March 25, 2009

Warriors' Wagner one-hits Lady Tide 8-0

by Carey Meitzler

D'Iberville--Picayune's Lady Tide faced Kimi Wagner on D'Iberville's Senior Night and Wagner was near perfect in leading her

team past Picayune 8-0 in the debut of the Warriors new state of the art facility.

Picayune went three up and three down in the top of the first inning, but the Lady Tide was making contact against the

dominating Wagner.   D'Iberville pushed across four runs, three coming after an errant throw on a grounder to third

that could have ended the inning with only one earned run.  The Lady Warriors added earned runs in the second and third to

build a 6-0 lead.  Two unearned runs in the sixth pushed the margin to 8-0.

D'Iberville's sparkling new facility had a slight distance problem.   As the top of the second inning began, the coaches decided to

measure the distance from home plate to the pitchers' plate and they discovered it was about 4-5 feet too far back from the

regulation 40 feet.  After moving the plate up, Picayune only managed one baserunner.  Brooke Meitzler singled down the left

field line on a 3-2 count in the bottom of the sixth to break up Wagner's second bid on a perfect game against Picayune during

the past two seasons.  Wagner finished with 15 strikeouts.

Photos by Carey Meitzler

Officials and coaches move the pitchers' plate to the correct distance before the second inning gets underway.

Bethany Crawford takes a swing at the first pitch thrown at the new D'Iberville facility in the JV game.