April 14th 2009 Cable 12 Sports Osseo edges MG in Softball
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April 14th 2009 Cable 12 Sports
Osseo edges Maple Grove in softball

It was everything you hope a rivalry game would be. Seven innings wasn't enough to decide a winner in Monday's Maple Grove-Osseo softball game.

Maple Grove broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning as Brooke Pearce singled home Kylie Bratton. Despite some chances, Osseo couldn't get a run until the bottom of the seventh.

That's when Melissa Carlson singled to center to score Anna Hegdahl to tie the game at 1-1.

The Orioles looked like they might win it two batters later as Becca Girvan singled up the middle, but Crimson centerfielder Ashley Mulchrone threw a perfect strike to catcher Kelsey Bies to retire Justine Simon at the plate and send the game to extra innings.

In the ninth, Shayna Crandall delivered the game-winning hit to score Hegdahl as Osseo pulled out a 2-1 win.

Both pitchers were superb. Osseo's Becca Girvan struck out 21, while Shanna Sticka struck out 12 for Maple Grove.

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