Atlanta Smoke vs. Orlando Monarchs – Championship Series Game 2 – July 31st

Atlanta Smoke vs. Orlando Monarchs – Championship Series Game 2 – July 31st

University for game two of the championship series in the women’s professional soft pitch. Easy for me to say. Women’s professional softball fast pitch between the Orlando Monarchs and the Atlanta Smoke. Last night we had quite the game in favor of the Orlando Monarchs. They dominated with a 101 victory over the Atlanta Smoke. And here is the dominating reason why things progressed the way they did. Here’s M. Barbara up at the plate hitting her first of two home runs. You see Jasmine Hill trying to chase it down in center field, unable to do so. But that wasn’t all. Barbara comes back to the plate for her second appearance. Hits another home run. This time a threerun jack. And there you see it right there. And that was the beginning of the end. The nail in the coffin if you will. And that started the 10 to one route. Game ended in favor of the Orlando Monarchs. There you see Barbara round in the corner heading home. Well, only thing left to do before we get things started is we’re going to give a rundown of the batting order tonight. And we’ll start off with the Orlando Monarchs batting first. Atlanta Smoke, excuse me. I’m going to start off with the batting over the Atlanta Smoke batting first. Number three, Coco Woolly. Batting second, number 21, Silent Rain Espinosa. Batting third, number nine, Kiki Malloy. Batting fourth, number four, Charlotte Eckles. Batting fifth, number 47, Morgan How. Batting sixth, number 51, Mattie Grim. Batting seventh, number 77, Jasmine Hill. Batting eighth, number 13, Taylor Craft. And batting ninth, designated player number 44, Michaela Timmons. And on the mound, excuse me, inside the circle tonight for the Orlando Monarchs will be number eight, Caitlyn Felton, the University of Central Florida graduate. And behind her in the outfield playing center field, Dallas Goodnight, left field, Stormmy Kzelnik, Khloe Mala Alu playing right field. And you’ll see the first pitch of the game is a chopper over to third and an easy first out for the Orlando Marx. We’ll run down the defense here in just a moment. One up, one down to start the game for Caitlyn Felton. Number 21. Short stop tonight for the Monarchs. Kylie Sand playing catcher Julia Koyonopoulos. So as you see that first pitch to Espinosa is a strike. Second base tonight number nine Devin Flity and Alli Skaggs playing first base. And playing third base tonight Tessa Mala Aloo. And you see Espinosa taking the second pitch of her at bat. Ball one. Count is now even one ball one strike. Atlanta Smoke are in desperation mode. They need a win tonight to force a game three tomorrow. Strike two to Espinosa. She was moved to second base tonight. She was first base last night. Mattie Grim taking her spot at first. Kind of a a position shift tonight for the Smoke. We’ll see that when they arrive on the field in defense position. And there you see evening the count on that pitch. Felton. And it appears that the rain is starting back up. You’ll notice the late start time. I seen that this is becoming a trend here at Kennesaw. The rain, the lightning just isn’t our friend, but it’s subsided. We were able to get things going and it’s starting to pick up just a little bit as Espinosa hits that one foul. She’ll stay alive in the count. Thank you so much for joining me wherever you are this evening. My name is Drew Dickinson and we are broadcasting live right here inside Bailey Park from Kennesaw State University. Game two of the championship series between the Orlando Monarchs and the Atlanta Smoke looking to crown the 2025 women’s professional fast pitch champion. As I said yesterday, Atlanta Smoke looking to three repeat. And the Monarchs looking to knock the smoke off their perch. One more victory tonight and we’ve got new champions. Still in the top of the first. Espinosa. Two balls, two strikes. Here’s the pitch from Felton. Going to be low. Full count now here for Espinosa. Espinosa. Another California native. I feel like it’s just becoming repetitive. So many Californians here between both teams. Here’s the pitch from Will. This one’s going to be a blooper to third. Easy out for the Monarchs. Out number two and headed to the plate. Kiki Malloy number Kiki Malloy. Kiki coming to us from Woodenville, Washington. And she’s carrying a incredible 400 batting average on the season. and she takes the first pitch from Felton ball one. Caitlin Felton inside the circle tonight comes to us from Valerico, Florida. She attended the University of Central Florida, recent graduate and back in February pitched a no hitter looking to bring the championship home. Monarchs have who they want inside the circle. Last night, Morgan Smith pitched one heck of a game. Can’t say the same for the Atlanta Smoke. three pitchers used last night. They’re going to look for Autumn Peas to go the distance. That pitch will be called strike one to Kiki Malloy. Malloy part of that 2024 Tennessee SEC Championship squad. Here’s the pitch from Felton. One’s going to be low. Good eye from Mallaloy. Three balls, one strike, two outs here. Top of the first. Will we have a new fast pitch champion? We’ll find out in at least 6 and 1/2 more innings. Here’s the pitch from Felton to Mallaloy. And it’s going to be just a bit outside. And Felton with her first walk of the night. And here comes Charlotte Eckles up to the plate. Georgia native. She went to Northgate High School close to the Fateville Sharpsburg area. If you’re unfamiliar, she attended Michigan State and rounded off her college career at the University of Florida. And she was the offensive player of the year for the 2024 fast pitch champion Atlanta Smoke. Here’s the first pitch of the at bat from Felton. Good eye from Eckles. She takes first pitch ball and if needed the ever dangerous Morgan How on deck for the Atlanta Smoke. Kiki Malloy on first. Second pitch to Eckles. This one’s going to be driven down the first baseline, but it will stay foul. First strike of the atbat. One ball, one strike. Eckles carrying a 343 batting average on the season. Four home runs, 23 RBI. Here’s the pitch. And that one’s going to be outside. Another ball. Malloy giving Scaggs over at first base in Felton. There’s her little anxiety as she creeps off the bag looking to start that sprint. If Eckles gets the hit, here’s another pitch. And this time, another foul down the first baseline for Charlotte Eckles. You know, when the sun’s not blasting, it’s not 90° outside, it actually feels pretty good. We got a nice little breeze picking up here in Kennesaw. But on the diamond, we’ve got two balls, two strikes for Charlotte Eckles with two outs here. And she’ll call time. Re situate. Step back in the box. Remember Morgan How on deck for the Atlanta Smoke. Here’s the pitch. Another foul there from Eckles. Yeah, we saw the you saw the video package of Mac Barbara earlier in the show and I tell you what, she came up in the first inning and hit a bomb and then her second at bat like I said in the fourth. That one just going to be a tad outside. A little low there for Eckles. Full count. Charlotte’s only struck out four times this season, so that’s not going to be likely. As I say that, she takes ball four and we’ll head over to first. And Malloy will head to second. And as I stated, the ever dangerous Morgan How stepping up to the plate. And if the Atlanta Smoke want to keep their season alive, they’re going to really need Morgan to have some success at the plate here tonight. She’s got two outs, two on, facing Felton for the first time. She’ll take the first pitch, ball one. Mattie Grim stands on deck if she’s needed. Here’s the pitch from Felton. And that was going to get away from Koyonopoulos. The runners will advance. That seemed to be the tail of the tape last night for the Atlanta Smoke. I can’t tell you how many how many times the base runners will advance on, you know, a wild pitch or a pitch in the dirt that got behind the catcher. Elizabeth Mason was dealing with a lot last night. Pow seems to be finished. Koinopoulos heads back behind home plate and Caitlyn Felton steps back in the circle. We seem to be rare and ready to go. Still two outs. Top of the first. Here’s the pitch from Felton. How’s going to hit it right in that gap in between shortstop and third. Malloy will score. Eckles will stop at second. And a base hit for Morgan How. I said it while she was stepping up to the plate. She’s going to need to have some success. And sure enough, an RBI single at her first at bat. And here comes Maddie Grim real quick. Take a look at this from Howal. She goes opposite field. Here’s a great look. Seems to be her bread and butter. She’s very good at going opposite field. You can see the gap over there. Here’s the first pitch to Grim. High inside. Ball one. Runners on the corner for Mattie Grim. There’s a beautiful hit down the third baseline. If it stays there still, we’re going to have a big time score here. Echo scores. How rounds third. She’ll score. Three nothing Atlanta Smoke here with two outs in the first inning. Mattie Grim just delivered a two RBI double. And that’s more like it. A little bit more familiarity here for the Atlanta Smoke. Two hits, two runs. Take a look at this replay from Mattie Grim. She’ll go opposite field as well. If we can get a shot at the placement. Look where this ball lands. Chasing it down over in left field. But unsuccessful was Katzelnik. She’ll scoop it in the corner there. You see how round third step on home plate and the Kent State graduate Matty Graham two RBI double and that brings up Jasmine Hill. Go figure. Another California native. First pitch to Hill. Strike one. Jasmine has a 277 average on the season. Second pitch, she goes opposite field herself. This one goes way foul in the right field corner. This place would have came unglued if that one went over the fence. Jasmine started her college career out west at Arizona State. Finished it at Texas A&M. She’s got one ball, two strikes as she steers down Caitlyn Felton. Two outs here. Top of the first. Incredible way to start this game for the Atlanta Smoke. Here’s the pitch from Felton. This is going to be hit foul over the first baseline once again from Jasmine Hill. Dallas good night. Tessa Mala Alalu and Mac Barbara do up in the bottom of the first for the Monarchs if they can get out of this inning right here. Foul tip off Jasmine Hill. Grim will head back to second. Caitlyn Felton, pitcher for the Monarchs, two-time Big 12 pitcher of the week. Both of those coming earlier this year in 2025. There you see a bad pitch. Heading to third is Grim and she’ll stand up at third with ease. And there you see it. It’s just like it’s kind of like things are, you know, just a flipped 180°. That’s the second time already. Here you see, let’s see it from this angle. was going to hit the dirt right in front of home plate and give Kouty Nope a little trouble allowing Grim to advance. That was going to be inside. Full count here for Jasmine Hill. Coach Tarbin standing over at the third baseline. Has to be enjoying what she’s seeing from her smoke. And there you see ball four. Another walk here for Felton. Hill heads to first and Taylor Craft will head to the plate for the Atlanta Smoke. Still got two outs here. Taylor Craft from Otto, Florida. Played her college ball at Duke and Minnesota. She’s got a 200 batting average. Looking to increase that here while she faces Caitlyn Felton for the first time tonight. That one’s going to be a tad outside for the umpire’s liking. Ball one. Feels like deja vu. We’ve got runners at the corner. Two outs. Atlanta Smoke in prime positioning to extend this lead. Hill at first, Grim at third. And Craft takes ball two. She didn’t play too many games at Duke, just 26 games. and she mosied over to Minnesota where she played 160 games, 41 homers with a 328 average. Let’s see if she can bring in some more runs. That one’s going to be inside. Three balls, no strikes now for Taylor Craft. And another walk there for Felton. Here comes Michaela Timonss. Another player here from the Atlanta Smoke coming to us from the state of Florida. Lithia, Florida to be exact. Here’s the first pitch of the at bat. Base is loaded. Ball one here for Timmons. She attended Ball State University. 195 games at Ball State for Timmans. 57 home runs. Here’s the pitch from Felton swinging a miss right there. One ball, one strike. Here’s the pitch from Felton. And she delivers another strike after a swing and a miss from Timmons. There you see a good shot of Bailey Park. Base is loaded for the Atlanta Smoke. They have a three nothing lead here in the first and Timmons will swing at the third one. That’s strike three. Top of the first will come to an end, but not before the Atlanta Smoke were able to deliver three runs on two hits. We’ll head to the bottom of the first. Good night, Mala Aloo and Barbara do up for the Monarchs. Back in a moment. You don’t want it. You don’t want it. I don’t want to. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Welcome back to Kennesaw State University. Monarchs do up at the plate. Batting first for Orlando. Dallas Goodn Night number 10. Batting second number 24 Tessa Mala Alalu. Batting third number 31 Mac Barbara. Batting fourth, number nine, Devin Flareity. Batting fifth, number 99, Alli Skaggs. Batting sixth, number 27, Julia Koyonopoulos. Batting seventh, number 44, Stormmy Katznik. Batting eighth, number 14, Khloe Mala Alu. And batting ninth, number 23, Kylie Sand. And in the circle tonight for the Atlanta Smoke will be number 36, Autumn Peas. Autumn attending the University of Minnesota and Idaho State and her first pitch of the game will be a strike. That ball’s hit to Eckles at third. Tossed to Grim at first for the first out. Good night will mosey back to the dugout and up to the plate will be number 24 Tessa Mala Alua and playing behind Autumn Peas short stop Koko Woolly out in left field Kiki Mallaloy right field Morgan how playing in center field tonight. Jasmine Hill catching for the Atlanta Smoke. Taylor Craft Madig Grim will be at first base and Silent Rain Espinosa playing second tonight for the Atlanta Smoke. Malulu hits a blooper in the gap, chasing it down and making a beautiful diving catch in left field will be Kiki Mallaloy. What a play for Mallaloy out there in left field. Take a look at this one more time and you see hit into the gap and she turns on the motor full extension for the second out. But the smoke have to be careful because here comes Mac Barbara and she had a game for the ages last night. Here’s her first pitch from Peas. This one is hit center field. Say it ain’t so. No way. Wow. Unbelievable. Barbara unable to get that one over the center field wall. Beautiful catch there by Jasmine Hill to end the inning. and the Atlanta Smoke doo up here in the bottom, excuse me, in the top of the second. We’ll have more women’s professional fast pitch right here from Kennesaw State when we come back. Maybe we World. All right, welcome back to Bailey Park here. Kennal State University. Atlanta Smoke have a threerun lead as we head to the top of the second. If you’re just now joining us, you missed the last at bat here for the Monarchs. Mac Barbara hit a bomb right up the center field. Unsuccessful. I I mean, like I said, no way she would have hit three home runs in two days almost. But here comes Koko Woolly. Her second at bat tonight. Beautifully done there with the bunt. Gets to first, but not in time. Beautifully done there by Koyonopoulos. Over to Scaggs for the first out here in the inning. Here you see another look at it. Nicely done. It was just read even better by Mala Alu at third. and allowing Kutosoyopoulos some time to get up, put the ball to first for the out. You see the first pitch of the at bat to Espinosa from Felton. Ball one. Espinosa popped out in the first. Here’s Felton. Foul tip behind Espinosa. One ball, one strike. Weather seems to be calm for the moment. And you see Espinosa hit it to the second baseman for the second out of the inning. Good eye, good catch from Flity. Check this out one more time. I mean, this ball was absolutely laced. Flarity in great positioning though to make the great play at second for the second out. First pitch to Mallaloy is high. Ball one. Kiki was walked her first time up to the plate. There you see it right there. Two outs here, one ball, no strikes from Felton. She delivers a beautiful strike right down the middle. The pitch from Felton inside. Ball two. And the wind up and the pitch. It’s going to be Foul tip right behind home plate. Eckles on deck if needed for the Atlanta Smoke. Flity Scaggs Koyonopoulos do up in the bottom of the second for the Monarchs. The wind up the release here. This one’s hit. It’s going to be foul over the first baseline and Mallaloy will stay alive. Belton back in the circle ready to deliver what she hopes to be the third strike in the third out here of the inning. Here’s the delivering. This one’s going to be hit opposite field and it’s going to go foul over the first baseline. chasing it down out there in right field. Chloe Malauu just in case weren’t expecting many folks to come out tonight due to the inclement weather, but you’d be surprised how many showed up here at Bailey Park. And this one’s popped high. Could be an opportunity for the third out, but not enough space left on the field. for Flity to make the out. Malloy back in the batters box. Remember Eckles on deck if needed for the Atlanta Smoke. Two balls, two strikes. Here’s the pitch from Felton. This one’s going to be popped high. Should be routine. Easy out for the Monarchs. Chasing it down in right field. making the out. Chloe Mala Ulu. Three outs. And here come four, five, and six in the bottom of the second for the Orlando Monarchs who trail the Atlanta Smoke by three. Game two of the 2025 Championship Series. More to come right here from Kennesaw State. Heat up here. It’s a whole another minute. Welcome back to the women’s professional fast pitch softball YouTube channel. Game two, Atlanta Smoke, Orlando Monarchs. Best of threeame series. Monarchs defeated the Smoke 10-1 last night. They win tonight. We got new champs and a great way for the Orlando Monarchs to start their championship route here with Devin Flity, the Florida State graduate, up to the plate for the first time tonight. Flity facing Peas. There’s going to be a bunt. Eckles collects over to Espinosa at first for the first out of the inning. Now we’ve seen two bunts already tonight. Both extremely well. Good placement. Just read even better. Here you see a replay as Peas leaves it for Eckles. Espinosa covers for Grim for the first out. And here comes Ally Skags. Like I said yesterday, could sit here all day and talk about her incredible accolades. She had a wonderful career at Arizona and she takes the first pitch strike from Peas. Skags is all-American second baseman. Swings in a miss right there. 0 and2 is the count. Skags hit 57 home runs in her career at Arizona where she bursts onto the scene as a sophomore starting all 61 games at second base and leading the team with 24 homers. So, Coach Wiggins has an incredible talent up to the plate right now, but she’s going to get sat down. Steer right three from Autumn Peas. And we now have two outs here in the bottom of the second. Check out this replay. Third strike as Scaggs watches it. Well placed there from Peas and we have Julia Koyonopoulos up at the plate with two outs here in the bottom of the second. She takes first pitch. Ball one from Peas. The Mission Viejo, California native has one ball, no strikes here, looking to keep the Monarchs alive in the inning. That one’s going to be outside from Peas. Ball two. Like I mentioned in last night’s broadcast, he represented the Italian Elite National Team in the summer 2021 of the European Championships. Another incredible player here for the Monarchs as she stares down Peas with two balls, no strikes. Peas delivers a beauty for the first strike of the atbat. Thanks for joining us if it’s your first time tonight. Atlanta Smoke got on the board early. Three runs in the first inning. Here’s the pitch from Peas to Koyanopoulos. That’s going to be the second strike of the atbat. Two balls, two strikes, two outs. Bottom of the second. Autumn Peas in the circle ready to deliver to Koyonopoulos. Here’s the delivery. Swung, but she’s going to stay alive. Foul tip. Koyopoulos looks set to return into the batters box. Here we go. Peas back in the circle. Still two balls, two strikes here. Bottom of the second. Here’s the wind up and the delivery from Peas and swung in a miss right there. Koyonopoulos is sat down. Strike out again for Peas. Here you see the replay. She wanted it all. Here’s a better look of it. Well done. Almost had it there from Koyonopoulos. All right, we’re going to head to the top of the third. Score remains three nothing in favor of the Atlanta Smoke. We’ll have more women’s professional fast pitch softball right after the break. What happened? Welcome back softball fans. Drew Dickinson broadcasting live inside Bailey Park at the beautiful Kennesal State University. There you see Charlotte Eckles awaiting her opportunity to face Caitlyn Felton one more time before we headed to break. I let you know Atlanta Smoke still on top. Three runs to none and the Orlando Monarchs need to find some of the magic that they produced last night. Still plenty of softball to go but just not the way they were hoping to start it. Number four, remember Atlanta Smoke need to win this game tonight in order to force game three tomorrow which will be right here at Kennesaw State University if needed. First pitch 715 and we are about to start the third inning with Charlotte Eckles litting it off for the Atlanta Smoke. Morgan How, Matty Grim to follow. These three did did some work in the first inning for the smoke. Let’s see if they can continue their success. Felton to Eckles. Hit into that gap. Beautifully done. Unbelievably done there. Kylie Sand chasing it down. Making the backhanded catch. Check this out once again. Eckles almost got it into that gap there right behind shortstop. But you see right there, Sand chasing it down for the first out. Well done from Kylie Sand. Here comes Morgan How up to the plate. She got on base, her first at bat of the night. And she’ll take that first pitch, ball one. One ball. No strikes here. Felton to How’s going to be outside for ball two. Single and an RBI already on the night for Morgan. How stat sheet doesn’t look unfamiliar for her at all. Let’s see if Felton can keep things going. Looks like it hit her on the wrist. We’ll see on the replay when we get an opportunity, but I believe it nicked that right wrist of Morgan How and she will take the base here. Let’s take it one more look here. Nice shot from the camera. You can see it just glaze off that that left or that right elbow pad, excuse me. This one’s hit into right field from Grim. And that one’s going to be gone. Bye-bye, Matty Grim. two-run shot here in the top of the third and the Atlanta Smoke have started this game with a bang. Mattie Grim steps up to the plate. First pitch of the at bat. You can see it right here. Bam. Even better look. Delivers an absolute strike over the right field wall. Take a look one more time. There it is. And there it goes. Maddie the Grim Reaper. And up to the plate is number 77 Jasmine Hill with a five run lead for the Smoke. Delivery from Felton. Strike one. Nice pitch there from Caitlyn. This one’s going to be a little chopper to second base underhand there from Flity over to Scaggs for the second out of the inning. And here comes number 13, Taylor Craft. Craft steps up to the plate with two outs here in the top of the third. This pitch from Felton is going to be hit high. Coming in from center field to make the play was good night, but she’s unable to do so as Craft turns first, heads to second, and she slides in for a double. just unable to make the tag in time was Flity. And here comes Timmons up to the plate. This one’s hit extremely high. We got three players running it down. Good night called for it. Just unable to get the glove under where it needed to be there. You see right there, beautiful shot there from the cameraman, camera person just missing the tag. There was Flareity. Here’s the pitch from Felton. This one’s going to be hit to Flity. She’ll go over to Scaggs at first and we’ll end the inning, but not before the Atlanta Smoke put two more runs up on the scoreboard and we’ll head to the bottom of the third. We have the Atlanta Smoke on top of the Orlando Monarchs who lead the series one game to nothing. We’ll be back right after this message right here from Kennesal State University. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Welcome back to Bailey Park here at Kennesaw State University. We’re broadcasting live on the Women’s Professional Fast Pitch YouTube channel. My name is Drew Dickinson. Thank you so much once again for joining me wherever you are. You see a shot of the softball fans here who come out to Kennesaw State to support their favorite team. All ages, all sizes. We are in the bottom of the third with the Atlanta Smoke on top of the Monarchs. Five runs to nothing. And we’ve got number 44 Stormmy Cotzel heading to the plate to try and spark the fire, get the Monarchs back into this game. And I can’t think of anyone better. Coach Wiggins wants to head to the plate to get this thing back underway for the Orlando Monarchs. Stormmy Cotzelnick ready to go. Autumn Peas ready to go. She’s pitched an absolute gem so far. Here we go. Game two, 2025 Championship Series. Here’s the pitch from Peas to Cotzonic. That one’s going to be high. Ball one. The lefty steps back into the box, ready to face down the righty in the circle. Here’s the second pitch of the atbat. This is going to be hit high into deep center field. Coming over from center field into left field to make the out was Jasmine Hill. That one started off a little bit more central, then veered off to left center. Hill got on her bike to make the first out. And coming up to the plate will be number 14, Khloe Malau. Malulu attended college at Mississippi State her senior year. She was third team all south region. And she takes that first pitch. Ball one from Autumn Peas. Kylie Sand standing on deck for the Monarchs as Peas delivers strike one here to Malulu. Even count, one ball, one strike. Just one out here. Bottom of the third. Alden Peas with the windup and the delivery. And it’s going to be called. Strike two by the home plate umpire. A little bit of indifferent feelings from the Orlando Monarchs. They may have a point. One ball, two strikes here to Malulu. Peas likes the sign. The set, the delivery. Strike three called by the home plate umpire. Down goes Malauu. And here comes Kylie Sand. Here you see the replay of that last called strike by the official one more time. Another strike out here for Autumn and Sand up to the plate. She’s from Chino, California. She’ll see the first pitch, strike one there from Peas. started her career at Louisiana and mosied on over to Rutgers where she was first team NFCA all region in 2022 and 2023. She’s got no balls, one strike here with two outs. The deliver from Peace right back to her. What a play from Peace as it almost bounced right off her gut, but she was able to finagle it back into the glove to end the third inning. And what a defensive play from the pitcher. Gregmatic style there from Autumn Peas. That’s the third out of the inning. And we’re going to head to the top of the fourth. The Atlanta smoked do back up at the plate. There you see it once again right off the gut. Right into the glove from Autumn Peas. Down goes Sand. And we’ll head to the top of the fourth with the smoke on top of the Monarchs. Five to nothing. We’ll be back right here at Bailey Park in a flash. Heat up here. Welcome back softball fans. Fourth inning about to get underway here at Bailey Park. Atlanta Smoke, Orlando Monarchs, game two of the 2025 Championship Series. Last night, if you’re just now joining us for the first time this weekend, Orlando Smoke, Orlando Monarchs, excuse me, defeated the Atlanta Smoke 10-1. And with a victory here tonight, we will be crowning our brand new women’s fast pitch pro champions. But as things stand, the Atlanta Smoker looking to force game three tomorrow with Coco Woolly leading us off here in the fourth inning. You see Coach Tarbon liking what is happening so far. And there you see Caitlyn Felton delivering a strike. The first pitch of the at bat for for Woolly. Espinosa on deck for the Atlanta Smoke. Willy’s going to hit it right back to Felton. Easy routine out for the Orlando Monarchs. One up, one down. And here comes Silent Rain Espinosa. Number 21. Espinosa was the 2024 MVP for the Atlanta Smoke. Here’s the first pitch from Felton. Ball one. 0 for two on the night so far for Espinosa. This pitch going to be popped high down the third baseline. And making the out over at third for the Monarchs. Tesso Malauu out number two. And here comes Kiki Mallaloy. Kiki Zillow. Mallaloy 0 for one on the night so far. Looking to get things ramped up here in the fourth. She’s going to hit this one opposite field. This one’s high deep into right field. And nice play out in right field by the Orlando Monarchs making the out. Khloe Malulu. Great positioning to end the inning here. You see it one more time. This one’s hit extremely high. You put about another two feet on the end of that swing and that might be over the fence. Great play. Great heads up there from the Orlando Monarchs. Easy one, two, three inning for the Monarchs. And they’ll be up to bat when we come back here in the bottom of the fourth. Smoke 5 Monarch Zero right here at Kennesal State. Drew Dickinson back in a flash. You know all of that got up. Now everybody knows except I’m going to We’re back live right here from Kennesaw State University. Top of the order dooop here in the bottom of the fourth for the Monarchs. Good night Tessa Malau and M Barbara ready to make some noise for the Monarchs. They already have a oneame lead here in the series. Atlanta Smoke looking to extend with a win tonight and force game three tomorrow right here 7:15. But good night may have something to say as Autumn Peas delivers strike one. Here’s the second pitch of the at bat. Peas to good night. It’s going to be hit behind home plate. 0 and one. Top of the order here for the Monarchs. Like I said before, really good opportunity to start making some noise here. down five. Times a ticking. But if any team has the fortitude and the the gusto and the will to fight back, it’s the Orlando Monarchs. Seems played 13 games. Monarchs have only won four. Looking to make it five and add a ring to it with a victory tonight. Peas delivers ball one to Dallas. Good night. or Tessa Malulu on deck, followed by M. Barbara. Those three have an opportunity to make it a two-run game here in the fourth. The pitch from Peas. Foul tip one more time. Good night will stay alive. Good night. Steps back in. Peas looks to be ready to go. She steps back in the circle. One ball, two strikes here for Dallas. Good night. No outs. Bottom of the fourth. Monarchs trailing by five. Here’s the pitch. Ball two. here in the bottom of the fourth. Autumn piece has no hits, no runs. Pitching a really good game so far. Another foul tip keeps Good Night alive in the count. What a gorgeous night here in Kennesaw, Georgia. These two teams battling it out, hoping to leave with some jewelry either tonight or tomorrow night. This was going to be hit laserlined into center field. Base hit to lead off the fourth inning for Goodn Night. And here comes Malulu number 24. Here you see this base hit for goodn night. This is my favorite view right here. You can see just perfectly hit right up the middle. Oh, this one might be even better. Well done. Here comes Mala Ulu the lefty facing the righty and Autumn Peas one more time. The wind up the delivery from Peas. This was going to be chopped to shortstop. Oh, the bounce got the best of Woolly and getting run down by the Atlanta Smoke was Dallas good night. And it’s honestly, you know, no fault of her own. I don’t think anybody expected the ball to bounce that way. Here, take a look at the replay. Just a high chopper. And you see Woolly coming in and the ball bounced right there at the last second. And that gave Good Knight the quick thought, I can make it to third. And unfortunately for her, she got tagged out in the process. But Mac Barbara back up to the plate facing down Peace. Here’s a first pitch. Beautifully hit into right field. Crossing second, headed to third is Mala Ulu. What a throw from right field from Morgan. How tagging out at third. Mala Ulu. What a play from the Atlanta Smoke. Tonight seems like it is their night. What a play from how out in right field. Check this out one more time. Beautifully done from the Atlanta Smoke all the way out from right field. all the way over to third base to Eckles who tags out Mala Ulu for the second out. And here comes Devin Flity. She’s facing Autumn Peas right here in the fourth. Barbara on first with the single and Flity 0 for one so far looking to shrink this lead with Barbara on first and Scaggs on deck for the Monarchs if it’s needed here in the fourth. Peas sets. She winds up the delivery. Foul tip there. Second strike of the atbat. Pedes will head back into the circle as Flity steps back into the box. No balls, two strikes here with two outs in the bottom of the fourth. Barbara with a base hit as she stands on first. Here’s the wind up in the pitch from Peas. Flity’s going to foul it behind home plate. She’ll hang around in the count here with two outs in the bottom of the fourth. Monarchs still trail by five. the wind up. The delivery from Peas. This one’s hit. Foul over the first baseline. Barbara will head back to first and Flity will get her situation in order before she heads back into the batters box. The official looks ready to go himself. Flity is ready to go. We still have two outs here in the fourth. No balls, two strikes for Devin Flity. Flity awaiting the pitch from Peas. This one’s going to be a blooper right behind the pitcher unable to make it in the glove of Autumn Peas. And advancing to second was Barbara. And an infield base hit for Flity. Check this out one more time. hit off the inside lower portion of the bat. Take a look at it here one more. Peas almost able to get it in the glove as you see Barbara headed to second. Two runners on with Scaggs up at the plate. She struck out her last time up at the plate. Peas ready to go. The delivery swung and a miss right there from Scaggs. Count even. One ball, one strike. You hear the Monarchs cheering on Scaggs as Barbara stands on second. Flity stands up on first. Here’s the pitch from Peas. Beautifully done. Right down the seam for strike two. Julia Koyonopoulos on deck for the Monarchs if it’s needed. Two-1. Alli Skaggs. The delivery. She’ll tip it behind home plate. She’ll stick around in the count. You can see the look in her face. I see nothing but confidence. She’s got a lot of swagger to herself. One ball, two strikes here for Alli Skaggs. Here’s the pitch from Autumn Peas. This one’s going to be hit fouled down the third baseline. The tides would have turned drastically if that one was hit fair. Barbara and Flity were sniffing home plate. I see a great shot of Autumn Peas and Alli Skaggs. One ball, two strikes. Here’s the delivery from Peas. Smashed behind home plate. Scaggs will stick around in the count. I believe do up here in the bottom of the fourth for the Atlanta Smoke. Eckles. How and Grim. Still one ball, two strikes for Alli Skaggs. Two runners on. Here’s the pitch from Peas. This one’s going to be hit high. Looks like it’s going to stick around in the infield. And Grim will chase it down from first for the third out of the fourth inning. And the Monarchs left two on with two outs. Unable to make anything happen as we’ll head to the bottom of the fourth. 456 doo up for the Atlanta Smoke who have a fiveun lead. They’re going to look to increase it when we come back right here at Kennesaw State University. The Women’s Fast Pitch Pro Championship Series game two of three if needed. Back in a flash. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. You smile. got the keys to the jeep. Welcome back softball fans. Drew Dickinson broadcasting live right here Bailey Park, Kennesaw State University. Orlando Monarchs taking on the Atlanta Smoke. We’re in the top of the fifth. Smoke have a fiveun lead. We’re in an interesting territory right now because if the Atlanta Smokes score three runs here in this inning, the ball game is over. You heard me correct. Eight-run lead into the fifth results in the ball game being over. Charlotte Eckles up to lead the fifth inning off for the smoke. Morgan How on deck, followed up by Mattie Grim. One ball, no strikes to Eckles. Here’s the pitch from Felton. He’s going to be inside. Ball two. Like I said, very interesting sequence of events here. Last night, the exact same thing happened. Here’s the pitch from Felton. Strike one to Eckles. When I say the exact same thing, we ended the game last night with the eight-run rule with the Monarchs defeating the Smoke 10 to one. And with three more runs here in the fifth, the Atlanta Smoke have an opportunity to do the exact same thing. Nicely placed pitch there from Felton. Strike two to Eckles. Here’s the pitch to Eckles. High ball three. Talked about Ali Scaggs’s confidence and swagger with her demeanor up at the plate last time. Same thing I see in Caitlyn Felton. Don’t really see much fear in those eyes. This one’s going to be hit into left field and the ball’s going to be caught. Stormmy Cosnik out number one here in the fifth inning. And here comes Morgan. How back up to the plate. Single and an RBI for Howal so far on the night as she stares down Felton. She’s going to hit this one fouled down the first baseline. I believe the last up bat for Morgan how she was hit by a pitch right on that lime green shoulder pad draped over her right excuse me elbow pad. Here’s the pitch from Felton. It was going to be high. Gets away from Koyonopoulos. Nobody on base. No worries there. Ball goes back to Felton. There’s the wind up and the release from Felton. Wellplaced pitch there. One and one here for Morgan. How one out. Top of the fifth. This is going to be a chopper back to the pitcher. Felton over to Scaggs and almost did everything they could. Well played there from the Monarchs for the second out of the inning. And here comes Mattie Grim. And if need be, Jasmine Hill awaits in the on deck circle. Felton’s pitching a really good inning here. As I say that, the curse of the announcer. That one heads right over the head of Koyonopoulos. Matty Grims got a stat sheet for the ages tonight. A double, a homer. She stares down Felton with two outs here in the fifth. This one’s going to be hit high into left center. Say it ain’t so. Say it ain’t so, Matty Grim. Boom. Shaka Laka. Maddie the Grim Reaper steps up to the plate and delivers the death sentence one more time to the Orlando Monarchs. And the lead is now increased by one and the score reads six to nothing in favor of the Atlanta Smoke. Check out this replay. Matty Grim boom hits that one over the left center wall. caught Zonic chasing it down with the best of her abilities, just unable to do so. And the first pitch to Jasmine is going to go behind Koyonopoulos. 0 for one on the evening for Jasmine Hill. Here’s the pitch from Felton. Ball two. Taylor Craft on deck for the Atlanta Smoke if necessary. Here’s the 200 pitch to Hill as Felton delivers ball three. Felton with the wind up and the delivery. That’s ball four. Jasmine Hill is going to head over to first base and the winning run stepping up to the plate. Taylor Craft with an opportunity to ice this ball game and force a game three tomorrow 7:15. Here we go. The most important atbat of the night for pitcher and batter. Here we go. This one’s going to be hit foul. Craft wanted all of that. She steps out of the box, regroups. What a play. That’s the play of the game right there, folks. Just kidding. Having a little fun here. Back to live action. Oh, a laser beam hit down the third baseline, but it’s going to be foul. Coach Tarbin’s got to look out. That one was coming for her over on the third baseline as she’s playing third base coach once again for the Atlanta Smoke. Hill on first. No balls. Two strikes to Craft behind home plate. First ball of the at bat for Craft. Here’s the release from Felton. It’s going be outside. Two and two. Last night, the Orlando Monarchs quite literally rained down runs and that one is blasted right through the middle. And here’s Hill headed to third. She gets down and stand up double for Taylor Craft. What a play. What a hit. And we’ve got runners at second and runners at third with Timmons headed to the plate. There you see a replay. Here’s another look. Beautiful execution there as you see he’ll get down at third base. And we’ve got a looks like we’ve got a pinch hitter here. And Elizabeth Mason will head to the plate in place of Michaela Timmons. Elizabeth’s going to have a night to forget behind the plate last night. She’s going to be looking forward to stepping up to the plate tonight with two runners on. Once again, the winning run at the plate. One ball, no strikes here to Mason. You see Felton didn’t like the call there from Kyoenopoulos. She steps out of the circle, regroups, steps back in. She seems to appreciate that one. Here’s the release right down the seam. Strike one to Mason. Another Florida State graduate here for the Atlanta Smoke. Here’s the pitch. Another wellplaced ball there from Caitlyn Felton. Still two runners on for the Atlanta Smoke. Two outs. Bottom of the fifth. Winning run on second base. Here’s the pitch. This one’s going to be chopped foul. Cooyanopoulos, Katznik, and Khloe Malauu do up in the bottom of the fifth for the Monarchs. Felton delivering the one-two pitch. me low almost in the dirt. Evening the count at two. Elizabeth Mason looking to end the ball game. Force of game three. This one’s going to be hit up the first baseline, but it’s going to go foul. Taylor Craft will head back to second. Jasmine Hill standing up at third. Here comes the pitch from Felton. Two two count. Delivers ball three there to Elizabeth Mason. Full count. And the pitch. This one’s going to be hit into center field. Base hit for sure. Rounding third to win the game. Nope. They’re going to hold her up at third base, but not before Jasmine Hill crosses the threshold for the seventh run of the evening. Elizabeth Mason with a pinch hit RBI single. Here you see it one more time. She reached for it. She scooped it out of there and hits it into center field. And we’re going to have a pitching change here for the Monarchs. It’s going to be the night for Caitlyn Felton. She goes almost five and a half. Six hits, seven runs. and Son Halajan warming up and she’ll be ready to face Coco Woolly with the winning run standing up on third base. Hajjan started her college career as a California Bear, then heads cross country and finishes it off at the University of Central Florida. And we gonna have a pinch runner here for Craft. Looks like Morgan How is going to head over to third. Pinch run. There you see an American institution right there. If you’re not from the South, that’s the Waffle House, folks. Ain’t nothing greasier, but ain’t nothing better. Scattered, smothered, and chunked. Making myself hungry. And we’re still here in the top of the fifth. Winning run on third. Remember, eight runs before the end of the fifth ends the ball game and Atlanta Smoke have the opportunity to do it right here. Woolly up to the plate. Runners on the corner. Remember, winning run at third. Hollon in the ball game for Felton. Her first pitch will be taken as a ball from Coco. One ball, no strikes here to Bully. She’ll take the second one. Ball two. If the Atlanta Smok are able to drive in one more run, we will we’ll head to game three tomorrow right here. Kennesol State University 715 first pitch. 20 pitch here to Woolly. It’s going to get away from Koyonopoulos and it allows Mason to scatter on over to second. Still got two outs. Top of the fifth. 3 0 count here to Woolly. Halleljan with the release. Strike one called. Sane Hollon in the ball game facing her first batter after replacing Caitlyn Felton who went five and a half. Here’s the pitch. This was going to be hit deep right center field. Stepping back to the wall to make the out over in right field. Khloe Mala Alu and we’re going to head bottom of the fifth. Seven run lead for the Atlanta Smoke. Times a ticking for the Monarchs. We’ll be back in just a moment. Heat up here. Heat up here. Welcome back to Kennesal State University. Want to give a big shout out to all the crew. There we go. Hey, shout out to all the crew working tonight. producer over on the ones and twos, all the camera people. What a fun night it’s been. What a fun season it’s been. Hoping for one more game to keep the excitement going. I know who doesn’t want another game. That’s the Orlando Monarchs. And an opportunity to start the comeback right here, right now. Julia Koyanopoulos leading off the bottom of the fifth. This is going to be hit into right field. Chasing it down is Howal making the out. Over in right field. One up, one down for the Atlanta Smoke. And here comes Katzonic up to the plate one more time. Peas remains in the ball game for the Atlanta Smoke. Here’s her first pitch to Codzonic. Goes right back to the pitcher and she’ll run it over to Grim for the second out of the inning. Two up, two down. And here comes Khloe Malauu up to the plate. 14 peas with the release and going to be low outside to Malauu. Ball one. One ball. No strikes here. Ball two for Malauu. Two balls. No strikes here in the bottom of the fifth. We’ve got two outs. Here’s the pitch. Swing and a miss right there for Mala Ulu. Two balls, one strike. And there you see it, folks. Welcome to the Smoke Show. We’re the Smoke hoping to put on one more show tomorrow night. They’ll do so if things stay the way they are right now. Oh, here’s the pitch from Peace. This is going to be hit to Woolly at shortstop over to Grim for the third out of the inning. Three up, three down for the smoke. And we’ll head to the top, excuse me, we’ll head to the bottom of the fifth, top of the sixth when we come back. Easy for me to say, folks. Much more to come right here, Kennesaw State when we come back. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Welcome back to Bailey Park here at Kennesal State University. Top of the six is about to get underway. We got two three four leading it off for the smoke here in the sixth. Halleljan still in the circle for the Monarchs. Here’s the first pitch to Espinosa. That one had some heat behind it. Ball one for Silent Rain. The 10 pitch. Strike one called by the official. One-1 count. This one’s going to be hit over to shortstop. Back over to first, digging it out of the dirt for the first out of the inning was Alli Skaggs. Nice defense there over at first. Check out this replay. Great defense by the Monarchs. Look at Scaggs. Full extension, scooping it out of the dirt. Nice play over at first. One out for the Monarchs as Malloy heads to the plate one more time. 0 for two on the night for Kiki. Here’s the pitch from Haljan. He’s going to be blasted opposite field, but it’s going to go foul over the first baseline. Seven nothing lead for the smoke. Looking, hoping, praying to force game three tomorrow night. At the end of that ball game, we will definitely crown the 2025 champion. And that was going to be hit over to third. Nice diving stop from Mala Alu. Over to first, but not in time. What would have been the defensive play of the game so far. Incredible effort there from Tessa Malulu. Check out this replay. What a view right here. Chopped to third. Diving save to get it to keep it from the outfield. Almost in time to Scaggs. Check it out one more time. Brilliant effort from her knees. I mean, a split second too late. Here’s Eckles. Her first pitch of the at bat. Tie. Ball one. Eckles 0 for two on the night. Some unsung heroes tonight for the smoke. Mattie Grim, Taylor Craft really getting things going. And of course, Morgan How delivering when she is needed. Speaking of how she’s on deck, Hallejan not pitching a bad game for the amount that she’s been in so far as she replaced Caitlyn Felton in the fifth. Two balls, no strikes, one out. Malloy at first. Eckles staring down Halajan. Here’s the pitch. There goes Mallaloy. Not in time as she steals second. And that’s it. I was looking at the screen. I missed it. Here’s a replay. There you see Mallaloy. Eckles up to first. Here comes how winning run on second. Made a judgment error. Not the winning run here, folks. We’re gonna we’re going to go to the distance here. Here’s how. No balls, two strikes. Runner on first, runner on second. Oh, she’s going to be hit by pitch one more time. And she’ll head to first. Base is loaded with Mattie Grim stepping back up to the plate. And you see the replay right here. This is going to hit her right above that right elbow pad. Matty Grim last time, last played appearance for her, she hit a bomb over the outfield wall. Kind of a cool shot right there. So, we’ve got Morgan How on first, Charlotte Eckles on second, and Kiki Malloy standing up on third. She is the decisive run. See Coach Wiggins and the home plate official having a little discussion. Doesn’t seem to be anything nice. Coach Wiggins will head back to the dugout. You see another view of the fantastic fans coming out supporting women’s fast pitch softball. And here’s the first pitch to Grim for Halon. He’s going to be outside. Ball one. One ball, no strikes here for Grim. Base is loaded. That one’s going to go just a pinch inside. Ball two. double, two home runs, a few RBI. Matty Grim, folks. This is going to be hit high off the bottom of the bat. Flity calling for it and she’ll make the catch for the second out of the inning as Jasmine Hill approaches the batter’s box. some more of our incredible fans enjoying the weather, enjoying some softball. Whether you’re a Monarchs fan, whether you’re an Atlanta Smoke fan, aren’t you all entertained this weekend? Here’s the pitch to Hollon inside from Hollan, excuse me, inside to Hill. Still got bases loaded. Top of the sixth, two outs here for the Atlanta Smoke. Decisive run standing up on third base. Here’s the pitch. Ball two. Hajjan with the release. This one’s going to be chopped to Flity at second. She’s in. Not in time. My gosh. Flity just a split second too late to get it over to Sans to make the third out at second. And there you see it. Chopper right there. Flity just that last little step. She stumbles just a little bit and just unable to make it in time to tag out how at second. Hill scores. So things stay the way they are and it’s a three out inning in the six with no runs for the Atlanta Smoke. We will go to game three tomorrow night. Jasmine Hill on first, Morgan How on second, Charlotte Eckles on third, and Taylor Craft up to the plate. Here’s the pitch. I’m going to be high. One and one. Jasmine Hill just scored the potential game-winning run. This one’s going to be hit into left field high. Should be easy for Cotzilnik. She’ll bring it down out of the air. We’ll head to the bottom of the six. Three more outs for the Monarchs. Will they stay alive or will the Atlanta Smoke force a game three? We’ll find out when we come back right here from Bailey Park, Kennesaw State University. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Now that Welcome back softball fans. Drew Dickinson broadcasting live right here from Kennesal State University where I’m overlooking Bailey Park. Three more outs remaining for the Atlanta Smoke. If they can get three outs here in the bottom of the sixth, we will head to game three tomorrow night where we will surely crown our brand new 2025 women’s fast pitch pro champion. Who will it be? Will it be the Atlanta Smoke looking for their three Pete or will the Monarchs raise the trophy? Three more outs to find that out before we force a game three. Kylie Sand up to the plate for the Monarchs to start things off here in the bottom of the sixth. And Autumn Peas still in the circle for the Atlanta Smoke. She’s got no runs tonight. Just three hits looking to cap off an incredible pitching outage tonight. Three more outs for the smoke. Got Kylie Sand, Dallas good night, and Tessa Mala Aloo looking to keep the hope alive for Orlando. First pitch to Sand going to be high. Ball one. One ball, no strikes here for Kylie Sand. Well done there from Autumn Peas. Strike one. And we had a late start tonight once again due to the inclement weather, but we got started just a bit after 8. And we got started at 8. It’s now 10:00 and the Atlanta smoke haven’t stopped. And you see pitch right We got a two ball, one strike count to Kylie Sand Peas sets the delivery. It’s going to be inside ball three. Still have a quasi packed house here at Kennesaw State. Autumn Peace to Sand. That was going to be low inside. Peas disagrees. And I think you can hear a lot of the Atlanta Smoke fans, they disagree as well. Disagree or not, Kylie Sand will head to first. Here’s a replay. You be the judge back home. What do you think? I don’t know. It could have gone either way. Looked a bit low. Nice call by the official as Dallas Good Knight heads back to the batters box with Kylie Sand standing up on first. Mala Aloo on deck. Nice spunt. Eckles comes in from third and she’s unable to get the throw off in time as Sand will advance to second. And a single here in the top of this bottom of the sixth for good night. You see a replay. Nice bunt there. Got enough backspin on it to throw Eckles off. Looked like it was going to roll right to her, but that perfectly placed bunt there from Good Knight put a little bit of that backspin on it and brought it back towards the plate, allowing her to get to first even before Eckles could release the throw. Here’s Mala Aloo. Tessa Mala Alalu, excuse me, one more time. She’s going to bunt this time down the first baseline. Peace will scoop it up over to first to Grim who has to catch the ball and immediately reach that right foot back and step on the bag for the first out here in the bottom of the six. And here comes M Barbara just like she likes it. Runners in scoring position and you see Taylor Craft head to the circle just to have a quick discussion with Autumn Peas because we know the damage that Matt Barber can do. Hasn’t gone her way tonight. Last time up to the plate she had a single that she smacked down the first baseline. Other than that, fairly quiet night. If you’re just now joining us, her first plate appearance in the first inning. About another yard worth of strength. She would have hit her third homer in just two games, but I feel that she got a little bit more more height than she needed the distance. And Jasmine Hill was able to make the play in center field. We look ready to go. Good night on second. Kylie Sand on third. One out. M Barbara up at the plate with a chance to do some damage. First pitch just a tad high smidge inside. Ball one for Barbara. One ball, no strikes. Autumn Peas staring down Mac Barbara. Here’s the pitch. He smacked behind home plate. One ball, one strike. Remember a double play here for the Atlanta Smoke ends the ball game and sends it to a decisive game three right here tomorrow night. Let’s see what happens. Autumn Peace delivers to Mac Barbara. She hits this one to right field and it’s going to go foul. Unbelievable right there. Barbara steps back in the box. I mean, folks, she got every single bit of that, but just hooked it a little bit more than she liked. Peas has to be careful cuz she put it right where Barbara wanted it last pitch. Here we go. One ball, two strikes, one out. Bottom of the sixth. Here’s the pitch. Barbara will stay alive. 8- nothing is the lead and the score for the Atlanta Smoke. As I said before, a double play here for the Smoke ends the ball game. If not, we’ll go the distance. Here’s the pitch from Autumn Peas to Mac. Barbara. This is going to be inside. Hits Barbara and she’ll head to first and Peas loads the bases. And we’ve got Deon Flareity coming to the plate. Here you see hits her right on the on the chest. Didn’t make Barbara too happy right there. Flity up to the plate. Base is loaded. Unfamiliar territory on the night for Autumn Peas. Let’s see how she handles it. So far so good. Swung on and miss there from Flity. Strike one. She doesn’t seem to be phased right now. Autumn Peas. If she is, she’s not showing it. Base is loaded. Second pitch to Flity. This one’s going to go opposite field, but it’ll stay foul over the third baseline. Malloy was chasing it down out in left field. She needed nitrous oxide and a jetpack to catch that one. No balls. Two strikes here for Flity. Bases loaded, one out. Bottom of the sixth. One run extends the ball game to the seventh inning. The wind up, the release is going to be hit. Foul one more time right to the corner of that Monarch’s dugout. You got to love the Orlando Monarchs coming up here in the bottom of the six. Their backs completely against the wall. They’ve got the bases loaded here with just one out. Here’s the pitch. It’s going to be hit foul down the first baseline. Just barely, just barely. As the runners will head back to their respective bases. Got Kylie Sand on third. Dallas Good Night on second and recently hit by pitch. Matt Barbara standing up on first. And Devin Flity facing Autumn Peas trailing in the count. 0 and2 one out. Bottom of the sixth. Alden Peas delivers. Foul tip there from Flity. Her at bat will remain. All right, Autumn Peas looks set. She looks at Deon Flity who has the bases loaded, but she trails. No balls, two strikes. There is the delivery. Hit foul one more time. We see coach Wiggins and Flity having a brief little powow while the umpire retrieves some more softballs here. Flity seems to have gotten some words of encouragement from coach Wiggins as she steps back into the batters box. Once again, folks, we got bases loaded. One out here in the bottom of the sixth. No balls, two strikes. Autumn Peas with the delivery. Did she go? Did she go? She did says the home plate umpire. That’s going to be strike three for the second out of the inning. And coach Wiggins is approaching home plate. She does not like what she saw. Here’s the first replay. Now you guys can be the judge of that. Did she go with the swing or was it a strike? Let’s see. She looked like she fully committed to me. Here’s a Here’s a better view. That’s tough. Yeah, I Yeah, I think it was a it was a fair call by the home plate umpire. That’s going to be two outs for the Monarchs. Just unfortunate for Orlando. But here comes Alli Skaggs looking to keep Orlando alive before the smoke force at game three. Scaggs hits a highf fly ball. Espanosa calling for it and that will be the ball game. Atlanta Smoke win it nine, excuse me, win it 8 to nothing. And they have forced the ever so decisive game three. That will be right here live. Bailey Park, Kennesal State University tomorrow night. Will the Atlanta Smoke three repeat? Or will the Orlando Monarchs march into Bailey Park, knock the smoke off their perch, and take home the 2025 Women’s Professional Fast Pitch Championship. We’ll find out tomorrow night. First pitch 7:15. Have a safe drive, everyone. We’ll see you tomorrow night. Take measy signifi.

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