Recap: Team Leach jumps out to an early lead in win over Team Filler

Eric Rhew

Jun 19, 2023

ROSEMONT, Ill. — When the members of Team Leach look at the box score from Monday night’s Athletes Unlimited AUX Softball game against Team Filler, there may be just two things that bother them – the fact the team didn’t get a shutout and the squad didn’t score in all seven innings.

Other than those two things, Team Leach’s performance was nearly as perfect as the weather at Parkway Bank Sports Complex with the squad producing a 13-3 victory to remain unbeaten in Series Two.

The win allowed Team Leach to improve to 2-0, while Team Fuller dipped to 1-1.

Rookie Megan Faraimo, who finished with 226 leaderboard points, earned her second Game MVP honor of the season after receiving the game’s top award in the win. The former UCLA standout allowed two runs on seven hits over 6.1 innings while upping her record to 2-0.

Middle infielder Sis Bates claimed MVP 2 recognition after going 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a walk, earning 178 leaderboard points in the victory. The former Washington star was one of eight Team Leach players to author a multi-hit performance.

Catcher Mia Davidson secured the Game MVP sweep for Team Leach after notching an MVP 3 effort with three hits, including her third home run of the season.

Outfielders Amanda Lorenz and Megan Wiggins each registered two hits with a run batted in for Team Filler in the loss. Rookie Brooke Yanez dropped to 0-2 in the circle after conceding four runs on six hits in 2.0 innings.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Team Leach scored in each of its first four trips to the plate, including a four-run outburst in the fourth inning, to build a 9-0 lead. Team Filler ended the shutout bid with a single tally in the fifth inning on an RBI single by outfielder Amanda Lorenz.

LEADERBOARD IMPACT

Middle infielder Aubrey Leach returned to the top of the leaderboard after earning 118 points in the victory, while Davidson elevated her standing by three positions and owns second place with 770 points. Faraimo made the largest jump with a 19-spot improvement to hold the No. 5 position with 626 points

GAME NOTES

Team Leach and Team Filler combined to score 16 runs during Monday’s opener, moving the league’s season total to 120 runs through nine games … Aspiration is committed to planting 10 trees for every run scored during the season as part of its ‘Round the Bases’ initiative.
Team Filler challenged a safe call against Davidson in the top of the fourth inning, which was unsuccessful … Teams are now 1-for-8 (.125) in captain’s challenges this season.
Team Leach’s 13 runs established a new AUX single-game scoring record … The previous mark was 12 runs, which occurred twice.
Team Leach also matched the AUX single-game standard with its 18 hits on Monday night, marking the third time a team has posted 18 hits in a game in the league’s two-year history.
Team Leach plated four runs in the top of the fourth inning, marking the 10th time this season a team has scored four or more runs in a single frame … In addition, Team Leach became the third team this season to score at least one run in four consecutive innings.
Designated player Danielle Gibson extended her hitting streak to six consecutive games with an RBI double in the first inning.
Corner infielder Tori Vidales ran her hitting streak to six games in a row after her single to center field in the second inning … Vidales also fashioned her third multi-hit game of the season after going 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
Catcher Jordan Roberts owns a five-game hitting streak after securing a double in the second inning.
Lorenz became the first player to be caught stealing when she failed on an attempt to swipe second base in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Eight of the nine games this season have been won by the designated visiting team.