Prep Blog: Lady Magic stumbles in first game of ASA Gold Nationals

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August 2, 2009

Lady Magic stumbles in first game of ASA Gold Nationals

Elk Grove's Lady Magic stumbled in its first game of the Amateur Softball Association 18 Gold Nationals on Sunday night, losing to Indy Dreams 1-0, despite strong outings in the circle from Ally Carda and Jolene Henderson, who both pitched three innings of a time-limit shortened game.

Carda started the game and struck out three Dreams hitters but could not work her way out of a troublesome third inning in which she walked two of the first three batters and the Magic appeared to be on the wrong end of an interference call involving a runner cutting off shortstop Cheyenne Cordes which would have ended the inning. As it happened, with two outs, the next Indianapolis hitter hit a dribbler between Carda and third baseman Danielle Henderson to score the game's only run.

Jolene Henderson struck out five in her three innings, allowing three hits. Centerfielder Simone Heyward prevented a second Dreams run from scoring by throwing a runner out at the plate to end the top of the sixth inning.

Official stats and names of Dreams players were not available as of press time.

You can follow the rest of Lady Magic's journey here on the sports blog or via Twitter at twitter.com/magicsoftball.

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