ALAH softball tops Rantoul in eight innings; snap three-game losing streak

ALAH catcher Anna Rawlins dives to tag out the Lady Bomber runner who was caught between third and home in the home game last week with Argenta-Oreana. The Knights lost to A-O 17-4. The Knights played Rantoul on Friday, April 26 and came away with a 4-3 victory.

By Mike Monahan
RANTOUL – Arthur Lovingotn Atwood Hammond snapped a three-game losing streak Friday with a thrilling 5-4 win over Rantoul in a non-conference contest. This was after falling to Argena-Oreans in a 17-4 game and a 12-2 loss to Villa Grove in five innings in a game called due to the 10-run rule. Both games were Lincoln Prairie Contest games. They lost to St. Joseph-Ogden 13-1 on April 20.

The Knights, 12-12 overall are 5-3 in the LPC, good for fourth place. Arthur’s next game is Friday at Heritage in a LPC contest.

ALAH 5,
Rantoul 4, 8 innings

Trailing 3-0 after two innings and after five innings, the Knights avoided the shutout by scoring two in the sixth. With one out Sophia Monts singled and Anna Rawlings drove her in with a triple. Karaline Vanausoll walked. ALAH completed a double steal as Vanausdoll stole second and Rawlings stole home to make it 3-2.

The Knights tied the game at 3 when Mackenzie Condill tripled and scored on a sacrifice bunt by Layla Deel.

In the eighth Arthur scored two runs as Rawlings walked and went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Vanausdoll. With two outs London Dugan singles to center, plating Rawlings. Dugan scores what turned out to be the winning run on a triple by the winning pitcher Madison Schweighart.

The Lady Eagles tripled with one out and she scored on a two out single. The game ended on one of 11 strikeouts by Schweighart, who improved to 9-9.

Arthur won despite being out hit 8-6.

Schweighart was 2-for-3 with a double and a triple and an RBI. while Condill and Rawlings also had triples.

Friday’s game
ALAH 000 002 12–5-6-1
Rantoul 120 000 01–4-8-1

Winning pitcher: Madison Schweighart (9-9) 8 innings, 8 hits, 4 runs, 2 earned, 1 walk, 11 strikeouts

ALAH: Mackenzie Condill 1-for-4, triple; Sophia Monts 1-for-3, run; Anna Rawlings 1-for-3, triple,stolen base 2 runs, RBI; London Dugan 1-for-4, run, RBI; Schweighart 2-for-3, double, triple, RBI; Karaline Vanasudoll stolen bases

Thursday’s game
Argenta-Oreana
514 030 4–17-16-1
ALAH 111 0100–4-9-3

Losing pitcher: Schweighart (8-9) 7 innings, 16 hits, 17 runs, 15 earned, 7 walks, 4 strikeouts

ALAH: Condill 1-for-3, run, RBI; Layla Deel 1-for-4, double, RBI; Monts 2-for-3, stolen base, 2 runs; Rawlings 2-for-4, stolen base, double,; Alyana Plank 2-for-4, RBI; Vanausdoll 1-for-2, double,run

April 23
ALAH 101 00-2-8-2
Villa Grove 028 2x–12-11-1

Losing pitcher: Schweighart (8-8) 4 innings, 11 hits, 12 runs, 8 earned, 2 strikeouts, 3 walks

ALAH: Condill 2-for-3,double, home run, run, RBI; Deel 1-for-3, run; Monts 2-for-3, double; Rawlings 3-for-3, RB