Park softball honors faculty on May 9

Taybior continues to swing a hot bat

After scoring 44 runs in four consecutive wins, St. Louis Park softball dropped five straight games including a 6-3 final against Jefferson on May 9 at Aquila Park.

The Orioles honored teachers and staff at St. Louis Park High School ahead of the Metro West Conference game as they were limited to three runs or less for the fourth time in five games.

Park shortstop Gabby Fadden went 3-for-3 with a double, driving in one run and scoring once. Eva Taybior and Gabbie Loberg each had a double.

Pitcher Azlyn McDonnell scattered nine hits over 5 1/3 innings with one walk and one strikeout before Gabbie Loberg worked the final 1 2/3 innings.

Ella Nguyen drove in Gabby Fadden to get the Orioles on the scoreboard first with two outs in the third inning.

Jefferson took a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning with a two-out, two-run double from Olivia Oerther before she was caught trying to steal third base.

Trailing 5-1 in the sixth inning, Presley Loberg popped out to the shortstop but Eva Taybior was able to tag up and score from third base to make it 5-2.

Jefferson’s Grace Rolek went 4-for-4 scoring twice including an RBI double in the seventh inning to build a 6-2 lead.

Park’s Gabbie Loberg opened the seventh inning with a double, scoring on Gabby Fadden’s double to right field for consecutive multiple base hits to narrow the lead to 6-3.

Park was swept by New Prague two days earlier, losing the opener 7-3 before the Trojans added a 12-5 win. Park also lost both games against Waconia on Monday, 5-0 and 11-3. Rowan Jansen and Nguyen each had a hit in the 5-0 loss against Waconia while Bella Miller also had a double.

Taybior had two hits while McDonnell drove in two runs with a double in the 11-3 loss.

The opening game against New Prague included two hits each from Jansen, Nguyen and Taybior with Jansen scoring twice in the leadoff spot.

In the second game against New Prague, Taybior kept swinging a red-hot bat going 2-for-4 with a triple and home run driving in two runs. Ella Tousignault and Bella Miller each added two hits. Taybior scored twice and drove in two wins.