St. Thomas More defeats Mount Carmel: Live updates, score of Louisiana Division I select softball semifinal

Follow along as sixth-seeded Mount Carmel challenges the No. 2 Cougars

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St. Thomas More and Mount Carmel will meet in a Louisiana high school softball playoff game on Friday at 5 p.m. in Sulphur at Frasch Park. NOTE: Game was postponed until Saturday at 3 p.m. due to weather. Updates will begin shortly before first pitch. Thanks!

Pregame

The sixth-seeded Cubs (16-13) are one of three District 9-5A teams at the state tournament. Mount Carmel, which won at No. 3 Alexandria in the quarterfinals, is led offensively by the trio of senior Chloe Krey (Coastal Alabama signee), junior Hayden Traub and junior Avery Killian (Florida commit).

Traub is hitting .446. Krey has 12 home runs and has thrown more than 3,000 pitches in her career. Killian is batting .347. All recently achieved their 100th career hit. Right fielder Claire Murphy made a diving catch to preserve the 11-9 win over Alexandria, according to Spencer Urquhart of The New Orleans Advocate.

The Cubs lost pitcher Paige Reuther to injury and entered the postseason on a nine-game losing streak, but the New Orleans program pounded 31 hits in two playoff wins. Natalie Johnson and Saige Vichot, in addition to Traub and Krey, are pitchers who have thrown in the playoffs.

St. Thomas More (24-7) was the top seed last year and lost in the semifinal round to District 9-5A school Archbishop Chapelle, which defeated John Curtis in the final. The ninth-seeded Chipmunks (18-10) and fourth-seeded Patriots (24-7) square off in the other semifinal.

Junior pitcher Margaret Oge has been a standout since her freshman season, when the Cougars won the state title. Finley Serio also has pitched.

Coach Andria Waguespack's senior-laden roster includes UL Ragin' Cajuns signees Shyanne Irvin (catcher) and shortstop Kennedy Stutes, Southern Mississippi signee Ava Segura (third base), record-setting base-stealer Emma Bailey (Creighton signee), Logan Raupp (Southern Ark.), Remi Guins and Addison Lafferty, who hit a walk-off home run in a 13-3 quarterfinal win over No. 10-seeded Dominican.

The Cougars have won eight state titles. Mount Carmel, which last won in 2017, has two.

Top first inning

-Mount Carmel coming to bat in the top of the first from Field 19 at Frasch Park. Shelbi Alphonso leading off. She singles into left.

-Hayden Traub moves Alphonso to second on a sacrifice bunt. Chloe Krey up next.

-Krey singles up the middle and scores Alphonso. She's thrown out at second base by STM catcher Shyanne Irvin. Mount Carmel 1, St. Thomas More 0 (two outs)

-Emri Roussel singles into right field. Two on, two out. Saige Vichot lines out to Ava Seguar at third base to end the inning. Mount Carmel 1, STM 0 (end top 1st)

Bottom first inning

-Chloe Krey pitching for the Cubs. STM catcher Shyanne Irvin leading off. Fly out to left field. Krey called for an illegal pitch. Emma Bailey hits the next pitch into right single for a single. Bailey holds the school single season stolen base record. Another illegal pitch.

-Mount Carmel already going to the bullpen. Krey threw 1/3 of an inning. Traub in the circle. Stutes doubles to right. Bailey and Stutes on second and third. Intentional walk issued to Addison Lafferty. Loaded with one out for Remi Guins.

Walk forces in a run. Logan Raupp up to bat. Mount Carmel 1, STM 1

-Infield RBI single for Raupp. STM 2, Mount Carmel 1

-Peyton Darden hits a fielder's choice to shortstop. Two runs score, the second on a throwing error. STM 4, Mount Carmel 1

Top second Inning

-Murphy grounds out to Stutes at shortstop. Three up, three down. STM 4, Mount Carmel 1

Bottom second inning

-Traub retires the Cougars in order, including outs of tough hitters Shyanne Irvin and Emma Bailey. STM 4, Mount Carmel 1

Top third inning

-Alphonso, the leadoff hitter and first batter up this inning, singles. Traub hit by a pitch. Krey up next. She pops out. Catcher Avery Killian (Florida commit) batting now.

-Killian grounds out, runners advance to second and third. Roussel grounds out to second base. STM 4, Mount Carmel 1.

Bottom third Inning

-Stutes pops out to second base. Lafferty flies out to deep right. Guins singles. STM 4, Mount Carmel 1

Top fourth inning

-Saige Vichot leading off for the Cubs. Grounds out to Ava Segura at third base. Claire Murphy (RF) up next. Groundout to second. Guins makes the play for STM. Brooklyn Butler up to bat. Oge gets a 1, 2, 3 inning. STM 4, Mount Carmel 1

Bottom fourth inning

-Darden walks to open the inning. Killian throws out the courtesy runner attempting to steal second base. Ava Segura in the batter's box. STM 4, Mount Carmel 1

Top fifth inning

-M. Belsome and S. Alphonso with consecutive hits to open the inning. Hayden Traub, the pitcher, can put a dent in the deficit with a hit here.

-Traub grounds into a double play. Runner on second, two out for Chloe Krey. Traub and Krey both hit grounders that are handled by Segura at third base. STM 4, Mount Carmel 1

Bottom fifth inning

-Alphonso, who is 3-for-3 at the plate for Mount Carmel, makes a diving catch in the gap in left-center. Stutes doubles, just missing a home run. Lafferty intentionally walked. Guins up.

-Walk loads the bases with two outs. Logan Raupp up to bat. Two-run double increases the lead. STM 6, Mount Carmel 1. Cubs making a change at pitcher.

Top sixth inning

-Runners on first and second with no outs for the Cubs, but STM converts another double play on a grounder to third base. Runner on second, two outs. STM 6, Mount Carmel 1

Bottom sixth inning

STM 6, Mount Carmel 1

Top seventh inning

One on, one out for the Cubs. Alphonso, who has gotten a hit in every at-bat, on deck. Alphonso thrown out on a close play at first. Traub will try to keep the Cubs' hopes alive. Two out.

-Traub hits one way out of the park, but it's foul. Follows with a single to left. Runners on the corners for Krey.

-Krey walks to load the bases for Avery Killian. STM wins, 6-1.

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