NWOAL SOFTBALL … Delta first baseman Mackenzie Mercer hits into a fielder’s choice during last Monday’s NWOAL game at Archbold.
(PHOTOS BY JACOB KESSLER / THE VILLAGE REPORTER)
LOOKING TO TURN TWO … Archbold’s Alanna Pedraza makes the throw to first after getting the force out at second.
Archbold 19, Delta 0 (5 innings)
ARCHBOLD – Archbold pounded out 18 hits and put the game away with ten runs in the third as they clinched an outright NWOAL title with a 19-0 win over Delta.
Daylin Bosco fronted the Archbold onslaught with a 3-4 game as she tripled twice, doubled, and had a team-high five RBIs
Makena Thiel and Madi Bowers combined in the circle to limit Delta to just three hits and registered seven strikeouts with Thiel getting credit for win.
AHS 1(10)6 20 – 19 18 0
DHS 000 00 – 0 3 4
Records: AHS 12-4, 7-0 NWOAL; DHS 1-14, 0-6 NWOAL
WINNING PITCHER: Thiel (3 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts) Other: Bowers
LOSING PITCHER: Pelton (5 innings, 18 hits, 19 runs, 18 earned, 6 walks, 2 strikeouts)
LEADING HITTERS: (Archbold) Thiel – home run, single, 3 RBIs, 3 runs; Bowers – single, 2 RBIs; T. Ames – double, single, RBI; M. Ames – double; Kern – 3 singles, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; Bosco – 2 triples, double, 5 RBIs, 2 runs; Forward – double, 2 singles, 2 RBIs, 3 runs; (Delta) – 3 singles