Bellarmine 2 Gig Harbor 1

March 25, 2013                Leone Field                   4:00

Gig Harbor      0 0 0   1 0 0   0      1 – 5 - 2

Bellarmine      0 0 1   0 0 1   x      2 – 3 - 1

Anna Hitt and Gracen Malich

Courtney Schwan and Abby McDonald

      Abby McDonald worked the count full and then walked to open the third.  After an out McDonald took second on a wild pitch.  After a second out Alyssa McKiernan singled to right to score McDonald.

      Gig Harbor used three singles to get a run in the fourth.

      Alyssa McKiernan walked with one out in the sixth.  McKiernan stole second on the next pitch and then took third on a wild pitch.  With a 2-0 count Courtney Schwan took a strike and then singled to center to score McKiernan.

      Courtney Schwan started and again went the distance for the win.  She struck out five, walked two (one intentionally) and threw only 91 pitches.

      Good defensive plays were made by Becca Sorensen who fielded a grounder that got by the first baseman and still beat the batter to the bag for the first out in the 1st; by Ashlynn Ota who caught a line drive for the second out in the 3rd; by Courtney Schwan who fielded a shot to the mound and threw to Celine Woo to get the lead runner out at third for the second out in the 4th; by Rachel Sorensen who charged a RBI single to center and fired the ball back to the cut-off person where the throw was mishandled but Courtney Schwan alertly backed up the throw and fired to Celine Woo who tagged the runner out trying for third to end the 4th; by Courtney Schwan who fielded a come-backer and fired to Celine Woo to nail the runner trying to take third for the first out in the 5th; by Rachel Barcena who backed up an overthrow of first and held the runners to second and third with no outs in the 6th; by Abby McDonald who caught a towering foul pop up for the first out in the 6th; by Becca Sorensen who caught a line drive to second for the second out in the 6th; by Courtney Schwan who fielded a bases loaded come-backer and threw the batter out at first to end the 6th; by Celine Woo who fielded a sacrifice bunt and threw to Becca Sorensen covering first for the first out in the 7th; by Erica Grenlund who came in from left field on the bunt to cover third which stopped the base runner half way to third in the 7th; by Becca Sorensen who then ran at the runner and threw to Alyssa McKiernan covering second who threw to Celine Woo at third who threw back to Becca Sorensen (now covering second) who threw back to Celine Woo who tagged the runner out to complete a FANTASTIC double play.  Courtney Schwan fielded another come-backer and threw to Ashlynn Ota at first to end the game.