Oran gave up a run in the bottom of the first, starter Kaylee Payne retired the first two, but then a double was followed by an RBI single. She retired the next seven she faced and the Lady Eagles were up 2-1 heading into the bottom of the fourth.
Payne reached on an infield error with one out in the third. She went to third on a bunt single by Leah Cauble and scored on Claire Ramsey's bunt single to tie the game.
In the fourth, Rylee Boshell singled with one down and advanced to second on Taylor Lowe's ground out and scored as Kennedi McVay reached on an error.
Bernie, got to Payne, in the bottom of the fourth. They used four walks, three singles, a home run and an error as the sent 10 to the plate and had five cross.
In the top of the fifth, Samantha Welter walked with two outs and Jessie Long reached on an infield single but got no more.
Bernie's offensive onslaught continued in the fifth. Payne retired the first two, but then a single, homer and a walk chased her. Alyssa Spane came in in relief. She faced four and did not retire a batter. The Lady Mules had three singles and a walk-off grand slam to invoke the mercy rule.
Payne (7-3), took the loss. She went four and two-thirds, allowing nine runs, seven earned on eight hits. She walked four and struck out five. Spane faced four batters and did not record an out. She gave up four runs, all earned on four hits.
Cauble, Ramsey and Boshell had the only hits for the Lady Eagles who ended its season at 14-6.
Coach Jim Eftink said, "Marcum (Bernie's pitcher) is the type of pitcher who can shut you down and she had our number. Anytime we got something going she came through with exactly the pitch she needed. We really haven’t played small ball in a couple of years so it was kinda nice to see all those bunts laid down. Those bunts kept the game close for a while. Seasons over and it’s the end of an era. I’d like to say thanks to our seniors who have been a big part of the softball program for the past four years. God bless and good luck to Jessie, Kaitlyn, Claire and Leah."
The senior class went 56-19 over their four years.
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