McKinney, TX (June 14, 2016) – Despite outhitting the Pride Tuesday night in their home opener at The Ballfields at Craig Ranch, the Charge fell 4-1. They collected their runs on five hits and one Charge error. Dallas had seven hits.
Hannah Rogers improved to 2-0 in the circle, going five and two-thirds strong innings. She gave up six hits, no runs, walked two, and struck out four. Jill Compton took her first loss of the season, tossing a complete game. The Fresno St. grad gave up four earned runs, walked four and fanned two. She fell to 3-1.
The Pride catcher, Jessica Garcia, opened the scoring with a solo home run that bounced off the top of the left field wall and into the lake beyond. The score remained 1-0 until the top of the fifth.
A one out single to right by Shelby Pendley, wild pitch, and single up the middle by Gionna Disalvatore began a bizarre series of events. Charge centerfielder Taylor Gadbois threw a bullet home to catcher Kaylyn Castillo. Pendley trying to race home from second, avoided Castillo by running around behind home plate. Castillo waited for her to try to score. Instead Pendley began to return to third where after a short rundown she was tagged out. When it was over, Disalvatore stood at third with two outs.
Subsequently, Amanda Kamekona pinch ran for Lauren Chamberlain who reached via the walk. Kamekona stole second and Sierra Romero tripled to left center scoring two more for the Pride, pushing their lead to 3-0.
The Pride added a run in the sixth with a Kelly Kretschman RBI double to left-center.
The Charge finally got on the board in the bottom of the seventh, scoring one off Jordan Taylor who had relieved Rogers in the sixth. Kylee Lahners grounded out, bringing Taylor Gadbois home from third, making the score 4-1 in favor of the Pride.
Dallas threatened in the first, second, third, and sixth innings failing each time to push a runner across the plate.
The Charge fell to 4-4 on the season, while the Pride improved to 4-1. The two teams will face off again in the second game of the set Wednesday night at 730pm at Craig Ranch.
