kylie Tidwell led off with a walk and Uhlenkott followed with a double to left. Both runners scored on a double to left by Ross. After moving to third on a wild pitch, Ross scored on a single up the middle by Remacle. Remacle got forced at second by Sydney Bruner. Higgins walked and Josie Peery was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Kodie Tidwell grounded out to score Bruner and Higgins then scored from third on a wild pitch to make it 8-4. Troy cut the lead to 1 with 3 runs in the third on 1 hit and 2 hit batters. Prairie pushed the lead back to 3 with 2 runs in the bottom of the third. Kylie Tidwell led off with a walk and scored on Uhlenkott’s triple to the left field corner. Uhlenkott then scored on a groundout by Ross. Uhlenkott was able to shut down Troy in the fourth and fifth innings with a pair of great defensive plays helping out in the fifth. First Ross ran down a well-hit ball that appeared headed for the fence in left center and on the next batter Uhlenkott snagged a line drive hit right back at her to end the inning. Prairie meanwhile scored 1 in the fourth as Josie Peery was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on Kodie Tidwell’s single up the middle. To that point Peery had been at the plate 3 times, had faced 3 pitches and been hit by all 3. In the fifth Prairie made it a 13-7 lead with 2 more runs. Uhlenkott led off with a single to right and scored on a double to the fence in left by Ross. Ross advanced to third on a wild pitch and then scored on another one. Troy got back within 3 runs with a 3-run sixth thanks to 4 singles and a runner reaching first on a passed ball on a swinging strike 3. Prairie didn’t score in their half of the sixth and took a 13-10 lead into the seventh. Shortstop Kylie Tidwell made a great running catch of a short fly ball to start the inning. The next batter swung at a 3-0 pitch and grounded out to Peery at third. The next batter grounded out to Tidwell at short to end the game. Prairie wound up with 10 hits. Uhlenkott was a homerun short of a cycle as she had a single, double and a triple with an RBI and scored 4 times. Ross had a pair of doubles and 5 RBI.Remacle had a pair of singles and 2 RBI. Higgins, Peery and Kodie Tidwell each added a single with Tidwell having a pair of RBI and Higgins 1 RBI. Uhlenkott allowed 10 runs on 10 hits with 4 walks, 3 hit batsmen and 3 strikeouts. She had no walks or hit batsmen after the third inning. In the second game Prairie scored twice in the top of the first as Uhlenkott was hit by a pitch and Ross singled. Ross advanced to second on the play when the throw went to third. Both runners scored on Remacle’s single up the middle. Troy answered with 2 runs of their own on 2 hits and an error.  Each
team also scored 2 runs in the second. Peery drew a walk to lead off the
inning and Kodie Tidwell beat out an infield single. Peery scored on Kylie
Tidwell’s single to right and Kodie scored on Uhlenkott’s sacrifice fly
to right.
Troy scored their 2 runs on 2 singles, 2 walks and an error. They had the bases loaded with 1 out but back to back pop flies to short got Prairie out of the inning. Prairie scored 1 in the third as Remacle led off with an infield single. She went to second on a wild pitch and scored on Higgins’ single to left. Troy didn’t score in the bottom of the third but neither did Prairie in the fourth and Troy was able to tie it again in the bottom of the fourth on a single and an error. In the fifth Remacle led off with a double to left, advanced to third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch for a 6-5 Prairie lead. Uhlenkott shut out Troy in the bottom of the fifth and Prairie took a 1-run lead into the top of the sixth. Things fell apart for Troy in the sixth. Kodie Tidwell started the inning by reaching on an error and then stole second. Noelle Uhlenkott scored Tidwell with a single up the middle. At that point Troy’s pitcher seemed to run out of gas as she walked the Kylie Tidwell and Faith Uhlenkott with Noelle advancing to third on a wild pitch to Tidwell and scoring on a wild pitch to her sister Faith. Ross then doubled home both remaining baserunners. Remacle was hit by a pitch and another wild pitch advanced both runners. Bruner then singled to left to score both baserunners. At this point there was 6 runs scored and still no one out. Bruner was then forced at second for the first out of the inning. Peery singled to left and Kodie Tidwell hit a grounder toward third that got deflected to the shortstop who threw out Higgins trying to score. Peery wound up scoring on a wild pitch and Kodie scored on Noelle Uhlenkott’sbloop single to right. Kylie Tidwell walked on 4 pitches to load the bases. Faith Uhlenkott then popped up to the pitcher, who dropped the ball allowing Kodie to score. Ross then singled home Noelle. Another error allowed Kylie to score. Remacle was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Bruner singled to right to score Faith and Ross. Higgins then reached on a swinging strike 3 passed ball with another run scoring to make it 13 runs in the inning and a 19-5 lead. Faith Uhlenkott then just needed to get through the bottom of the sixth without allowing more than 4 runs and the game would be over. After the long inning though she came out and walked the first 3 batters on just 13 pitches and the 1 strike was a swinging strike at a pitch out of the zone. The leadoff hitter scored on a wild pitch. Uhlenkott then found the strike zone getting a 0-2 count before inducing a popup to Kylie Tidwell at short. The next hitter then singled to score 2 runs. After a walk and a strikeout, an error scored the fourth run of the inning. The game then ended on a grounder to Higgins at second base. Prairie had 15 hits in the game. Ross and Remacle each had a double and 2 singles. Ross had 3 RBI while Remacle had 2. Noelle Uhlenkott had 3 singles and 2 RBI. Bruner had 2 singles and 4 RBI. Higgins had an RBI single and Peery and Kodie Tidwell each had a single. Uhlenkott allowed 9 runs on 7 hits with 6 walks and 3 strikeouts. Game 1 Troy 1 3 3 0 0 3 0—10 10 1 Prairie 3 5 2 1 2 0 x—13 10 2 Game 2 Prairie 2 2 1 0 1 13—19 15 3 Troy 2 2 0 1 0 4— 9 7 3 At Kamiah The doubleheader against Kamiah, which started out on the schedule as home and home single games but due to weather conditions got rescheduled several times, was totally dominated by the unbeaten Pirates. Prairie started off the first game with a 16-run first inning and added 1 more in the second and 3 in the third in a game ended on the 15-run mercy rule after 3 innings. Prairie took advantage of numerous free passes as they had just 9 hits, although 6 of those were doubles. Faith Uhlenkott had 2 singles and a double. Kylie Tidwell and Remacle each had 2 doubles. Ross hd a double and Peery had a single. The second game saw Kamiah take a 0-2 lead after the top of the first but this time Prairie scored 17 runs in their first inning at the plate and added 6 more in the second to again have the game end on the 15-run mercy rule after 2½ innings. Prairie again received lots of free passes as they had 7 hits. Faith Uhlenkott had a double while Kylie Tidwell, Remacle, Higgins, Peery, Alexis Hiler and Kodie Tidwell each had a single. Faith Uhlenkott pitched the first game allowing 1 run on 2 hits while Higgins pitched the second game allowing 4 runs on 6 hits. It was Higgins’s first varsity pitching stint since her freshman year. She didn’t play softball last season. Prairie is now 9-0 on the season and in league play. Game 1 Prairie 16 1 3—20 9 0 Kamiah 1 0 0— 1 2 2 Game 2 Kamiah 2 2 0— 4 6 3 Prairie 17 6 x—23 7 1
Sarah Ross safely reaches third base. MARCH 17-Kendrick, there, 4:00, postponed due to wet field 21-Kamiah, there, 4:00, postponed due to wet field 23-Culdesac, there, 4:00, won 12-10 25-Kellogg (2), at Lewiston, 12:00, cancelled 28-Lapwai, there, 4:00, postponed to May 2 15-Potlatch (2), here, Moved to Airport Park #3 in Lewiston, game time 12 noon. won 15-14 and 15-5 18-Genesee, there, 5:00, rescheduled to April 19 at Asotin, won 15-5 21-Grangeville (V,JV), here, 4:00, cancelled 25-Genesee, here, 5:00, postponed due to wet fields 27-Kamiah, here, 4:00, postponed to Monday, May 1 at Kamiah 29-Troy (2), there, 11:30, moved to Airport Park in Lewiston, won 13-10, 19-9 2-Lapwai, here, (2) 4:00, won 24-2, 17-1, details next week 5-Waitsburg (2), there, 4:00 8-Kendrick (2) , here, 4:00 9-Genesee, here, 4:30 11-District play-in games at higher seeds 13-Districts at Orofino 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. 19-20-State Tournament, Lewiston, TBA |
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