Butte Central’s softball team hit the road for two big wins in the Bitterroot Valley Saturday.
With McKenzie Gallagher pitching both games, the Maroons beat Hamilton 6-0 in Hamilton before heading to Corvallis to beat the Blue Devils 7-5.
BC improved to 6-2 in Southwestern A play with the sweep. The Maroons evened their overall record at 7-7.
The Maroons are back in action Tuesday when they play host to Dillon on Senior Day at Stodden Park.
Butte Central 6, Hamilton 0
HAMILTON — Kloie Thatcher, Mollie Peoples and Emily St. John each smacked a pair of hits to lead the Maroons in their first game. Thatcher hit a double.
The Maroons also got singles from Corbyn Holm, Taylor Wahl, Michelotti, Kassidy Criscuolo.
Gallagher, who improved her record to 5-3 with the two wins, struck out five batters and walked two. She scattered seven hits, all singles.
Caitlin Dillon and Kloie Nie each had a pair of hits for the Broncs.
Butte Central 004 001 1 — 6 10 1
Hamilton 000 000 0 — 0 7 0
McKenzie Gallagher and Corbyn Holm; Sky Lopez, Hayley Hudgins (3) and Rachael Ringer. W — Gallagher (4-3). — Lopez.
BUTTE CENTRAL (5-2, 6-7) — Shawnee Hjelt 0-4, Kloie Thatcher 2-3, Mollie Peoples 2-4, Holm 1-4, Taylor Wahl 1-3, Emily St. John 2-3, Megan Michelotti 1-3, Kassidy Criscuolo 1-4, Gallagher 0-4.
HAMILTON — Caitlin Dillon 2-4, MaKayl Rothie 0-3, Taylor Goligosky 0-2, Tayler Reynolds 0-3, Ringer 1-3, Shaylan Mohn 0-3, Mallory McGill 1-3, Lauren Doleater 1-3, Kloie Nye 2-3.
2B — Thatcher. RBIs — Peoples, Holm, Wahl, Michelotti, Criscuolo.
Butte Central 7, Corvallis 5
CORVALLIS — Gallagher gave up 11 hits in the second game, but she struck out seven batters and walked none.
Michelotti doubled and Holm drove in two runs with a pair of singles to lead the BC offense, which overcame a 3-2 deficit with four runs in the fourth inning.
St. John added two hits in the win, while Shawnee Hjelt, Wahl, Criscuolo and Gallagher each hit a single.
Bobbie Stephen went 3 for 4 with a double and two RBIs to lead the Blue Devils. Kenley Fields tripled.
Butte Central 200 400 1 — 7 9 1
Corvallis 003 100 1 — 5 11 2
Gallagher and Holm; Tia Tully and Kambrey Powell. W — Gallager (5-3). L — Tully.
BUTTE CENTRAL (6-2, 7-7) — Hjelt 1-2, Kara Barnett 0-2, Thatcher 0-3, Peoples 0-4, Holm 2-3, Wahl 1-3, St. John 2-4, Criscuolo 1-4, Michelotti 1-3, Gallagher 1-3.
CORVALLIS — Tully 2-4, Nicole Turner 2-4, Hannah Brown 1-4, Bobbie Stephen 3-4, Hannah Capko 1-3, Powell 0-3, Kira Doyle 0-3, Sydonia Curtis, Meghan Jessop 0-1, Kenley Fields 2-3.
3B — Fields. 2B — Michelotti; Tully, Turner, Brown, Stephen, Capko. RBIS — Holm 2, St. Joh, Criscuolo, Michelotti, Gallagher; Stephen 2, Tully, Brown, Capko.
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