FORT BRAGG — Despite out-hitting the Fort Bragg Timberwolves eight to seven, the Lower Lake Trojans fell 5-1 in a North Central League I softball game on Monday in Fort Bragg.
“We made too many baserunning mistakes … we ran ourselves out of a couple of innings,” Lower Lake coach Chris Emberson said.
Mental errors – such as not tagging up on a fly ball with the bases loaded in the top of the seventh – cost the Trojans (3-4 league, 10-6 overall) at least one more run.
Fort Bragg (3-3) had a 4-0 lead before Lower Lake scored its lone run in the top of the fourth. The Timberwolves countered with a run in the bottom of the inning.
Adrina Miller and Raelynn Scott each went 2-for-3 for Lower Lake. Amanda Graf (1-for-3) knocked in the Trojans” run.
Winning pitcher Cassidy Lowe went 2-for-3 for Fort Bragg. She went the distance, striking out three and walking one. Losing pitcher Shelbie Harris struck out three and walked five in her six innings on the mound.
Lower Lake hosts Cloverdale on Thursday at 4 p.m.
