BLANCHESTER — The Blanchester softball team dropped a pair of games Saturday to Western Brown to open the season.
The Ladycats were defeated by scores of 5-1 and 14-0.
“Western Brown has a solid team and they are the favorite to win the American Division this year, so I couldn’t think of a better team to open our season with,” BHS coach Jamey Grogg said. “Despite the outcome of each game, I am not too disappointed.”
Grogg said the Lady Broncos have two solid pitchers and played well defensively, especially in the outfield.
“We still have some work to do on the offensive side of the game,” Grogg said. “These two games gave us a good look at where we are as a team. We not only learned what we are doing well, but also where we need to improve going forward.”
Elecia Patton had three hits on the day for Blanchester.
SUMMARY
March 25, 2017
@Blanchester High School
Game 1
Western Brown 5 Blanchester 1
WB 100.013.0…..5
BL 000.000.1…..1
(1) BLANCHESTER (ab-r-h-rbi) Patton 3-0-2-0 Abney 1-0-0-0 Dalton 3-0-1-0 Mann 3-0-1-0 Curless 3-0-0-0 Demitt 2-0-1-0 Sicurella 2-0-0-1 Rose 3-0-0-0 Scott 2-0-0-0.
2B: B-Mann
PITCHING (IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO)
Blanchester
Curless (L, 0-1) 7-9-5-5-2-5
Western Brown
Barnes (W, 1-0) 7-5-1-1-2-10
Game 2
Western Brown 14 Blanchester 0
WB 427.01…..14
BL 000.00…..0
(0) BLANCHESTER (ab-r-h-rbi) Patton 3-0-1-0 Abney 1-0-1-0 Dalton 2-0-0-0 Mann 2-0-0-0 Demitt 2-0-0-0 Curless 2-0-0-0 Sicurella 1-0-0-0 Oberle 2-0-1-0 Rose 2-0-0-0.
2B: B-Abney
SB: B-Oberle
PITCHING (IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO)
Blanchester
Henry (L, 0-1) 5-15-14-8-1-2
Western Brown
Size (W, 1-0) 5-3-0-0-1-5