Neither the Park Hotel Colts, nor the KCS Marketing Slammers wanted to play a third playoff game Thursday if they didn’t have to.
Both teams took care of business in Game 2 Thursday night in their Moose Jaw Senior Women’s Fastball League semifinal series and will meet once again in the league final.
The Slammers completed their two-game sweep of the Relics with a 14-4 win. The Colts beat the Hustlers 6-0 to finish off their series in two games.
Slammers 14 Relics 4
The Relics weren’t going to go quietly and took a 3-2 lead after two innings.
Donna Bye and Lydia Bruse both singled for the Relics in the second inning and came around to score to go ahead.
The Slammers replied with a huge third inning to take control of the game. They scored five runs on six hits to take control. Karen Doan singled twice in the inning and Megan Rodgers hit a big RBI double.
Jenn Wiens had two hits and scored three runs for the Slammers. Mariah Wilder was 3-for-3 and Rodgers also had three hits.
Dawn Luhning and Lauren Mitchell were each 2-for-3 for the Relics.
Colts 6 Hustlers 0
Kim Neithercut threw seven complete innings and only allowed five hits for the Colts.
The Colts wasted no time getting on the board, Mel Hopkinson led the game off with a single and was quickly driven home on a triple from Nicole Simpson.
The Colts kept rolling in the second inning. Neithercut reached on an error and Nicole Whitehead singled. Keri Merkel hit an RBI single and Caralie Wait hit a two-run single to put the Colts up 4-0.
Whitehead added an RBI double in the third, while Simpson came around to score in the fifth when Jasmine Jackman drove her home.
Rachelle Grado and Tanya McLean were each 2-for-3 for the Hustlers.
