THE FACTS
York (Pa.) (15-5) 11, Gettysburg (11-16) 10 (Game 1)
Gettysburg (12-16) 17, York (Pa.) (15-6) 1 (Game 2 – 5 inn.)
What: Non-conference softball doubleheader
When: Thursday, Apr. 9
Where: York, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
After York (Pa.) walked off an 11-10 game-one victory, Gettysburg exploded for a season in runs and hits in game two to earn the split in run-rule fashion, 17-1.
THE LEADERS
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Zoe Brennan (Arlington, Va./Yorktown) led the Bullets in the nightcap victory with a 3-for-3 day, including a double, with three RBIs and two runs scored.
FOR THE FOES
• Alexis McDonaugh went 4-for-4 to lead the Spartans, including the game-winning single, in the opener.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• In game one, a pair of walks and
Abby Todd (Roebling, N.J./Northern Burlington County Regional) RBI single staked Gettysburg to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
• Two walks around a Danella Silagy single loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the inning. With one out, Noelle Smith doubled to the gap for a 2-1 York lead. A sacrifice fly pushed the lead to 3-1.
• Alexis McDonaugh poked a single through the right side to score a pair of runs with two outs and make it 5-1.
• Sara DeFrancesco led off the third with a double before a bases-loaded fielder's choice extended the advantage to 6-1.
• The Bullets drew three straight walks to start the fourth inning before
Anika Pelekis (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) scored on a groundout but the Spartans responded with three in the bottom of the inning. Three singles had the bases loaded before a two-out double Kate Miller cleared the bases and pushed the lead to 9-2.
• Five walks helped key an eight-run fifth inning for the Bullets.
Lauren Bickler (Sussex, Wis./Hamilton) led off with an infield single before
Renee Laczkowski (Erie, Colo./Erie) and Pelekis both walked to load the bases. A Todd single,
Lily Mader (Las Vegas, Nev./Valley) and
Zoe Brennan sacrifice fly each scored a run to make it 9-5. With two outs,
Kate Buckley (Springfield, N.J./Jonathan Dayton) and
Jamie Shaw (Mount Airy, Md./Glenelg) both walked to make it 9-6. A two-run Bickler single and two-run double from Laczkowski gave Gettysburg a 10-9 lead.
• Allison Hunsberger led off the bottom of the inning with an infield single before a sacrifice, McDonaugh single and McKeown RBI groundout tied the game.
• An Ashlyn Weigle led off the home seventh with a bunt single before stealing second and scoring on a two-out McDonaugh single down the line for the walkoff win.
• Gettysburg used another five-walk first inning in game two to help jump out to an early 5-0 lead. A Shaw walk and singles from Bickler and Pelekis loaded the bases with one out. Todd walked to force in the first run before a Mader sacrifice fly made it 2-0.
Bella Rausch (Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly) walked to reload the bases before a Brennan single up the middle plated Pelekis. Two more walks to
Elie Lardiere (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) and Shaw stretched the first-inning lead to five.
• Laczkowski and Pelekis started the second with singles before a passed ball, Todd RBI groundout and Mader sacrifice fly extended the lead to 7-0 before McKeown and Barstad led off the home half with back-to-back doubles to make it 7-1.
• Gettysburg put together a nine-run third inning to extend the lead to 16-1. A Brennan single and Lardiere double started the big frame. After a fly out, Bickler and Laczkowski both singled to make it 9-1. A pitching change and five straight hits ballooned the lead to 15-1. Mader and Brennan both had two-run doubles in the stretch. After another pitching change, Lardiere singled home Brennan for the 16-1 lead.
• An error and one-out
Morgan DeFreitas (Coatesville, Pa./Downingtown West) pinch-hit double pushed the lead to 17-1 in the fourth.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Lauren Bickler and
Abby Todd both had two hits and two RBIs in game one.
• The Bullets drew 12 walks in game one and another six in game two.
• The 17 runs and 17 hits in game two were both season highs for Gettysburg. The 17 runs were the most in a game since an 18-1 at Washington in 2022.
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Anika Pelekis joined
Zoe Brennan with three hits in game two.
• Bickler and
Renee Laczkowski both had two hits in the second game while Mader was 1-for-1 with two sacrifice flies and four RBIs after drawing three walks in the first game.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Swarthmore on Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 1 p.m.
