UNASSITED PLAY Montpelier first baseman Jada Uribes steps on the bag for an out in Wednesdays regional semifinal versus Monroeville VIEW 80 PHOTOS OF THIS CONTEST FOR FREE AT WWWTHEVILLAGEREPORTERCOM
By: Nate Calvin
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
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ROSSFORD (May 22, 2024) – The Montpelier bats were stymied by Monroeville pitcher Veanna Helmstetter as she struck out ten and allowed just four hits, two in the last inning, to carry the Eagles to a 6-1 win in the Division IV regional semifinals at the Rossford Athletic Complex.
Monroeville jumped on Montpelier starter Madelyn Hopper early after two singles and a double put two runs on the board in the first inning.
With Helmstetter keeping the Locos at bay, Monroeville strung together three singles and aided by a Loco error scored two more runs for a 4-0 lead after three innings.
A triple by Ava Krueger and an RBI groundout from Rachel Fries in the fourth and an RBI triple by Fries following a Krueger single in the sixth gave Monroeville a 6-0 advantage after six frames.
Montpelier finally broke through for a run in the seventh as Bella Ramos singled to right and Zoe Uribes lined a double to right to score Ramos for a 6-1 final score.
Hopper surrendered 11 hits on the afternoon allowing six runs and striking out nine.
MONTPELIER 000 000 1 – 1 4 2
MONROEVILLE 202 101 x – 6 11 0
Records: Montpelier 17-8, Monroeville 22-6
WINNING PITCHER: Helmstetter (7 innings, 4 hits, 1 run, 10 strikeouts, 3 walks)
LOSING PITCHER: Hopper (6 innings, 11 hits, 6 runs, 5 earned; 9 strikeouts; 0 walks)
LEADING HITTERS: (Montpelier) Z. Uribes – double, RBI; (Monroeville) Poths – double, RBI; Rosser – 2 singles; Tyler – 3 singles, 2 RBIs; Scheid – 2 singles; Krueger – triple, single; Fries – triple, 2 RBIs
