Wednesday, May 1, 2013

West Haven wins thriller in extra innings

Jolie Morrell scored on Marisa Pacapelli's sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth inning to lift the West Haven softball team to a thrilling 8-7 Southern Connecticut Conference Quinnipiac Division win over Sacred Heart Academy Wednesday in Hamden.

The Westies (9-4, 3-1) led 7-0 entering the seventh inning but the Pacers (8-5, 1-3) scored seven times in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game.

Becca Marks' squeeze bunt scored Sierra Gallagi that tied the game at 7 for Sacred Heart Academy.
In that inning, Gallagi had a two-run triple, Jenna DeMartino had an RBI single and Molly Flowers hit a three-run home run.

Winning pitcher Camdyn Morgillo had three hits and an RBI for West Haven. Madison Watts had a two-run triple and Kial Watts drove in two runs for the Westies.

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Diamond Gems

A recap of some of last week's top performances.

HIT PARADE

♦Caroline Fortuna, Haddam-Killingworth: Went 4-for-4 with four RBIs in a 10-3 win over East Hampton on Monday and then had two hits, a run and an RBI in a 6-5 win over North Branford on Wednesday.
♦Sierra Gallagi, Sacred Heart Academy: Had three hits, including a double, and an RBI in a 6-2 win over Amity on Friday.
♦Stephanie Peloso, Law: Had two hits and two RBIs in a 6-1 win over Amity on Monday.

ACES
♦Jenna Bernard, Law: Junior tossed a four-hitter and drove in two runs in a 6-1 win over Amity, allowed three hits and had an RBI in a 2-0 win over Cheshire and struck out 11 and had two hits in a 13-0 win over Wilbur Cross. Bernard has pitched 20 consecutive scoreless innings.
♦Jess Harkness, Foran: Allowed three hits and struck out 15 in a 4-1 win over Amity on Wednesday.
♦Molly Flowers, Sacred Heart Academy: Surrendered five hits and struck out 15 in a 4-1 win over Lyman Hall on Wednesday.

TEAM EFFORT

♦Law: Defeated Amity 6-1, Cheshire 2-0 and Wilbur Cross 13-0 to move to 7-4
♦Haddam-Killingworth: Defeated East Hampton 10-3, North Branford 6-5 and Hale-Ray 3-2 to move to 8-2.
♦Waterford: Defeated previously unbeaten East Lyme 6-5, shut out St. Bernard 5-0 and handed Stonington its first loss with a 1-0 victory.

ON THE WEB

♦East Haven at Career, Friday, 7 p.m.: ESPNradio1300.com.

WATCH THIS

♦Career (2-8) at Platt Tech (9-3), today, 4 p.m.: Platt Tech has won six games in a row.
♦West Haven (7-4) at Sacred Heart Academy (7-4), Wednesday, 3:45 p.m.: This Southern Connecticut Conference Quinnipiac Division contest features two of the league’s best pitchers in West Haven senior Camdyn Morgillo and the Pacers Molly Flowers, a junior.
♦Old Saybrook (9-1) at Morgan (7-1), Friday, 6:30 p.m. at the Peters’ Complex, Clinton: Two of the top teams in the Shoreline Conference square off under the lights.

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