Bowers fires 1-hitter, gets offensive help from Moriarty in Valley win over Triton

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Softball

Molly Moriarty

Tippecanoe Valley 10, Triton 0 (5 innings, April 10): Abby Bowers pitched a one-hitter with eight strikeouts, and Molly Moriarty had three hits and three RBIs for the visiting Lady Vikings in a rout of Triton on April 10.

Moriarty had two doubles and a triple.

Madi Smith, Corinna Stiles and Dalynne Bussard also had three hits each. Smith had three singles and two RBIs. Stiles had two singles and a triple and an RBI, and Bussard also had three singles and an RBI. Brittany Benn had a hit and an RBI.

Bowers faced 16 batters, one over the minimum. She did not walk a batter.

Already leading 3-0, Valley scored four runs in the fourth and three more in the fifth.

Valley 10, Triton 0 (5 innings)

Valley 210 43 – 10

Triton 000 00 – 0

WP – Abby Bowers (5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K)

LP – L. Doll (5 IP, 12 H, 10 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 5 K)

2B – Molly Moriarty 2 (TV)

3B – Molly Moriarty (TV), Corinna Stiles (TV)