Recap: Early Surge Allows Team Palacios to Prevail Over Team Kilfoyl

Fischer, who tallied 200 or more leaderboard points for the fifth time in her Championship Season career, garnered MVP 1 laurels and a season-high 220 leaderboard points after belting a three-run home run in addition to a RBI single in the fifth inning.

Outfielder Megan Wiggins followed with MVP 2 accolades, earning 160 leaderboard points after driving in the eventual game-winning run in the fifth inning with a single to center field.

Outfielder Aliyah Andrews, who was named as the game’s Defensive MVP, contributed two hits for Team Palacios with a run scored.

Pitcher Taylor McQuillin moved her record to 4-3 after giving up three runs on eight hits over 3.0 innings in relief. Rookie Valerie Cagle secured her second save of the campaign after closing out the game with a scoreless seventh inning.

Middle infielder Skylar Wallace, the game’s MVP 3 honoree, paced Team Kilfoyl in the loss by going 3-for-4 with a home run in addition to two runs scored and two runs batted in.

Hope Trautwein (0-1) suffered the loss after allowing five unearned runs on five hits over 3.1 innings.

KEY MOMENT

After Team Kilfoyl opened the game with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning, Team Palacios struck for five runs in the bottom of the frame to take a 5-2 lead it did not relinquish. Catcher Sashel Palacios was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to bring in the first run before a fielder’s choice by middle infielder Anissa Urtez evened the score at 2-all. Fischer followed with her first home run of the season, a three-run shot to left center field, to give Team Palacios the three-run advantage.

LEADERBOARD IMPACT

Palacios climbed into the top spot on the leaderboard with 1,174 points following her 118-point performance. Wallace, meanwhile, rose into fourth place after collecting 100 points in the loss, marking her seventh game with 100 or more leaderboard points this season.

GAME NOTES

• Team Kilfoyl initiated a captain’s challenge on an out call during a fielder’s choice by corner infielder Baylee Klingler with two outs in the top of the fourth inning … The challenge was unsuccessful after the call was upheld … Teams are now 2-for-19 in captain’s challenges through 19 games this season.

• Palacios, who ran her record to 4-0 as a captain this season, has won six consecutive games and owns a 9-1 record through 10 games this season.

• Palacios’ teams have outscored opponents by a 30-16 margin over four games, including a 21-12 count in the last two outings.

• Middle infielder Aubrey Leach upped her hitting streak to seven games after reaching on an infield single in the bottom of the second inning … The former Tennessee standout has accumulated 10 of her 12 hits during the seven-game run.

• Wallace produced the first three-hit outing of her professional career after striking for three hits against Team Palacios on Friday night … The former Florida product has registered a multi-hit effort in four of her last six contests.

• Klingler has notched four consecutive multi-hit affairs after going 3-for-4 with two runs batted in against Team Palacios on Friday night … She has nine hits in her last four games after opening the season with a 2-for-14 effort in the first five contests.

• Corner infielder Nadia Taylor snapped an 0-for-16 skid with a single in the top of the fifth inning … It was Taylor’s first hit since July 27 against Team Svekis.

GAME MVPS

• #1 – Sam Fischer (Team Palacios, +60)
• #2 – Megan Wiggins (Team Palacios, +40)
• #3 – Skylar Wallace (Team Kilfoyl, +20)
• Defensive MVP – Aliyah Andrews (Team Palacios, +20)