Proctor Drops Huskies 6-3

Proctor’s Hanna French struck out 15 Husky batters en route to a huge 6-3 Hornet victory over New Hampton on Wednesday.  French retired the side on strikes in the 1^st, 3^rd, 6^th, and 7^th innings and did not walk a batter on the day.

 

Sam Shamberger started in the circle for the Huskies and got roughed up in the bottom of the 3^rd for 4 Hornet runs.  With 1 gone, Shamberger twice surrendered a walk, and consecutive singles including Katelyn Barton’s bleeder to left that scored 2 runs.  New Hampton came roaring back in the top of the 4^th as Savannah Norcross singled and stole 2^nd.  Maryellen Leach doubled her in and Emily Picard drove an 0-1 offering from French over the centerfield fence.  Maddie Willingham singled but French got out of the jam by inducing Zola Braswell into an inning-ending double play.

 

Leach had replaced Shamberger in the 4^th and stranded runners on 2^nd & 3^rd in the home fifth.  Proctor’s number 7 hitter Nikki Asch led off the bottom of the 6^th with a walk, and after Leach K’d the next two batters, Rachael Simkevich sent Leach’s 1-1 pitch high into the rocks in centerfield giving the Hornets 2 insurance runs.

 

Picard singled to lead off the Husky 7^th, and after an error, New Hampton had runners in 1^st & 2^nd with nobody out.  French took things into her own hands registering 3 consecutive strikeouts.

 

The loss again drops the Huskies (11-2) into a 3-way tie with Proctor and Tilton for the league lead.  New Hampton plays host to KUA on Saturday before facing Holderness at home in the regular season finale on Monday.