Macon rallied with three runs in the top of the 7th, to send the game to extra innings, then scored three in the 8th to beat Lutheran St. Charles/Veritas 9-6 on softball quarterfinal Saturday in St. Peters. The Cougars had a 6-2 lead after four. The Tigerettes got one back in the top of the 5th on an RBI single by Taegan Nelson.
In the 7th, Trinity Gooding had a leadoff infield single and Reece Barnett doubled. That brought up Payton Weimer:
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. After an out, Nelson delivered again:
In the 8th, Andi Weisenborn had a leadoff single. After an out, Raleigh Weimer doubled to put runners at second and third. On a fielders choice by Gooding, Weisenborn was thrown out at the plate. Barnett came to the plate with two away:
Weimer followed with an RBI double for the final score of 9-6. After Lutheran scored four in the third inning aided by three Macon errors, Weimer didn’t allow another hit over the final five innings and only three baserunners on walks. Weimer ended up 2-4 at the plate with 3 RBI, a walk and two runs scored to earn our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game.
This will be Macon’s first trip to the state softball championships since 1994. The 23-13 Tigerettes will play Chillicothe Friday at 12noon, at Meador Park in Springfield. Macon lost to Chilli in early October 5-0. Lutheran pitcher Ellie Smith threw over 175 pitches. The Cougars wrap up their first-ever state playoff appearance with a record of 16-13. You can hear the full broadcast by going to the Game Archive section of our website.
postgame with LeaAnn Hamlin:
