Offense was hard to come by for Iola High’s Fillies Tuesday.
The Fillies never could find any offensive traction against visiting Prairie View, falling 6-0 and 1-0.
The 1-0 defeat was particularly painful as Iola stranded runners in each of the first four innings, including leaving two on in both the first and second frames. Iola then left the bases full in the bottom of the fourth before Prairie View’s Amanda Moore settled down to retire the last 10 Filly batters in order.
Mackenzie Weseloh was the tough-luck loser, despite giving up only five hits and three walks in seven innings. She struck out seven.
Moore was able to escape after Weseloh and Shelby Reno each reached on singles in the first inning.
Jadyn Sigg reached on an error in the second, and Taylor Heslop singled before Moore wiggled out of trouble.
Sigg then singled with one out in the fourth before Heslop reached on an error and Ashlie Shields worked a two-out walk to load the bases.
But Moore retired Weseloh on a fly ball to center to end the threat.
“That play was huge,” Fillies head coach Vince Coons said. “Mackenzie really cranked it, and I just knew it was going to hit the gap, and we’d have three runs. But the ball just sort of died in the win, and their centerfielder made a great extension to catch it.”
Prairie View’s Kallie Konitzer doubled to lead off the fourth, moved to third on a passed ball and scored on Maggie Brown’s sacrifice fly for the only run of the game.
Weseloh, Hannah Endicott, Reno, Sigg and Heslop had Iola’s only hits.
“I tried pushing the action, and wound up getting a couple of our runners thrown out trying to go for extra bases,” Coons said. “We just didn’t get the hits we needed.”
NOT MUCH went right defensively in the opener as the Fillies committed seven errors, leading to five unearned runs.
“They did a good job of forcing us into mistakes by trying for the extra base,” Coons said.
Endicott took the loss, despite giving up just four hits and three walks. She struck out five.
Meanwhile, Brown limited the Fillies to just two hits, singles by Sigg in the second inning and Shields in the third.
