Lady Indians drop two

The Berkeley Springs High School Softball Team lost a pair of road games last week to East Hardy, 9-2, on April 17 and to Clear Spring, 10-0, a day later.

Coach Greg Brown, sees improvement, but is still frustrated by the number of mental mistakes his team is committing.

"I can live with the physical errors, they’re going to happen," said Brown. “But, the mental errors are inexcusable, especially when you explain it to them and three pitches later they've already forgotten. We need all nine girls mentally into the game; not just three or four."

The Indians had a chance in both games, but late inning rallies by East Hardy and Clear Spring were more than Berkeley Springs could overcome.

Berkeley Springs led East Hardy 2-1 heading into the bottom of the fourth inning, but some errant pitching and fielding errors allowed the Cougars to cross the plate six times and blow the game wide open.

"We played a pretty solid game until the bottom of the fourth," Brown said. “We had a lead at the time, but helped them out with three walks and two errors, combined with three singles and a double by East Hardy. By the time the inning ended we were trailing 7-2. We couldn't battle back from that deficit, but we did play much better than the first time we faced them."

East Hardy added two runs in the bottom of the fifth for the final margin of victory.
Natalie Redick led the Berkeley Springs offense with two hits, a run scored and a RBI.
On Wednesday, April 18, the Indians headed to Clear Spring, Md. for a game against the undefeated Blazers.

Once more a six-run inning would spell doom for the Tribe.

Clear Spring scored one run in the second, two in the third and one in the fourth for a 4-0 lead. The score remained the same until the Blazers erupted for six runs in the bottom half of the sixth to end the game.

"This was a lot like the East Hardy game," said Brown. “We make all the plays on defense and had several scoring opportunities, but couldn't get the key hit. We're only down 4-0 going into the bottom of the sixth and then we fell apart a little bit. Clear Spring is a very good team. So committing errors, throwing to the wrong base and not doing the fundamentals well eliminate any chance of a victory."

Destinee Moore, Morgan Wachter and Ashton Miller had one hit each for the Lady Indians.

Berkeley Springs fell to 5-15 with the two losses.

Coach Greg Brown, sees improvement, but is still frustrated by the number of mental mistakes his team is committing.

"I can live with the physical errors, they’re going to happen," said Brown. “But, the mental errors are inexcusable, especially when you explain it to them and three pitches later they've already forgotten. We need all nine girls mentally into the game; not just three or four."

The Indians had a chance in both games, but late inning rallies by East Hardy and Clear Spring were more than Berkeley Springs could overcome.

Berkeley Springs led East Hardy 2-1 heading into the bottom of the fourth inning, but some errant pitching and fielding errors allowed the Cougars to cross the plate six times and blow the game wide open.

"We played a pretty solid game until the bottom of the fourth," Brown said. “We had a lead at the time, but helped them out with three walks and two errors, combined with three singles and a double by East Hardy. By the time the inning ended we were trailing 7-2. We couldn't battle back from that deficit, but we did play much better than the first time we faced them."

East Hardy added two runs in the bottom of the fifth for the final margin of victory.
Natalie Redick led the Berkeley Springs offense with two hits, a run scored and a RBI.
On Wednesday, April 18, the Indians headed to Clear Spring, Md. for a game against the undefeated Blazers.

Once more a six-run inning would spell doom for the Tribe.

Clear Spring scored one run in the second, two in the third and one in the fourth for a 4-0 lead. The score remained the same until the Blazers erupted for six runs in the bottom half of the sixth to end the game.

"This was a lot like the East Hardy game," said Brown. “We make all the plays on defense and had several scoring opportunities, but couldn't get the key hit. We're only down 4-0 going into the bottom of the sixth and then we fell apart a little bit. Clear Spring is a very good team. So committing errors, throwing to the wrong base and not doing the fundamentals well eliminate any chance of a victory."

Destinee Moore, Morgan Wachter and Ashton Miller had one hit each for the Lady Indians.

Berkeley Springs fell to 5-15 with the two losses.