THE FACTS
Gettysburg (18-9, 5-4 CC) 7, McDaniel (11-18, 3-6 CC) 0 (Game 1)
Gettysburg (19-9, 6-4 CC) 9, McDaniel (11-19, 3-7 CC) 2 (Game 2)
What: Centennial Conference (CC) softball doubleheader
When: Thursday, Apr. 18
Where: Westminster, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg had five multiple run innings offensive and the pitching staff allowed just two runs in 14 innings to sweep McDaniel. The Bullets took game one 7-0 before completing the sweep, 9-2.
THE LEADERS
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Emily Bakker (Hawthorne, N.J./Hawthorne) led the Bullets offensively with four hits in the twinbill that included three doubles. She also had three RBIs and two runs scored.
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Paige Forry (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) threw 10 innings in the circle, allowing just one run and five total hits while striking out 14. She fanned a season-high nine in the complete game opener before registering four strikeouts in the final three innings of game two to pick up the save.
FOR THE FOES
• Bella Sylvester led the Green Terror with four hits that included a 3-for-4 game two.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• In game one,
Audrey Bergan (Encinitas, Calif./La Jolla Country Day School) was hit by a pitch to start the game before moving to second on a sacrifice. After a walk and wild pitch put runners at second and third, an
Allegra DeCandia (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) sacrifice fly staked Gettysburg to a 1-0 lead.
• With two outs in the fourth,
Lauren O'Leary (Manasquan, N.J./Jackson Memorial) walked before
Clare Sottile (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Spacenkill) singled into left. A fielding error loaded the bases before
Emily Bakker came up with a double to the gap to make it 3-0. Bergan followed with an RBI single to center for a 4-0 lead.
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Carlie Goldstein (Verona, N.J./Verona) singled to start the fifth before a pair of fielding errors stretched the lead to 5-0.
• DeCandia walked to lead off the seventh before a one-out O'Leary home run to right-center set the final margin.
• After the Bullets loaded the bases with no one out in the top of the first in game two but could not score, McDaniel jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the inning. Bella Sylvester singled with one out and stole second before scoring on a Makayla Calamita single to center.
• Bergan started the third with a single through the left side before scoring on a
Julia Smith (Marydel, Md./Queen Anne's County) double to the fence. A one-out DeCandia single into the gap plated Smith for a 2-1 lead.
• With two outs in the fourth, Bakker doubled down the line before an infield hit from Bergan and passed ball pushed the lead to 3-1 with Bergan at third. After a Smith walk, a fielding error made it 5-1.
• O'Leary singled with one out in the fifth before Sottile drew a walk. A Bakker two-out double to the fence scored O'Leary. After a pitching change, a wild pitch, stolen base and throwing error extended the advantage to 8-1. A Smith RBI single scored Bergan for a 9-1 lead.
• A one-out walk to Mandy Butz and singles from Sylvester and Paytyn Hazelton made it 9-2 in the bottom of the inning and extended the game.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Emily Bakker went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in game one while
Audrey Bergan was 2-for-2 with an RBI and run scored.
• In game two,
Julia Smith and
Allegra DeCandia joined Bergan and Bakker with two hits. Bergan scored three runs while Smith had two RBIs and two runs scored.
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Nikki Caesar (Manorville, N.Y./Eastport South Manor) got the start in the circle for the nightcap, striking out seven in four innings to improve to 3-0 on the year.
• With the sweep, the Bullets are move into fourth place, one game back of first place in the loss column with six conference games to play.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Washington (Md.) on Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 1 p.m.
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