Game one box score
Game two box score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Shannon Kiry (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) allowed two hits in game one while Megan Pilarcik (Middletown, MD/Middletown) hit a home run in game two to help Gettysburg sweep Franklin & Marshall in Centennial Conference (CC) softball action on Tuesday.
The Bullets (23-4-1, 9-1 CC) kept their conference winning streak alive at six with the 8-0 win in the opener and 7-1 victory in the nightcap.
Kiry went four innings, allowing no runs and striking out three while Jackie Pareso (Washington, PA/Canevin Catholic) picked up her eighth straight win in the nightcap, recording six strikeouts.
Meghan Howlett (Millsboro, DE/Milford) pitched in relief in each game, pitching five innings with one run allowed and three strikeouts.
Sara Gutermuth (Flanders, NJ/Mount Olive) went 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBIs in the opener while Heather Sagaities (Hollidaysburg, PA/Hollidaysburg) went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in the nightcap.
Gettysburg recorded 13 hits in game one, scoring five runs in the first two innings.
Pareso lead off in the first with a walk before Pilarcik sent her to second with her 17th sacrifice bunt this season.
Molly Gale (Franklin, MI/Wylie E. Groves) dropped a base-hit bunt, advancing Pareso to third. Gutermuth nailed a double to right center, plating Pareso and Gale. Sagaities then ripped a two-bagger to center field to score Gutermuth.
In the second, Pilarcik drove in two runs with a base hit to centerfield after Pareso singled and Margaret Hallahan (Huntingdon, PA/Huntingdon) reached on a fielder's choice.
In the nightcap, the Bullets survived six errors and being out hit 7-6 by the Diplomats.
After a scoreless first inning, Gutermuth led off with a walk before Sagaities reached on a base-hit bunt. Katie Eiden (Silver Spring, MD/Georgetown Visitation) reached on one of F&M's four errors.
With one out, Megan Dean (Olney, MD/Our Lady of Good Counsel) reached on a Diplomat error which scored both Gutermuth and Sagaities.
With a 5-0 lead in the sixth inning, Hallahan reached on an error before Pareso advanced her to second with a sacrifice bunt. Pilarcik ripped her second homer this season over the left field fence to give the Bullets a 7-0 advantage going into the seventh.
The Diplomats scored their only run after Laura DePalma hit a triple to left center field and scored on a Bullet error with two outs.
Gettysburg returns to action with a doubleheader Thursday at Susquehanna. The first game starts at 3:30 p.m.
| Score by Inning - Game 1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
- |
R |
H |
E |
| F&M (4-23, 2-9 CC) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
3 |
2 |
| Gettysburg (22-4-1, 8-1 CC) |
3 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
- |
8 |
13 |
1 |
Shannon Kiry, Meghan Howlett (5) and Sara Gutermuth, Christine Nemetz (5); Jonelle Coletta and Liz Iannaconi. WP: Kiry. LP: Coletta. SO-BB: Kiry 3-0, Howlett 0-0; Coletta 0-4. 2B: Gutermuth (G), Heather Sagaities (G), Megan Dean (G). 3B: Jackie Pareso (G).
| Score by Inning - Game 2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
- |
R |
H |
E |
| F&M (4-24, 2-10 CC) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- |
1 |
7 |
4 |
| Gettysburg (23-4-1, 9-1 CC) |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
x |
- |
7 |
6 |
6 |
Ali Tyler, Laura Kaesshaefer (6) and Liz Iannaconi, Leah Pearlman-Storch (5); Jackie Pareso, Meghan Howett (5) and Sara Gutermuth, Christine Nemetz (5). WP: Pareso. LP: Tyler. SO-BB: Pareso 6-0, Howlett 3-0; Tyler 0-4, Kaesshaefer 0-1. 2B: Bonnie Crouthamel (F), Pareso (G), Megan Gorsuch (G). 3B: Laura DePalma (F).
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