Despite playing hard and hot, the Stettler Heat ladies fastball team was decimated by the visiting Red Deer Bandits, ending the seven innings with a score of 9-6.
The Bandits came out of the dugout eager to play and it showed as their superior batting and aggressive base stealing let them send several of their players over home plate before the Heat took a turn at bat.
“It was back and forth,” said Sarah Tucker. “Then they were leading, and we came back hard but couldn’t catch up.”
Both teams sent dust flying as they slid into bases to beat the ball to the glove, and stole bases – including a run home after a bunt.
While the Heat appeared to be outclassed by the visiting Bandits at first, as they warmed up and got into the game they drastically improved, closing the initial deficit significantly, though never quite catching up completely.