Brainerd – Callie Skoglund does not deliberately try to make her launcher crazy – but she should.
Brainerd's Junior Warriors Junior knows, when Mya Tautges does not get the calls she thinks she should, the MPH on her land becomes even faster.
This was the case on Thursday, May 8, when Tautges closed the Cardinals of Alexandria for a victory for the Central Lakes 8-1 conference in Adamson Field.
“It has actually been improved a lot since the start of the season,” said Skoglund. “I know she is going to division I next year and everything, but she improves each time.”
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TAUTAGES launched 96 throws with 69 for strikes. Some are some of these 27s that upset senior fireball. She withdrew 16 years old and granted one point on five strokes and no promenade.
“Yes, I can say when she's crazy,” said Skoglund, laughing. “She throws better when she is crazy. I'm just trying to encourage her as much as possible and help her call the right locations when she shakes the coaches. We communicate through the nods.”
Tautges also rolled things off by offensive as it put down the bottom of the first with a triple and scored on a Macy Goral update.
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Alexandria responded to the fourth round when Addy Johson started with a single. She reached third place on an error and scored on the single of Brooklyn McFhail. Alexandria then loaded the bases before the tautages were stretched the last two strikers to end the threat. She removed the side in the fifth and seventh rounds.
“We will often like it,” said Brainerd head coach Shane Jordan. “We have to find ways to drive it mad because when she gets angry, there is an additional MPH couple there. She is just a super competitor and wants to be great in everything. If something is not going well for her, she can use her athletic capacities to blend into what she can really do good, which is to throw the hard ball or hit hard.”
Gorel led the fourth with a walk and reached third place on a double Ruthie Owen. Later, she scored on the development of Joze Tautges.
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Jaycee Carlson led the fifth round with a double stand-up. Her explosion was a few centimeters from a home run while he hit the top of the fence and landed at stake. She moved third on a past ball and Skoglund led her on another ground.
Skoglund hit two more points in a sixth round of five points for Brainerd.
“I really liked this field and my swing was a great level, so it had a very good contact,” said Skoglund. “It was good. I got closer to the plate and I did not swing so strong. ”
With two outings, Taytum Goble was struck by land. Joze TAUTAGES EN SIME and Bella GOGGGLEYE EN SIMPLE TO GOBLE. Carlson walked to load the bases and skoglund led in half. Hannah Phillips then struck another simple two points, two out for the final score.
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“Our goal yesterday in practice was to put the ball at stake,” said Jordan. “We really worked on the two -strike swing, or on the trusted swing. This can apply when you are ahead of the count. They really did it once they crossed the alignment once. They really took this to heart. They just wanted to put the ball into play and not try to hit a home run. Do not try to do something apart from what they could do and it worked. ”
Brainerd castigated four circuits in a 19-1 victory over the lakes of Detroit on Tuesday, May 6. Mya Tautges had two circuits. Skoglund smoked one and Ari Halbert made his first career home run, a big home.
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Brainerd struck 16 shots against DL and seven Thursday against Alexandria.
“Just make good contact and the ball will fly,” said Jordan. “What fans see on these hard -hit balls, we see them in practice. It has not always been translated as games. This is roughly the moment when we want to start, so it's good. We have struck hard bullets against DL and we hit really hard balls today. I hope we will continue to do it.”
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WP: Mya TAUTAGES. LP: Emily Nicola. 2b: BRD-Ruthie Owen, Jaycee Carlson. 3B: BRD-MYA TAUTAGES.
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Warriors 8, Alexandria 1
Key: Mya Tautges removed 16 and Brainerd never dragged
Conf: BRD 6-3, Alex 4-5
Overall: BRD 10-5, Alex 8-6
Following: Brainerd at Champlin Park 7 p.m. Friday May 9; Alexandria welcomes Willmar at 5 p.m. Friday, May 9.
