GREENVILLE – The Greenville Lady Wave earned a 10-0 MVL run-rule win over the visiting Butler Lady Aviators to stay perfect on the season in conference play.
“Just a great day for Lady Wave Softball, the softball team, and neat for the kids,” said Greenville coach Jerrod Newland. “Good Butler team, third or fourth best team in the league.”
The Lady Wave pounded out 18 hits on the night while freshman Ella Oswalt and sophomore Lizzie Shaffer combined on the mound for a four-hit shutout on the day.
“We came out and hit the ball really well, and both pitchers threw well,” Newland stated. “Kendall (Cromwell), great job behind the plate. Kendall and Ally (Russell Bowers) are doing amazing, catching them and calling them. Proud of the kids; hitting the ball solid and square and having fun.”
The teams played to a 0-0 standoff after one complete inning before GHS freshman shortstop Leah Force crushed a one-out solo home run to center and a 1-0 Lady Wave advantage. Greenville closed out the inning, exploding for an additional five runs, all coming with two outs.
“She got us on the board there in the second, hitting the ball out – it’s still going,” Coach Newland said of Force’s home run. “It went down by the dumpster. She’s an amazing young lady. Proud of everybody, the program, the staff, and just fun stuff.”
Rielynn Davidson doubled to deep center, Kara Blumenstock single in a run, Kylar Arnett drilled a run-scoring double to left, Zoey Burns slammed an RBI double to center, Oswalt knocked a run-scoring single to center, Shaffer singled to center, and Kendall Cromwell drove an RBI single to left – Greenville 6, Butler 0 with two innings in the book.
Neither team dented the plate in the third with the Lady Wave tacking on two runs in the bottom of the fourth using an Oswalt leadoff single to left, a Cromwell one-out single to left, a Force RBI single, a Lily Brubaker walk and a Davidson run-scoring single to center giving Greenville a 9-0 lead after four-innings of work.
Both teams played scoreless fifth-inning ball with the Lady Wave wasting a Shaffer single and Cromwell double to close out the fifth.
Greenville put the game away in the bottom of the sixth with the speedy Brubaker beating a throw from short to first for a leadoff single, a Butler error and Coach Newland playing heads up ball on the base paths with Brubaker scoring from third on an infield popup off the bat of Arnett giving the Lady Wave a 10 run MVL win.
Oswalt picked up the win, tossing 4.0 scoreless innings, allowing 4 hits, 2 walks while striking out 8 Lady Aviators. Shaffer threw 2.0 perfect innings, allowing no hits, no walks, and striking out two.
Kylar Arnett and Kendall Cromwell paced the Lady Wave at the plate, with Arnett going 3-4, including a double, 2 RBI, 1 run, and Cromwell 3-4 at the plate with a double and an RBI.
“A lot of kids hit the ball square,” Newland noted. “Kylar and Kendall just hit the snot out of it, they had three each, and three or four kids had two, but good day for the program, great day for us, and we’re getting better.”
Force 2-4 including a solo home run, 2 RBI, 2 runs; Davidson 2-4 including a double, 2 RBI, 1 run; Blumenstock 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 run; Oswalt 2-4, 1 RBI; Burns 1-4, a double, 1 RBI, 1 run; Brubaker 1-3 with a walk, 1 run; Shaffer 2-4; Rylie Pfledderer 2 runs; Caleigh Stebbins 1 run.
The Lady Wave can win the MVL Title outright with a win over the visiting Sidney Lady Yellow Jackets today, Friday, May 9th, on Senior Night at Lady Wave Stadium with a 5 p.m. start time.
With the win, the Lady Wave owns a 20-1 overall record and stands 16-0 in Miami Valley League play.
“So excited for the kids, so excited for the second season, and very excited for the league title,” Coach Newland said. “Everybody smiling and little kids running around out here, and just fun.”
BOX SCORE
123 456 7 R H E
000 000 X 0 4 1 Vandalia-Butler
060 301 X 10 18 1 Greenville
