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Mason McAlistar to tie the score up at
1-1.
“Hitting is contagious and once we
got one, we started to grind,” Embree
said.
The Volcanoes got the lead back in
the bottom of the sixth on a solo-blast
from Epperson for his second RBI of
the night, giving his team the lead at
2-1.
In the top of the seventh, however,
the Mavericks came back to take the
lead for good. After McAlistar issued a
two-out walk, Torcato brought on side-
winder Matt McDonald to face Matt
Holiday, and the Mavericks slugger
drove a fastball deep over the left field
wall to put the Mavericks up 3-2.
Holiday would drive in another run
in the top of the ninth on a sacrifice
fly to left field to extend the Mavericks
lead to 4-2.
Travis Edgar came in for the
Mavericks in the bottom of the ninth
to close the game out with a pair of
strikeouts.
“They stayed together. We had
plenty of miscues but guys picked
each other up,” Embree said. “I am very
proud of how they responded.”
Salem native Riley Newman threw five innings for the Mavericks and gave up just one run.
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McNary takes down West Albany for 15th win
singles by Covalt, Kate Ronning and
Kaylee Schwab, and a West Albany
error, gave the Celtiics a 6-0 advantage.
Schwab would score later in the frame on
an RBI-groundout by Shaylee Custer.
Ebbs then led off the top of the sixth
with a solo homer to center field, which
was later followed by an RBI-double by
Covalt to push the ninth run across — it
was the 11th time in 15 games where the
Celtics scored nine runs or more.
McNary will put their undefeated
record on the line on Friday, May 21
when they travel to Sheldon for a 5 p.m.
game — Sheldon is 15-1 on the season
and defeated McNary 9-0 in the second
round of the 2019 playoffs. The Celtics
will conclude their season the following
day when they host Bend at 5:30 p.m.
McNary pitcher Lacey Vasas threw a complete game in the Celtics win over West Albany, giving up three runs and striking out eight.
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BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
The McNary softball team moved to
15-0 on the season after defeating West
Albany 9-3 on Monday, May 17.
Taylor Ebbs and KJ Custer each hom-
ered in the ballgame and Abbi Covalt
went 3-for-4 with a double and a run
scored in the victory.
McNary pitcher Lacey Vasas threw six
scoreless innings before giving up three
runs in the bottom of the seventh. The
sophomore right-hander also struck out
eight while walking just three.
After neither team scored in the
first two frames, McNary finally broke
through with a run in the top of the third.
Custer led off the inning with a walk
and after she advanced to second on a
fielder's choice and then moved to third
on a stolen base, Vasas brought her home
with an RBI-groundout to first base.
The Celtics then broke the game open
in the top of the fourth with three runs in
the frame.
McNary went up 2-0 thanks to a pair
of errors from West Albany. Later in the
inning, Custer hit a two-run bomb to cen-
ter field to extend the lead to 4-0.
In the top of the fifth, three straight
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