June 23, 2001 - The College Station Comets shut-out Louisiana Gold 1-0 on
Saturday at the 18U ASA Gold Tournament in Katy, Texas in a 2:00 pm game. The game wasn't decided until the sixth inning, when Lauren Boone started the inning off with a walk. Kelli Nesbitt followed with another walk. Both Lauren and Kelli advanced a base to put runners at 3rd and 2nd base when Louisiana Gold's Brooke Mitchel threw a wild pitch. Beverly Rowan struck out swinging for out #1. Then Aimee Petrosky drove the ball to deep center field for out # 2. Lauren tagged up on the fly and scored the winning run. Kelli advanced to third base. Lane Nelson drew a walk and then stole 2nd base. Liebengood struck out to end the ending and strand the runners.
Rachel Werner pitched the shut-out for the Comets. She will be attending Houston Baptist University in the Fall. Rachel had 4 strike-outs in the first two innings and the game. She gave up only three base hits and walked no one. In the sixth inning, College
Sports Exposure radar her fast ball at 56-58 mph. Her change was 45 mph.
Reagan Austin and C. George got back to back singles in the second inning for Louisiana Gold.
But Lauren Debhousnye flied out to Comet's M. Crouse at 3rd base and then Reagan Austin was tagged out for out number two.
Lousiana Gold's J. Fox then grounded out to the pitcher to end the inning. Louisiana Gold's 3rd
single came from a D. Chatnau base
hit in the 7th inning.
Brooke Mitchel from Deer Park High School had 5 strike-outs. She gave up only two base hits but walked 9 batters. College Sports Exposure radar Brooke's fastball in the 6th inning
at 58-61 mph.
Lane Nelson and M. Crouse singled for the Comets.
Comet's Head Coach Clint Nederland said, "the game was a great ball game. He knew the umpire was not going to call the high pitch so he told his players to lay off
of it. His players took advantage of the opposing pitcher's walks,
he moved their runners into scoring position and then their # 6 hitter stepped-up and
delivered a sacrifice fly to win the game."
The Comets reached this game by beating Impact Gold by a score of 3-2 in a
Friday night game. They were then sent to the
losers bracket early Saturday morning when they lost to the California Miners Gold by a score of 2-1. The Comets then beat Austin Storm Red by a score of 9-1. In this game,
the Comet's Beverly Rowan hit a grand slam home run. Kelli
Nesbitt pitched the whole game for the
Comets giving up only one hit.
Louisiana Gold won their Friday night game against Magic Gold from Missouri City by a score of 3-2. They then lost to Texas Force Gold
Saturday morning by a score of 4-0.
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