Sara Tucholsky's game was off to a rough start.

She took strike one. And then the senior did something she had never done before

The career .153 hitter smashed the next pitch over the center field fence for an apparent three-run home run

she looked up to watch the ball clear the fence and missed first base

Six feet past the bag, she stopped abruptly to return and touch it

something gave in her right knee; she collapsed on the base path

Our first-base coach was telling me I had to crawl back to first base. 'I can't touch you,' she said, 'or you'll be out. I can't help you.'

The umpires said Knox could place a substitute runner at first

Tucholsky would be credited with a single and two RBIs, but her home run would be erased

The umpires said a player cannot be assisted by their team around the bases

Mallory Holtman is the greatest softball player in Central Washington history

What if the Central Washington players carried Tucholsky around the bases?