Saturday, June 19th - Game One Sting 0, San Mateo Slammers #1 10 It was a beautiful day in South Lake Tahoe as the Sting 10U's took on the San Mateo Slammers #1 at Tahoe High School. Sting batted first and got going right away as Sierra Jimenez drew a lead-off walk. A sharp hit ball by Robyn Wampler was snagged by the Slammers' shortstop and prevented a rally from starting. The Slammers came out blazing in the bottom of the first, but their big inning was snuffed out by Quinn Lewis nice catch of an infield fly and Grace Rusin's perfect peg to nail an attempted steal of second. Sting mounted a rally in the third with back-to-back walks from Mallorie McCrane and Amelia Galbraith, followed by an infield single by Robyn Wampler, but Sting was denied again as the Slammers' first baseman made a nice stop on a hard hit ball off the bat of Isabel Lavrov wit the sacks jammed. San Mateo continued to tally runs, but were held back by two more runners thrown out, attempting to steal, by Grace Rusin, a nice stab of a line drive by Isabel Lavrov at first base and an amazing shoe-string catch by Allison Hersh in right field. Robyn Wampler went the distance, striking out four and only walking one.  Saturday, June 19th - Game Two Sting 4, Castro Valley Synergy 14 After a snack and a brief rest, Sting faced Castro Valley for the second time in one week. Fueled by the strong play against the Synergy in Vallejo the week prior, Sting fought hard and kept it close, trailing by 8-4 after three innings.  Adi Saaf led off the second with a line drive triple to right field. Courtesy runner Allison Hersh scored on a subsequent wild pitch and Sting was on the scoreboard. In the third, Maeve Gallagher grounded out hard to first and then Aida Baron singled and was moved over to second by a text book bunt by Sierra Jimenez. Aida then stole third and came home on the errant throw by the Synergy catcher. Grace Rusin reached first and took second on a throwing error. Isabel Lavrov promptly singled up the middle and drove in Rusin. By the time Adi Saaf followed with a double to right, Isabel had already stole second and scored all the way from second on an overthrow.  Sierra Jimenez battled valiantly on the hill striking out six batters, including three in a row. Defensively, the highlight was Amelia Galbraith catch of pop up at shortstop for the third out with the base loaded.  Saturday, June 19th - Game Three Sting 11, San Mateo Slammers #2 11 Saturday's nightcap was the thriller of the day. Sting jumped out to an 8-to-nothing lead in the top of the first on hits by Robyn Wampler, Grace Rusin, Sierra Jimenez and Isabel Lavrov. Sprinkled in between those hits were walks from Adi Saaf, Quinn Lewis, Aida Baron, Mallorie McCrane and Maeve Gallagher. The Slammers battled back in the bottom half, scoring three times before Grace Rusin tagged out a runner trying to score on a wild pitch and Quinn Lewis struck out the last two hitters.  Sting tallied another run in the second as Quinn Lewis singled, stole second and scored as Aida Baron was thrown out at first after a dropped third strike. The Slammers answered again, scoring five runs in the bottom of the inning and would have scored more if it were not for right fielder Mallorie McCrane's throw out of a batter at first with two runners aboard. After two, it was 9-8 Sting. Sting rallied for two more runs in the third when Maeve Gallagher lead off with a walk, was bunted over to second by another beautiful bunt by Sierra Jimenez. Gallagher then scored on Isabel Lavrov's two-bag blast to center. Adi Saaf then hit a hard ball to short which was misplayed, allowing Isabel to score, making it 11-8 Sting.   The Slammers came roaring back in the bottom of the fourth, tying the game on a walk, an error and two singles. Robyn Wampler struck out the last two hitters with the winning run in scoring position to preserve the draw.  Sunday, June 20th - Game One Sting 0, Almaden Lightning 12 Father's Day brought another glorious weather day in Tahoe. Jackets were off, spirits were high and sleep was had thanks to a 9:30 start. Alas, Sting drew the top seed of the other group, who had won all three games on Saturday. It looked to be a tough fight and it was.  The Lightning rapped out nine hits, forced seven errors and stole seven bases en route to their 12-0 victory. The Lightning's pitcher put down the Sting 1-2-3 in each of the three innings, striking out six. Only Robyn Wampler and Isabel Lavrov managed to put the ball in play and Quinn Lewis was the only player to reach base, on a walk.  Michael Saaf |
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