The Lady Wave’s hit parade

Fallon bangs out 30 hits to sweep doubleheader against Elko

Lady Wave pitcher Trinity Helton hurled a complete Northern 3A-East game Saturday and allowed one run on three hits. Fallon swept Elko in a doubleheader, 21-1 and 14-4.
Photo by Steve Ranson.

By Steve Ranson

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

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ELKO — The bats came out in full force Saturday with Fallon sweeping a doubleheader against Elko, 21-1 and 14-4, in Northern 3A-East softball.

Fallon, now 5-4, travels to Spring Creek on Wednesday for a 3 p.m. league game, and then hosts the Spartans in a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m.

Shaylee Fagg and Kiley Wallace feasted on Elko pitching in the first game. Fagg had a banner day with four hits and five RBI including a two-run homer in the fifth inning. Lydia Bergman had two hits including a home run and freshman Kiley Wallace ripped a grand slam in an 11-run inning for the Lady Wave, which had a total of 17 hits in the game.

Fagg knocked in two runs with a double in the first inning, and starting pitcher Trinity Helton, who was solid for five innings, singled home a run. Helton allowed one run and struck out seven to earn the win.

Errors and walks came back to haunt Elko in the second inning. With the bases loaded, Wallace cleaned the bags with her grand slam home run.

Bergman homered in the fourth for Fallon’s only run, but the Wave scored six runs in the fifth inning aided by Fagg’s two-run homer, Hudsyn Clark’s two-run double and Emily Clyburn’s sacrifice fly. Shaylee Coldwell singled in Fallon’s final run.

The Lady Wave broke open a tied game with four runs in the fifth and six runs in the sixth inning to complete the sweep.

Fagg’s single gave Fallon a 1-0 lead in the first, and Mori rushed home on a passed ball in the third inning. Reece Huthchings doubled in a run in the fourth and eventually scored on an error.

Elko scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth on two passed balls, a groundout and Ella Rainwater’s single.

Over the next two innings, Fallon scored 10 runs. Savana Manha singled home a run in the fifth, and an error, passed ball and hit batter buried Elko in the fifth inning.

Manha slammed a two-run homer in the sixth inning, and Hutchings drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, and Wallace drove in a pair with a double. Bergman also had an RBI hit.

Mori gave Fallon another strong pitching performance by allowing four runs on four hits. She also issued two walks and struck out six.

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Fallon’s Shaylee Fagg safely slides under Elko’s Alexis Scheer at homeplate during the first game of a doubleheader played Saturday at Elko.

GAME 1: FALLON 6, ELKO 3
Misjudged fly balls led to an explosive inning for Fallon Wednesday (April 28) as the Lady Wave scored nine runs in the fourth frame and another run in the fifth to record a 12-2 win in Northern 3A-East softball at the Edward Arciniega Athletic Complex.
Fallon unleashed its bats against Elko after beginning the bottom of the fourth inning with one out after Savana Manha popped up in foul territory.

Shaylee Fagg singled to center field and then advanced to second base on a steal. Trinity Helton’s ground-ball single scored Fagg to break the tie. Shaylee Coldwell’s fly ball dropped for an RBI single to double the lead.

Two batters later, Fallon had two outs before causing more damage against Elko.

Starting pitcher Rachel Mori ripped a two-run double followed by Kiley Wallace’s high fly ball to right field that was misjudged for an error. Mori scored to give the Wave a 7-2 lead.

Another outfield error on Lydia Bergman’s fly ball allowed Wallace to score, and Bergman advanced to second. Bergman scored on a passed ball, and Manha, who walked in her second plate appearance of the inning, eventually scored. Fagg also walked.

Coldwell lifted a fly ball in her second plate appearance, and she reached base on an infield error, while Fagg scored.

The game ended in the bottom of the fifth inning because of the 10-run mercy rule.

With one out, Mori singled, and Wallace followed with a double.

Fallon took the game’s first lead on Bergman’s two-run homer in the first inning. Elko tied the game in the top of the fourth inning on a bases-loaded walk and Alexis Schweer’s one-out single.

The Wave banged out 10 hits against Elko pitcher Rylee Ferguson with Wallace, Mori and Coldwell each having two hits.
Mori picked up the win by allowing four hits in five innings and struck out four.

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