The Skyview softball players met their makers Monday. That’s how the Camas softball players described their endless sixth inning that led to a 17-4 victory.
The Papermakers sent 18 batters to the plate and scored 13 runs on eight hits. Erin Tauscher drove in seven of those runs with a 3-run home run and a grand slam.
She hit a fly ball into left field that just kept gaining altitude. The fielder tracked it, reached for the ball over the fence, but she couldn’t bring it back.
“They had just tied it up, so we needed to do something,” Tauscher said. “I was mad at first because I thought I had just popped it up. When I saw that she didn’t catch it, and that it landed on the other side of the fence, I was stoked.”
A 4-4 ball game turned into a 7-4 advantage for Camas, but the Papermakers were just getting warmed up. Harli Hubbard and Tori O’Neil delivered back-to-back singles. Hannah Welborn reached first base safely to load the bases. Alicia Huegli then came through with a 2-run single.