{"id":287430,"date":"2026-04-27T00:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/287430\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T00:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:18:10","slug":"phoenix-softball-falls-to-oakland-on-senior-day-wtaq-news-talk-97-5-fm-%c2%b7-1360-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/287430\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix softball falls to Oakland on Senior Day | WTAQ News Talk | 97.5 FM \u00b7 1360 AM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(GREEN BAY ATHLETICS) GREEN BAY \u2013 Sidney Lamotte collected four RBIs, but the Green Bay Phoenix fell to the Oakland Golden Grizzlies 10-7 on Saturday in their regular season finale.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/greenbayphoenix.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jasmyn-trigueros\/5081\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5081\" target=\"_blank\">Jasmyn Trigueros<\/a>\u00a0(5-10) came out of the bullpen for Green Bay (14-29, 8-10) and took the loss.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/greenbayphoenix.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/morgan-kostecka\/4339\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4339\" target=\"_blank\">Morgan Kostecka<\/a>\u00a0was a bright spot for the Phoenix, coming out of the bullpen as well and throwing four innings, giving up one run on four hits, with three walks and four strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>LaMotte went 3-for-4 with a double and a home run in addition to her four RBIs\u00a0for the Phoenix.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/greenbayphoenix.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/bella-herman\/4321\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4321\" target=\"_blank\">Bella Herman<\/a>\u00a0put together a standout performance at the dish as well, going 2-for-3 with an RBI.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/greenbayphoenix.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/sara-ebner\/4318\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4318\" target=\"_blank\">Sara Ebner<\/a>\u00a0also chipped in for Green Bay, putting together two hits in four trips to the plate while adding an RBI.<\/p>\n<p>HOW IT HAPPENED<br \/>The Phoenix was trailing 4-0, before immediately responding with four runs of their own in the bottom of the first, highlighted by LaMotte\u2019s two-tun double.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Grizzlies then scored five runs over the next two innings to retake their advantage, when the Phoenix responded by getting back on the scoreboard themselves in the bottom half of the third. Green Bay picked up a run on LaMotte\u2019s leadoff\u00a0home run off of Kenna Bommarito, which tightened the Golden Grizzlies lead to 9-5.<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay held the Golden Grizzlies off the board before narrowing the gap to 9-6 in the fourth after another RBI hit from LaMotte that scored\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/greenbayphoenix.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/paige-guse\/5083\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5083\" target=\"_blank\">Paige Guse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay held the Golden Grizzlies off the board before narrowing the gap once again in the fifth thanks to RBI single from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/greenbayphoenix.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/bella-herman\/4321\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4321\" target=\"_blank\">Bella Herman<\/a>\u00a0to make it 9-7. However, the Phoenix was unable to get any closer, as Oakland added one run to their tally on the way to a 10-7 final.<\/p>\n<p>GAME NOTES<br \/>\u00bb Five Green Bay hitters had multiple base knocks in the ballgame.<br \/>\u00bb The Phoenix out-hit the Golden Grizzlies at a 14-13 clip.<br \/>\u00bb Green Bay went 7-for-16 (.438) with runners in scoring position.<br \/>\u00bb Green Bay pitchers faced 42 Oakland hitters in the game, allowing seven ground balls and nine fly balls while striking out four.<br \/>\u00bb Oakland was led offensively by Addison Caldwell, who went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs.<br \/>\u00bb Bommarito led the Golden Grizzlies pitching staff, throwing seven innings and securing the win.<\/p>\n<p>ON THE HORIZON<br \/>Green Bay will await results around the league to clinch a spot in the Horizon League Championships on May 6-9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(GREEN BAY ATHLETICS) GREEN BAY \u2013 Sidney Lamotte collected four RBIs, but the Green Bay Phoenix fell to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-287430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}