Austin softball team drops playoff opener, will play Thursday
Published 8:28 pm Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Austin third baseman Brandi Myers makes a throw to second base Tuesday against Northfield at Northfield High School. The sixth-seeded Packers dropped their opening round Section 1AAA playoff game to the third-seeded Raiders 12-2 in six innings. (Nick Gerhardt/Northfield News)
The No. 6 seeded Austin softball team lost 12-2 in six innings at No. 3 Northfield in a Section 1AAA quarterfinal Monday.
Austin shortstop Halie Retterath makes a throw to first base Tuesday against Northfield at Northfield High School. The sixth-seeded Packers fell 12-2 in six innings to the third-seeded Raiders in the first round of the Section 1AAA playoffs.
Nick Gerhardt/Northfield News
The Raiders scored seven runs in the bottom of the first inning to take control immediately. Austin’s Hannah Rasmussen had a two-run single in the fourth to make it an 8-2 game.
Austin had six hits and two errors in the loss.
The Packers (4-16 overall) will now take on No. 7 seeded Red Wing in an elimination game in Todd Park 5 p.m. Thursday.
Austin, which has now lost nine straight games, lost 11-10 to the Wingers April 12. The winner of the Austin-RW game will play another elimination game 7 p.m. Thursday in Todd Park.
Austin pitching: Brooke Pazurek (L) 0 IP, 4 H,1 BB, 7 R, 2 HBP; Hannah Rasmussen, 5 2/3 IP, 7 H, 2 BB, 5 R, 1 K
Austin hitting: Bailee Brooks, 1-for-3; Jordan Huntley, 1-for-3; Brandi Myers, 1-for-3; Addison Medgarden, 1-for-3; Rasmussen, 1-for-3, 2 RBIs; Justine Reimers, 1-for-2
