Coupeville Sports

Veronica Crownover cracked a two-run triple Monday. And yes, the giraffe was impressed. (Kelly Crownover photo)

Shake it up and see what happens.

Experimenting a bit with its lineup Monday, the South Central Sox little league softball team moved Coupeville’s Sarah Wright from catcher to pitcher for a couple of innings.

Regardless of where you plug her in, Wright sparkled as usual, but not even her hurling or Veronica Crownover’s red-hot bat could save the Sox, who fell 9-5 to visiting South Skagit.

The Sox are primarily a South end-based squad, but feature four Coupeville players (Wright, Crownover, Tamika Nastali and Ema Smith), and the Wolves had a solid impact on the game.

Crownover thumped a two-run triple into deep left and made a series of nice grabs at first to put the final stamp on outs.

Nastali laced a single while Wright, once she had finished her time in the pitcher’s circle, went back to gunnin’ down fools from behind the plate.

The CMS 8th grader yanked out the bazooka late in the game and cracked off a throw to third that nailed a potential stealer.

The would-be thief left the field dazed, confused and possibly scarred emotionally for life while Wright calmly re-holstered like a Western gunfighter, slight smile on her face.

The Sox get right back at it with a game in Oak Harbor Wednesday.