The Mercer High School softball team nearly sprung an upset of a Putnam County team many consider a front runner to win the Grand River Conference this season.
The Cardinals fell two runs shy, however, losing 4-2 in Unionville.
Putnam got one run in the bottom of the first inning, but it was the Midgets’ three-run third that proved to be the difference in the game.
Kaydee Hill was the losing pitcher for Mercer, allowing four runs, but only one was earned as the Cardinals committed three errors in the field. Hill scattered seven hits, walked four and hit one batter in her six innings of work. She struck out four Putnam hitters in the game.
Offensively, Summer Martin and Rainey Michael each had two hits to lead Mercer. Gracie Rogers had a hit and scored both Mercer runs, stealing home on a wild pitch for one of her runs. Maddi Fisher added a hit and an RBI.
The season-opening loss established an 0-1 start to the season for the Cardinals, who were back on the diamond on Thursday, hosting Grundy R-5 in an HDC Conference match-up. Mercer will be at Gilman City on Tuesday.
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