Bellarmine 4 Stadium 3

April 5, 2012 Peck Field 3:30

Bellarmine 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 – 6 - 4

Stadium 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 – 3 - 1

Courtney Schwan and Abby McDonald

Sam Townsend and Roo Townsend

Stadium used a four-base error, a triple, and a sacrifice bunt to get two runs in the first.

Courtney Schwan drove the first pitch to the center field fence for a triple to lead off the second. Rachel Sorensen courtesy ran for Schwan. After an out Rachel Barcena singled to left to score Sorensen.

Stadium used a two-out infield single, a stolen base, an error on the steal to go to third, and an error on the throw to third to get a run in the third.

Alex DeStephano walked to open the fourth. Rachel Barcena sacrificed DeStephano to second. Alexa Ostrander beat out an infield single to move DeStephano to third. Ostrander then stole second and DeStephano stole home on the back end of the double steal. Ostrander took third on a wild pitch. Alexis Mendez grounded a ball through the third baseman to score Ostrander.

With two out in the seventh, Rachel Sorensen ripped the first pitch she saw into center for a triple. Kelly McLaughlin singled to left to score Sorensen.

Good defensive plays were made by Abby McDonald who threw a runner out trying to steal second for the final out in the 1st; by Alexa Ostrander who fielded a grounder and threw out Stadium’s fastest runner at first for the second out in the 6th; and by Alexa Ostrander who fielded a grounder and made a perfect feed to Haley Dusek who made a great turn and fired a strike to Alex DeStephano for a 6-4-3 double play in the 7th.

Courtney Schwan started and again went the distance. She struck out 11 (including the side in the second inning and the side again in the fifth inning) and walked no one. She retired 12 of the last 13 batters she faced. The three runs that she gave up in the win were all unearned.