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| Andronico's Golden Eagles vs. The Autumn Press Cardinals, and vs. Jane Hammond Events Funky Monkeys (split squad games) |
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Cardinals' Sadie Cooper had four hits in four at bats, Sara Ng smashed
the ball up the middle to knock in a run, and Talia Appel-Bernstein
crushed the ball during one at bat . Sonya Love showed great hustle,
fielding all three out in one inning. The Golden Eagles' Hannah
Lane-Goldstein had solid hits in each inning including one to the
outfield in the second inning. Georgia Thomsen, who also got in some
solid hits, snapped up a grounder at first base and tagged up for an
out. In the third inning, Hannah also grabbed a grounder at first for a
fine out. Abigail Cain, playing third base in the first inning and
pitcher in the third, made some great throws to first. Against the
Funky Monkeys, Golden Eagles' Uma Navarro got in some first-rate
fielding at first base and on the mound, along with solid singles in
both innings. Cleo Tufts-Lockhart provided fine defensive work and
solid hitting, including a pop fly single in the second inning. For the
Cardinals, against the Funky Monkeys, Ainsley Walker had a hit and
scored a run, as did Zadie Jivan. Mia Loretto led off one inning with a
sharp grounder to third, and showed her hustle on defense by chasing
down a rocket to the outfield. Eliana Rosen-Bloom got a key hit as
well.
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| Five Little Monkeys Black Diamonds 20, On the Beam Red Hot Hurricanes 9 |
Both
teams showed solid hitting and great fielding. In the top of the
first,the Diamonds' Amelia Galbraith fielded a grounder at second base
and threw it to Sierra Jimenez at first base for the out. This was
followed by Amari Coffey's scooping up a ball at third base and
throwing it to catcher Erin Shurtz who stretched for the out. At the
bottom of the first, Hurricanes' catcher Lily Dawson made an
outstanding catch at home to get the runner out in a squeeze play.
The Hurricanes started the second inning with three consecutive batters
driving in runners from second base. This rally was started by Sarah
Isen, then continued by Mollie Sequeira and Lily. Good defensive plays
in this half of the inning include Diamonds shortstop Maeve Gallagher
who ran to third base to get an out, third baseman Anna Reed who
scooped up a ball coming towards her and tagged the base for an out,
and outfielder Hope Fa-Kaji, who fielded a long ball and threw it all
the way to Sierra at first. All of the players from both teams showed
strong hitting. Especially noteable were Ella Hass of the Hurricanes
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| North Berkeley Investment Partners Lucky Charms 16, Dr. Kenneth Brehnan Cheetahs 13 |
The Lucky Charms and the Cheetahs were well-matched throughout all
three innings. The Lucky Charms led off with a series of strong singles
in the first inning, including two infield hits by Anisa
Armistead-Brown, one of which brought home a runner, and powerful RBI
hits by Alison Radkey and Eliza Murley. The first-inning Lucky Charms
defense was anchored by Griffin Campbell, playing shortstop, who made a
perfect toss to Radkey for an out at first base. Cheetah Miya Keilin
had the big hit of the game, smacking a two-run double in the second
inning. Lucky Charm Armistead-Brown matched her in the third inning,
also bringing two runners home with a sharply hit double-bagger. On
defense, Lucky Charm Radkey racked up the outs: covering second base,
she snagged a throw from Armistead-Brown for a third out; she also made
an unassisted out at home plate. Cheetahs' Raechel Cohen and Annie
Stonebarger demonstrated excellent defensive teamwork when Cohen, at
pitcher, threw to Stonebarger at first base for a textbook out. In the
second half of the game, blasts from Lucky Charms batters Radkey,
Murley and Campbell all brought in runners and helped lead the team to
victory.
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| Vivian Lopez Chocolatiers 6, Bark Beagles 1 |
The
Chocolatiers scored in the first inning on singles by Maria Barkhurst
and Annie Ward. Beagle Kelia Human made an impressive out at first base
to end the inning. Human then hit a strong single, as did Beagles Iona
Tangri and Catey Hoehn, with Hoehn’s single bringing Human home on an
RBI. Chocolatier Bonnie Coulman hit a nice double in the second inning,
which was also marked by impressive third base play by Beagle Human who
stopped two hard line drives. The final inning saw fine pitching by
Beagle Sadie Murray, and a quick-acting throw by Beagle Amanda Klopp to
Hoehn at second base for a forced out. Chocolatier Ward continued to
play well offensively, and scored again after a strong double and
stolen base.
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| Friedman Brueggemeyer Tree Frogs 8, San Marco Associates Killer Bunnies 4 |
The
Killer Bunnies had an impressive all-around performance from Laisani
Waqa; she did an excellent job catching, grabbing numerous difficult
pitches and making two strong throws to third on steals; she also
singled and stole third. Lila Simpson pitched two effective innings,
with four strikeouts; she also hit two singles and made an excellent
play at third. Rebecca Miller had an impressive pitching debut,
throwing many strikes and keeping the Killer Bunnies in the game. While
playing shortstop in the third inning, Graham Griffin made a couple of
excellent catches, and tagged-out two runners at second. The next
inning, while backing up in right field, Sydnie Hersh tagged-out two
batters at first base; Sydnie also hit a double and stole third.
However, the Tree Frogs were in the lead throughout the game and broke
it open in the last inning. Imani Hiller-Bateau had an impressive
pitching performance with 6 strikeouts; she hit 2 doubles and a triple
and had 2 RBIs. Tayah Blanck hit 3 singles, had 2 RBIs, and stole
third. Yasmine Alston had a single and an RBI, and stole third. Miren
Gruhler stopped a fast grounder, holding the batter to a single; while
pitching, she struck out a batter and caught a pop fly; and she also
hit a double. Finally, Julia "Tiger" Shebek doubled and tripled and had
an RBI.
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| Adobe Systems Screamers 3, Ibble Wibble Wackies Devil Duckies 2 |
In
this close game, the Duckies drew first blood. Hana Minsky of the
Duckies led off the game with a smash single to left field. She then
scored the first run when Gemma Hunt hustled to first base to beat out
an infield hit. The Duckies' hustle-and-score style then repeated
itself when Alex Arriola sprinted to first base and was called safe on
a close play allowing a second run to score. The Duckies' solid defense
kept the Systems scoreless in the bottom of the first inning and was
exemplified by an unassisted put out at first base by Julia Cooke and
very solid work behind the plate by Emma Gadberry. But the Duckies lead
quacked in the bottom of the second as the Screamers cried fowl on
their lead and turned up the offensive volume. Megan Foley of the
Screamers scored first for the Screamers on an RBI by Roxanne Wiblin.
Ariana Nevarez scored on an RBI by Sarah Quady, and then Angel Gonzales
belted in Roxy. Although the Duckies ended it then, that was all the
Screamers needed. The lead held for the final two innings despite
strong swings by the irrepressible Duckies.
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| Alliance Graphics Phantoms 11, Zonta Fried Chicken Tacos 8. |
The
Phantoms broke open a tight game with the Zonta Fried Chicken Tacos in
the fourth inning, on hits from Anna Supton, Nicole Nordahl and Maya
Dilworth. The Zonta offense was led by Annie Wanless, aided by Julie
Moorad, Bethany Cloherty and Nora Killian. Zonta pitcher Cloherty and
catcher Reyna Fa-Kaji teamed for a textbook force-out at home plate.
Great catches in the infield were made by Phantoms Annie Smith and
Kendal Kirkman.
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