Trinity Softball Loses Despite Evans' Dramatic Homer
Mother McAuley scores in the bottom of the seventh to edge the Blazers 6-5 in the Class 4A Morton sectional semifinals.
The Trinity softball team experienced an extreme swing of emotions in the seventh inning of Thursday’s Class 4A Morton sectional semifinal that ended in heartbreak. The Blazers were flying high when sophomore shortstop Nicole Evans belted a game-tying, two-run homer with two outs in the top of the seventh. However, Mother McAuley quickly recovered emotionally. In the bottom of the inning, the Mighty Macs loaded the bases with one out and then scored the winning run on a wild pitch to nip Trinity 6-5 in Cicero. “It was a good game,” Blazers coach Bob Osborne said. “We felt that the winner of this game was going downstate. We knew this was a great (McAuley) team. They were kind of under the radar for a little bit at the end of the year, but …
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