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Ottawa gets bats going late against La Salle-Peru to rally for 10-7 conference win · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Ottawa gets bats going late against LaSalle, Peru to rally
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  for ten to seven conference win. Written by Kevin Schlum,
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  This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  to you by Everlett. The Ottawa softball team couldn't get
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  much going offensively in the early going Wednesday against lasal
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  Peru Ace Taylor Vescogni. The Pirates did not have a
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  hit until Riley Harstead single to left center field with
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  one out in the fourth inning, before later scoring on
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  an RBI double by Reese Purcell. Ottawa really got the
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  bats going in the fifth, batting around and scoring four
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  runs on three hits to take the lead. The Pirates
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  tacked on five more runs in the seventh, then hung
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  on to beat the Cavaliers ten to seven in an
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  Interstate eight conference game in LaSalle. One of the things
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  we talked about is it's hard to hit Taylor early,
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  so it was trying to take some intel about what
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  she was doing, what the ball was doing, and get
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  our timing down the first time through an attack. Later
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  in the game, Ottawa coach Adam Lewis said, I thought
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  they did a good job of sticking to their plan
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  and executing it. When we really needed it. Being on
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  time and swinging at hittable pitches instead of chasing stuff
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  out of the zone was our biggest adjustment. With two
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  outs in the fifth, Piper Lewis ripped a hard ground
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  ball through the infield for an RBI double. Bobby Snook walked,
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  and Harstead lined a shot off Veskagni for a single
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  to load the bases. Aubrey Sullivan smacked the ball to
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  the fence and left field for a two run double
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  to chase Vescagni, before Harstead raced home on a wild
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  pitch to give Ottawa a five to four lead. I
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  think we just knew what we were looking for, Sulvin said.
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  We all knew where to stand in the box based
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  off our previous at bats. Our coaches did a really
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  good job of telling us that too. Then the adrenaline
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  from everyone else hitting just spreads through the whole lineup.
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  The Pirates batted around again in the seventh to score
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  five insurance runs. Purcell hit an RBI double down the
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  first base line, Jocelyn Rose brought home a run when
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  she reached on an error. Snook hit a two run
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  single to center field, and Lewis scored on an error
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  after being intentionally walked for the second time in the game.
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  Hitting is always contagious, so I think you just need
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  one or two people spark it and then everybody feels
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  a little bit better when they go to the plate.
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  Adam Lewis said, I think that probably had the most
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  to do with it. The Pirates needed some insurance as
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  LaSalle Peru rallied in the bottom of the seventh Lydia
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  Steinbach started the inning with an infield single and Kelsey
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  Frederick followed with a single through the left side. Anna
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  Riva hit an RBI single up the middle. After back
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  to back outs, Veskgni walked, then Danny Greer and Addison
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  Pecha hit back to back run scoring singles to bring
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  the winning run to the plate. With the Bass's look,
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  Ottawa relief pitcher Kennedy Kane induced a ground out to
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  end the game and earn the win. We were inconsistent,
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  LP coach Randy Hobe said, we started out really good.
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  We have to protect the lead a little better than that.
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  We're just not to the point where we need to be,
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  and I don't understand how we're not. Ottawa is a
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  really good team. They're well coached and have good pitching.
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  I have all the respect in the world for them.
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  It's more about what we can't do or didn't accomplish.
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  The Calves thirteen eleven one five I eight built a
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  four zero lead with a sacrifice fly by Vescani in
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  the second and a three run third that included an
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  RBI single by Fredericks and a two run home run
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  by Riva for her eighth long ball of the season.
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  Ottawa improved to fourteen to six overall and five to
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  two in the conference to stay in the league race.
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  Sycamore is six narrow and Morris also is five to two.
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  The Pirates avenged a three to one loss to LP
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  on April fourteenth. We were pretty upset after that first game,
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  but being able to come back and win the second
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  game is really important and it's really good for conference
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  in postseason, Sullivan said.