Aurora Hits Walk Off Winner vs Northwest

(Aurora, NE) - An instant classic between two rivals on Tuesday night saw the Aurora Huskies defeat the Northwest softball team by a final score of 4-3. The two starting pitchers would go back and forth in the first four innings as the game would be scoreless going to the fifth inning. Zoe Johnson for Aurora would toss a two-hitter for the Huskies. The Vikings would get their first hit and runs of the contest in the top of the fifth inning on a 2 RBI single by Reyse Zobel. Aurora would come back and score a run in the bottom of the fifth on a wild pitch to Zoe Johnson on a full count pitch from Gracyln Simmons scoring Adi Fahrnbruch from third base. Fahrnbruch would get to third base on a three-base throwing error to start the bottom of the fifth. 

After a scoreless sixth, Northwest would add one run in the top of the seventh inning which would lead to the bottom of the seventh and the last chance for Aurora. The Huskies would Adi Fahrnbruch and Hannah Janda aboard with no outs. Both runners would be parked at first and second. Zoe Johnson would try to bunt them over to third and second but the bunt would hang in the air down the first base line falling into the glove of Laiken Dorsey for the first out. That would then bring Londyn Teahon to the plate with one out and runners at second and first. Teahon would launch a three-run home run to center field to win it for the Huskies to end the game in a dog pile near home plate. 

Graclyn Simmons would end the game for Northwest giving up the four runs on seven hits with 126 pitches and would have 11 strikeouts. It was Simmons's first loss of the year in the circle to move her pitching record to 11-1 on the season. 

Aurora pitcher Zoe Johnson would give up two hits, three runs, and six walks, and have three strikeouts on 103 pitches. 

Northwest is now (15-1) on the season and will be back in action on Thursday, September 19th hosting Cozad. Aurora with the win moves to (11-6) and will be back in action on Thursday, September 19th at Central City. Listen to the Huskies live on 97.3 FM. The next Northwest broadcast on 103.1 FM will be Monday, September 23rd at York. 

 

Northwest   3 Runs   2 Hits    4 Errors 

Aurora         4 Runs   7 Hits    2 Errors