Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Bellarmine 13 Central Kitsap 2


April 23, 2012                 Leone Field                  4:00


Central Kitsap      1 0 0   0 1      2 – 2 - 3
Bellarmine          3 0 1   2 7     13 – 9 - 0

Caylee Coulter, Maddie White (5) and Tristine Vandeman
Courtney Schwan and Abby McDonald


      Central Kitsap used a walk, a stolen base, and two ground outs to get a run in the first.

      Kelly McLaughlin hit a grounder that the third baseman could not handle to open the first.  Alexa Ostrander put down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move McLaughlin to second.  When the first baseman threw the bunt away at first, McLaughlin took third and Ostrander was safe at first.  Ostrander then stole second.  Haley Dusek walked to load the bases.  Courtney Schwan hit a sacrifice fly to right to score McLaughlin and to move Ostrander to third.  Dusek then stole second.  Alex DeStephano singled to left to score Ostrander and Dusek.

      Alex DeStephano singled to right center with two out in the third.  Rachel Barcena was hit by a pitch to move DeStephano to second.  Rachel Sorensen grounded a single to right to score DeStephano.

      Alexis Mendez walked to open the fourth.  After an out Alexa Ostrander singled to center to move Mendez to second.  Both runners moved up a base on a wild pitch.  Haley Dusek grounded out second to first to score Mendez and to move Ostrander to third.  Courtney Schwan singled off the shortstop to score Ostrander.

      Central Kitsap used a walk, a wild pitch, a sacrifice, and a wild pitch to get a run in the fifth.

      Rachel Barcena singled to center to open the fifth.  Rachel Sorensen walked to move Barcena to second.  Becca Sorensen pinch hit.  Both runners moved up a base on a wild pitch.  Becca Sorensen walked to load the bases.  Alexis Mendez hit a sacrifice fly to right to score Barcena.  When the right fielder dropped the ball, the bases were again loaded.  Kelly McLaughlin singled to left to score Rachel Sorensen.  On an 0-2 pitch Alexa Ostrander ripped a triple to right center to score Becca Sorensen, Mendez, and McLaughlin.  Haley Dusek crushed the very next pitch to the fence in right center for a home run scoring Ostrander before her.

      Good defensive plays were made by Rachel Barcena who knocked a shot to third down and threw the batter out for the first out in the 1st; by Alexa Ostrander who went to her left to field a grounder and threw the batter out for the second out in the 1st; by Alex DeStephano who dug out a low throw to first for the final out in the 3rd; by Courtney Schwan who deflected a drive up the middle which Haley Dusek then pounced on and threw the batter out for the first out in the 4th; and by Alex DeStephano who charged a bunt and made a perfect throw to Haley Dusek covering first for the second out in the 5th. 

      Courtney Schwan started and again went the distance for the win.  She gave up only two hits and one earned run.  She retired 13 of the final 15 batters.  She also helped herself defensively by getting three assists in the fourth inning.

Bellarmine 3 Shelton 1


April 20, 2012                 MCRA                         4:00


Bellarmine      0 0 0   1 1 0   1     3 – 9 - 0
Shelton         0 0 0   0 0 1   0     1 – 3 - 1

Courtney Schwan and Abby McDonald
Morgan Mitchell and Jordan Krumpols


      Alex DeStephano singled to center to open the fourth.  Rachel Sorensen singled to right to move DeStephano to second.  Alexa Ostrander put down a nice sacrifice bunt to move the runners to third and second.  Becca Sorensen followed with another nice sacrifice bunt to score DeStephano.

      Kelly McLaughlin beat out an infield single to open the fifth.  McLaughlin then stole second.  Rachel Barcena grounded out second to first to move McLaughlin to third.  Haley Dusek hit a sacrifice fly to center to score McLaughlin.

      Shelton used a walk, a single, a force at second, a stolen base, and an infield out to get a run in the sixth.

      Haley Dusek singled to center to open the seventh.  Courtney Schwan doubled to right center to score Dusek.

      Good defensive plays were made by Alex DeStephano who charged a bunt and threw to Haley Dusek who covered first for the first out in the 3rd; by Alexa Ostrander who charged in on a slow roller and threw the batter out at first for the first out in the 5th; by Haley Dusek who (with runners on first and second) outran a ground ball up the middle and flipped to Alexa Ostrander who covered second for the first out in the 6th; and by Alexa Ostrander who with runners on third and second went way to her left to field a grounder headed into center and gunned the batter out at first for the second out in the 6th. 

      Courtney Schwan started and again went the distance for the win.  She struck out 9 including the side in the seventh.  She gave up only one run and three hits.