THE FACTS
Gettysburg (22-12-1, 9-4 CC) 8, Franklin & Marshall (7-21, 2-10 CC) 0 (Game 1 – 5 inn.)
Gettysburg (23-12-1, 10-4 CC) 7, Franklin & Marshall (7-22, 2-11 CC) 4 (Game 2)
What: Centennial Conference (CC) softball doubleheader
When: Tuesday, Apr. 25
Where: Lancaster, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg blanked Franklin & Marshall in the opener 8-0 in five innings to officially clinch a playoff spot then scored three in the seventh inning of game two for a 7-4 win, keeping a chance at the top seed alive.
THE LEADERS
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Giovanna Komst (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) led a Bullet squad that pounded out 26 hits in the twinbill with six knocks in the two games, including a 4-for-4 game two.
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Julia Smith (Marydel, Md./Queen Anne's County) added five hits, including a 3-for-3 game one.
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Allegra DeCandia (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) added four hits that included the go-ahead home run in the nightcap.
FOR THE FOES
• Alexa Klepper led the Diplomats with three hits in the second game.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Julia Smith led off game one with a walk before back-to-back fielder's choices had
Olivia Moser (Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville) at first with two down.
Allegra DeCandia followed with a single up the middle and
Jess Campana (Brick, N.J./St. John Vianney) walked to load the bases.
Carlie Goldstein (Verona, N.J./Verona) followed with a single to left, plating Moser for a 1-0 lead.
• In the second,
Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Jackson Memorial) walked to lead off the frame before a Smith one-out infield single and
Giovanna Komst double down the line made it 2-0.
• Campana singled to start the third before scoring on a two-out O'Leary triple, pushing the lead to 3-0.
• Smith led off the fourth with a single before an error put two on base with no outs. After a groundout, DeCandia singled home Smith before Komst scored on a Campana fielder's choice for a 5-0 lead.
• O'Leary walked to start the top of the fifth, took second on a wild pitch and third on a sacrifice before scoring on a Smith single up the middle. Kmost followed with a single before Moser reached on a fielder's choice and DeCandia walked to load the bases. Campana singled to the gap to plate Komst and Moser for the 8-0 advantage.
• In game two,
Bailey Quinn (Hanford, Calif./Robinson Secondary School [Va.]) led off the top of the third with a single to center. After she stole second, Smith walked and Komst singled to load the bases. Moser dropped a single into left to score Quinn before DeCandia poked a ball through the left side, scoring Smith and making it a 2-0 game.
• With two outs in the fourth, Smith, Komst and Moser all drove singles up the middle to stretch the lead to 3-0.
• Alexa Keppler led off the bottom of the frame with a single before a wild pitch, stolen base and throwing error made it a 3-1 game. A second throwing error and two-out Jensen Macaulay single cut the deficit to 3-2.
• Back-to-back two-out doubles from Smith and Komst stretched the advantage back to 4-2 in the sixth.
• Maddy Yeingst walked to start the home sixth before taking second on a passed ball. After she moved to third on a groundout, Devon Witt singled her home to once again make it a one-run game. Witt stole second and then a Jaden Spinger single put runners at second and third. Hannah Matusiak squeezed home Witt for the tying run before a double play cut the down the would-be go-ahead run at the plate.
• DeCandia, who made the turn on the double play to end the sixth, led off the seventh. She worked the count full before blasting a home run down the left-field to put the Bullets back in front. After Campana singled up the middle, Goldstein sent the first pitch she saw out to left field for a 7-4 lead.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) faced two over the minimum, allowing just three hits, and striking out three in the complete-game shutout in game one. She then threw the final 1 2/3 of game two, allowing just one hit for her second victory of the day and 13th of the year.
• In addition to
Julia Smith's 3-for-3 game one,
Giovanna Komst,
Allegra DeCandia,
Jess Campana, and
Carlie Goldstein all had two hits. Campana drove in three.
• In addition to Komst's four-hit game two, Smith,
Olivia Moser, DeCandia and
Bailey Quinn had two hits apiece.
• Goldstein's home run in the seventh inning was her first of the season.
• The Bullets have clinched a top-four seed in the conference tournament and could finish the season anywhere from No. 1 to No. 4 in the standings based on results in the regular-season finales this weekend.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Ursinus, which currently sits in first place in the CC standings, on Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 1 p.m.
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