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Kaleigh Cawthon’s homer the difference as Plainfield East beats Yorkville in showcase of sophomore pitchers · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Kaylee Coffin's homer the difference as Plainfield East beats Yorkville
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  Speaker 1: in showcase of sophomore pitchers. Written by Joshua Welgin, This
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  Speaker 1: article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  Speaker 1: you by Everlett. Kelly Couthin came to the plate Tuesday
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  Speaker 1: in nearly the exact same situation as the last time
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  Speaker 1: Plainfield East played Yorkville, but she was not thinking about it.
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  Speaker 1: I was just trying to get on base, Couthin, said,
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  Speaker 1: Plainfield East senior centerfielder did much more than that. Couthin
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  Speaker 1: lined a two strike pitch from Yorkville sophomore Bella Rosauer
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  Speaker 1: for a one out solo home run to centerfield. It
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  Speaker 1: broke up a scoreless game, and fourth seeded Plainfield East
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  Speaker 1: and Jocelyn Cushard went on to take the pitcher's duel
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  Speaker 1: between standout sophomores two zero over top seeded Yorkville and
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  Speaker 1: Rosauer in the class for a Yorkville Sectional semifinal. Plainfield
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  Speaker 1: East twenty one six in a sectional final for the
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  Speaker 1: first time in program history, will face the Oswego Naperville
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  Speaker 1: Central winner on Friday. Last out, Plainfield East beats Yorkville
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  Speaker 1: two zero will play Oswego Naperville Central winner in Friday's
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  Speaker 1: sectional final. Pick dot Twitter dot com slash Mulfupshu five
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  Speaker 1: to oh Joshua Welche at Jelge ninety six May twenty six,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty six. The Bengals got here by taking their
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  Speaker 1: latest thriller with Yorkville. The Foxes twenty eight ten won
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  Speaker 1: a one zero regional final on a walkoff. Last year.
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  Speaker 1: Plainfield East beat Yorkville two to one on May seventh,
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  Speaker 1: a game in which Couthon broke up a scoreless tie
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  Speaker 1: with a two run triple in the sixth. There is
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  Speaker 1: no hitter Bengals coach Rebecca Grimes would rather have up
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  Speaker 1: in that spot than her number two hitter with power.
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  Speaker 1: Couthin's homer Tuesday was her team leading sixth. I have
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  Speaker 1: one thousand percent faith in her. No matter what she
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  Speaker 1: does her last at bat, it does not matter, Grimes said,
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  Speaker 1: her presence. She's a game changer. I truly felt so confident.
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  Speaker 1: Couthin got behind in the count zero two, but on
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  Speaker 1: the sixth pitch hit a screamer to center that just
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  Speaker 1: kept carrying over the fence as soon as it came
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  Speaker 1: of the bat. It felt good, but I didn't think
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  Speaker 1: it would be a home run. Coutin said, I thought
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  Speaker 1: maybe it would be a base hit. It came off
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  Speaker 1: the bat in a nice spot. The arc of the
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  Speaker 1: homer was no accident. It's what we've been working on.
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  Speaker 1: Grime said. We get ourselves in trouble when we tried
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  Speaker 1: to lift the ball. It was one of the few
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  Speaker 1: mistakes made by Rosauer, who struck out seven and allowed
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  Speaker 1: four hits and two walks. Plainfield East tacked on a
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  Speaker 1: run in the seventh when Tate Morris doubled and scored
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  Speaker 1: on Giselle Asensio. My screw and ries were working well,
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  Speaker 1: getting good missus, Roseauer said. The one she hit a
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  Speaker 1: home run off it happens pitch low in the zone
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  Speaker 1: she got it. Cushard and Roseauer were both on early,
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  Speaker 1: neither allowing a hit through three innings. Yorkville rushman Alyssa
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  Speaker 1: Mulbach doubled to lead off the bottom of the fourth,
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  Speaker 1: but was thrown out trying to leg it to a triple.
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  Speaker 1: Plainfield East, meanwhile, didn't have a batter reach second base
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  Speaker 1: until the fifth. Yorkville senior catcher Kayla Kursting and Iowa
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  Speaker 1: recruit thinks Tuesday's showcase of sophomore pictures is a preview
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  Speaker 1: of things to come. It's going to be a new rivalry,
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  Speaker 1: Cursing said, Bella. She's been dominant all postseason. She's going
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  Speaker 1: to do great things these next two years. Kursting was
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  Speaker 1: zero for three at the plate off Cushard, who only
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  Speaker 1: allowed three hits with seven strikeouts and zero walks. Kirsting
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  Speaker 1: tried to bunt to reach with one out in the sixth,
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  Speaker 1: but was narrowly thrown out. At first. We couldn't figure
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  Speaker 1: it out offensively, Kirsting said, She's not really fast, but
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  Speaker 1: she has spin. She is at that speed level where
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  Speaker 1: she can still zing it with movement. She has a
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  Speaker 1: high ball, she has a little rise, flips up top
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  Speaker 1: of the zone. Umps call it. You have to have
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  Speaker 1: that level swing through the zone. Couldn't figure it out.
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  Speaker 1: Yorkville three times had runners reach second, but Kusher didn't blink.
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  Speaker 1: She struck out back to back batters after Muhlbach reached
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  Speaker 1: on an error and stole second in the first. Brooke
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  Speaker 1: Aquinsky doubled with one out in the Yorkville fifth and
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  Speaker 1: courtesy runner Taylor Jackson stole third, but Cushard kept it
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  Speaker 1: scoreless with a strikeout and ground out. I just tried
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  Speaker 1: to hit my spots and let my defense behind me work,
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  Speaker 1: Cusher said, My screw was working. I was getting the
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  Speaker 1: inside corner from the ump. It was the second shutout
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  Speaker 1: of the postseason for Kushard, now seventeen to five. Anytime
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  Speaker 1: she gives up a walk, a hit, anything that doesn't
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  Speaker 1: go her way, she comes back ten times stronger. Grime said,
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  Speaker 1: she got us to this point the defense behind her.
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  Speaker 1: They trust her. Grimes grew emotional speaking about a team
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  Speaker 1: with four seniors that were part of a sectional semifinalist
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  Speaker 1: two years ago that is on the cusp of the
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  Speaker 1: school's first sectional title. For sure, it's big just to
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  Speaker 1: get here with this group, they truly enjoy being around
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  Speaker 1: each other. It's a privilege for them to be able
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  Speaker 1: to play together.