Manhattan High softball bounced back in a big way in Game 2 to salvage a split at Campus on Tuesday, falling 18-6 in the opener before rallying for a 15-12 win in 10 innings.<\/p>\n
The Indians moved to 3-5 on the season, as senior Kat Ball turned in a big day at the plate, highlighted by a go-ahead three-run home run in the 10th inning of Game 2.<\/p>\n
In Game 1, Manhattan jumped out fast with power at the plate. Allison Heidrick and Gracyn Neitzel led off the scoring with a solo home run, and the Indians later tied the game at 5-5 in the third behind a sacrifice fly from Josi Alesana and a two-run home run from Ball.<\/p>\n
But Campus answered in a big way.<\/p>\n
After the Colts scored five runs in the second inning, they broke the game open with an eight-run third to pull away for an 18-6 win by the sixth inning.<\/p>\n
Aslyn Foveaux led Manhattan offensively, going 3-for-4, while Heidrick and Neitzel each added multiple hits, Ball drove in two runs and all four of those Indians hit home runs.<\/p>\n
Manhattan\u2019s pitching staff rotated through three arms, but the big innings proved too much to overcome.<\/p>\n
Game 2 told a much different story.<\/p>\n
Manhattan came out aggressive again, scoring five runs in the first inning behind a two-run home run from Alesana and an RBI double from Ava Gaither.<\/p>\n
After Campus battled back to take a 7-5 lead in the third, the Indians answered with a five-run fifth inning to regain control. Gaither delivered a key two-run single in the frame, before Tierra Young doubled and Heidrick added to her strong day at the plate with a home run.<\/p>\n
The back-and-forth continued late, with Campus taking a 12-11 lead in the sixth before Manhattan responded again in the seventh to tie the game.<\/p>\n
In extras, the Indians delivered the decisive blow.<\/p>\n
Ball launched a three-run home run in the 10th inning to put Manhattan ahead for good, capping a game that featured 27 combined runs. It was the second home run of the day for the Manhattan senior.<\/p>\n
Heidrick led the charge offensively, going 3-for-5 with four RBIs, while Alesana, Solveig Chase and Young also each added three hits. Gaither contributed two hits and three RBIs.<\/p>\n
In the circle, Alesana started before Heidrick took over in relief, working seven innings to earn the win. Manhattan finished with 17 hits in the nightcap, bouncing back from Game 1 to secure the split.<\/p>\n
The Indians will look to carry that momentum into their next matchup at Junction City next Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manhattan High softball bounced back in a big way in Game 2 to salvage a split at Campus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2288],"tags":[2315,2309,5,2316,2323,2314,2317,2313,2325,2335,19,2310,2328,2304,2318,2308,2319,4,2305,2303,2307,2327,2321,185,2324,2311,2312],"class_list":{"0":"post-669658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb-postseason","8":"tag-athletic-sports","9":"tag-ball-and-bat-games","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-baseball-competitions","12":"tag-baseball-events","13":"tag-baseball-finals","14":"tag-baseball-games","15":"tag-baseball-playoffs-and-champions","16":"tag-baseball-teams","17":"tag-home-run","18":"tag-major-league-baseball","19":"tag-major-league-baseball-competitions","20":"tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","21":"tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","22":"tag-major-league-baseball-seasons","23":"tag-major-league-baseball-teams","24":"tag-major-league-baseball-teams-seasons","25":"tag-mlb","26":"tag-mlb-playoffs","27":"tag-mlb-postseason","28":"tag-outdoor-sports","29":"tag-seasons-in-american-sport","30":"tag-seasons-in-baseball","31":"tag-sports","32":"tag-sports-events","33":"tag-team-sports","34":"tag-turf-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}