The Wolverines pounded out a dozen hits upending Dirigo 21-10 at Dixfield May 21 in Mountain Valley Conference softball action. The win was Wiscasset Middle High School’s third of the season, but a 13-0 loss to Monmouth May 23 dimmed hopes of a post-season berth.

The latest MPA Heal standings have WMHS ranked ninth in the Class D South standings with just one game remaining. Only the top seven teams qualify for the tournament. Valley High School with a record of 5-5 is ranked eighth, and Temple at 4-8 is number seven. Greenville is ranked number one with a record of 12-1.

At Dixfield, WMHS Coach Gordon Campbell saw his charges rally from a 9-2 deficit by scoring 11 runs in the fifth inning. The Wolverines added eight more runs in the final two innings, six in the sixth and two in the seventh, ending the slugfest.

Sydnie Thayer and Lindsey Gordon led the Wolverine battery. Thayer singled, doubled and tripled and scored three runs. Gordon had three hits and scored three times. Kelsey Jones had two hits and scored three runs and Maeve Blodgett walked and scored three times. August Moore pitched the whole game and picked up the win. She had one strikeout.

“It was good to see our girls come back and win after falling behind,” Coach Campbell said afterward.   

Mustangs too much

The Wolverines left nine runners on base in a 13-0 loss to visiting Monmouth May 23 at Wiscasset. The Mustangs scored five runs in the first inning, four of them unearned, when they sent 11 batters to the plate. Abby Flanagan had an RBI single to left.

The Wolverines’ first hit came in the second inning. Farrah Casey singled but was left stranded on third. Wiscasset threatened again in the home half of the third inning. With one out, singles by Leah Potter to left and Maeve Blodgett up the middle put runners on first and second. Kelsey Jones then walked to load the bases but Mustang Mariah Herr struck out the next batter, ending the inning.

Monmouth scored one run in the second inning, one in the third and another in the fourth, opening up an 8-0 lead. Abby Ferlano tripled and scored when Denna Bauar grounded out.

The Wolverines loaded the bases in the fourth. Makayla Bailey reached on a ball-on-balls, Clara Mugnai was hit by the pitcher and Potter singled but the Mustang defense held.

Emily Chase doubled in her third hit of the game and later scored in the fifth to put the Mustangs up 9-0. Herr then drove her home with a double. Monmouth added two more runs in the sixth and seventh innings.

Casey led off with a single in the sixth for the Wolverines, stole second and third but was tagged out when she attempted to steal home. 

Sydney Thayer started the game and August Moore worked in relief for Wiscasset and had two strikeouts.

Herr picked up the win for Monmouth. Abby Flanagan had two RBI with a single and triple for the Mustangs.

The Wolverines will host Carrabec in the season finale Tuesday, May 29 at 4 p.m.