Her leadoff double to dead center, 220 feet from home plate, would have been a home run anywhere else at Moyer Complex in Salem.Īnd Dail, who hit a three-run homer in the semifinals against York, laced a two-out liner to left-center in the 12th with runners on first and third. 8 hitter, almost ended it in the bottom of the 10th. But when it mattered most, they summoned the poise and talent necessary to escape.Īlexis Ferguson, Brookville's No. 'It was either a really bad plan or really bad execution.'ĭail and Rochard weren't perfect. 'I was stupid enough to think we had a game plan to squeeze some runs in,' Bunn said. Warhill and Brookville might not have scored seven runs in a week the way Rochard and Dail were throwing. Tincher and Mowatt combined to throw 371 pitches and strike out 41 in the Wildcats' 4-3 victory.īut that contest was 12 innings and included seven runs. Watching Dail and Rochard reminded Thomas of Tincher's senior season, 2008, when she pitched against Arizona's Taryne Mowatt, MVP of the previous year's Women's College World Series. Dail, a left-hander, then closes, forcing opponents to adjust mid-game. Rochard, a right-hander, usually starts and throws 3-4 innings. Rochard and Dail face no such endurance tests when competing for the Starz. But usually the next morning when I wake up I'm like, 'Ugh, I can't get out of bed.'' 'During the game, I don't get tired,' Rochard said.

Still, there is a toll - on the legs that generate power and the mind that must focus. Now softball's underhand delivery doesn't strain the elbow and shoulder like baseball's overhand motion. Each went the distance, Rochard throwing 282 pitches, Dail 262. It was pretty exhausting, and I can't imagine the players.'Įspecially Rochard and Dail. If you sent that to Hollywood, they wouldn't believe it. Certainly not for a long, long time, where it's the trilogy of them meeting in the state tournament. 'I don't think you're going to get a game like that in any sport in a state championship, maybe ever.

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