Red Oak contains Cardinal rally

CLARINDA – Red Oak’s softball team was able to score eight runs in five innings before the weather ended their Hawkeye 10 opener after the fifth inning against Clarinda Tuesday.

Jami Redel and Paige Stoaks led the way, combining for five hits and five RBI in the Tigers’ 8-2 win. Redel also scored three runs and reached on a walk in the winning effort.

Redel also received the win as the starting pitcher for Red Oak, allowing one earned run on three hits, while striking out four Cardinal batters.

The Tigers added two more wins to their streak, starting the season 8-0, beating Essex-South Page 10-1, and Elk Horn-Kimballton-Exire 6-4, in a triangular at Elk Horn Wednesday.

Stoaks, Cheyanne Nelson, and Gabrielle French led the way from the plate for the Tigers in their win over the Trojanettes. Stoaks hit two of three with one RBI and a walk. Nelson added two RBI, while hitting two of three, and French drove in three runners on three hits in four at bats.

Redel had two RBI on a double and scored one of the Tigers’ 10 runs. She and Lexie Holmgren combined for seven strikeouts and allowed five runs in seven innings, pitching.

In their late game, the Tigers bats cooled, only reaching on four hits. French drove in three runs on a bases-loaded triple in the Tiger win.

Holmgren pitched six innings allowing three runs on four hits, striking out seven Elk Horn-Kimballton-Exira batters. She pitched all six innings and picked up the Tiger win.

Thursday, the Tigers lost their first game, ending their streak at eight wins, losing both ends of a doubleheader against Denison, 12-2 and 10-2.

The Monarchs scored 18 of their 22 runs unearned following Red Oak errors.

French and Redel scored the Tigers only runs in the first game, while French drove in one RBI. Redel was issued her first loss as a pitcher, making her record 7-1 so far in the 2010 season.

Behind Holmgren on the rubber, the Tigers were unable to offer much support in the second game, striking out three times and only getting four hits in the 10-2 loss.

Stoaks led the Tigers with two hits in the loss, to go with Holmgren’s double.

The Trojann Tournament in Atlantic for Saturday was cancelled.

Two weeks into the 2010 season, the Tigers started with a record of 8-2, compared to 6-4 after their first 10 games in 2009.