PCM softball dumps R-S to complete unbeaten conference season

MONROE — Eight different players had at least one hit and a seven-run second inning powered the PCM softball team to a 13-5 win over Roland-Story on Tuesday.

The Class 3A No. 4 Mustangs completed their undefeated run through the Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference after posting crooked numbers in four of the five innings.

PCM led 7-0 after two and scored twice in the third, fourth and fifth frames to end the game early. All five Roland-Story runs came in the fifth, but it wasn’t enough to avoid the eight-run mercy rule.

PCM out-hit the Lady Norse 11-8, and the Mustangs committed one error. They have 15 errors in 25 games this summer.

Addi Hudnut, Addison Steenhoek and Libby Winters all had two hits to lead the PCM offense.

Hudnut totaled four RBIs, one run and one steal, Winters doubled, scored one run, had three RBIs, walked once and stole one base and Steenhoek doubled and walked once.

Winters leads the Mustangs (21-4, 15-0 in the conference) with 55 total bases, 23 steals and 31 runs and Steenhoek’s 12 doubles are a team high.

Lillian Humpal doubled and had two RBIs, Camden Webb chipped in one hit and two runs and Tori Lindsay collected one hit, one run and one steal. Humpal’s produced a team-most 24 RBIs and Lindsay is tied for the team lead with 31 runs and has stolen 13 bases.

Hadley Millang contributed one hit, two runs and one walk, Holly Wood finished with one hit, two runs, one RBI and one walk, Kyra Naeve walked twice, scored two runs and stole one base and Peyton Lathrum and Carly Wilkerson each scored one run. Wood leads PCM with nine walks.

Rylee Parsons (12-1) earned the win in the circle after allowing five earned runs on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts in four innings.

Webb fanned two Roland Story players and allowed no hits and no runs in her one inning.

The Mustangs scored their fifth straight win over the Lady Norse (11-13, 7-6), and PCM is 23-10 against its HOIAC rival since 2009.

PCM was scheduled to play at BCLUW on Thursday, but the game was canceled due to heavy rain in the area.

PCM 9, Knoxille 1

Winters had three hits and two RBIs at the plate and spun three innings in the circle during the Mustangs’ 9-1 home win over Knoxville on Wednesday.

PCM led the non-conference game 2-0 after the first inning and added four runs in the second and two more in the third. Knoxville (2-17) scored its run in the third, and PCM plated its final run in the bottom of the fifth.

Winters hit two doubles, scored three runs and stole two bases to lead the Mustangs’ offense. Her .487 batting average leads the team.

Humpal belted her team-best fourth homer of the season and added two RBIs, one steal and she was hit by a pitch, Steenhoek doubled, scored two runs and stole one base and Millang singled, scored one run, walked twice and stole one base.

Lindsay walked twice, was hit by one pitch and scored two runs, Naeve posted one hit, one RBI and one walk, Webb walked twice and Hudnut was hit by a pitch and totaled one RBI.

Lindsay has been hit by a team-most 12 pitches. Ryan DeVore stole two bases and Lillian Knapp walked once.

Winters (2-1) spun three innings in the circle and got the win after allowing one earned run on one hit with three strikeouts.

Webb tossed the final two innings and surrendered no runs and one hit and struck out two.

Van Meter 5, PCM 4

Lindsay, Winters, Humpal and Hudnut all had two hits against 2A No. 1 Van Meter on Monday, but the Mustangs lost a marathon game, 5-4, in 14 innings.

PCM scored one run in the first to take an early lead. The Mustangs answered Van Meter’s three straight scoring innings with a pair in the sixth to tie it and both teams scored in the 11th to extend the game.

The Bulldogs (28-2) out-hit the Mustangs 16-10, but the visitors were plagued by four errors.

PCM’s pitchers struck out 12 but walked six. The Mustangs walked only once and were hit by one pitch at the plate. PCM also was thrown out four times on the bases.

Winters headlined PCM’s offensive night with two hits, one double, one RBI and one steal. Lindsay doubled and scored two runs, Humpal doubled and scored one run and Millang and Webb collected the other hits.

Millang drove in two runs, Webb walked once, Steenhoek was hit by a pitch, Naeve scored one run and Knapp tallied one RBI.

Winters took the loss in the circle after surrendering two earned runs on four hits and four walks. She fanned six in four innings.

Parsons also threw four innings and surrendered two runs — one earned — on six hits and one walk with two strikeouts.

Webb gave up one earned run on five hits and one walk with six strikeouts in six innings.

Van Meter won its 19th straight game. The Bulldogs were led by Finley Netten and Ava Hohenadel, who both had three hits and one homer.

Bianca Prickett walked three times and Aniston Netten earned the pitching win after allowing one earned run and fanning seven over 7 1/3 innings.