Roundup: Baler baseball team leaves no doubt against Gilroy
Despite plating just three runs on eight hits, and leaving seven
runners on base, six of whom were in scoring position, the San
Benito softball team picked up key hits when they absolutely needed
them, played tight defense when they absolutely needed to, and
received seven innings of one-run softball from pitcher Paige
Miguel to outlast visiting Notre Dame 3-1 Tuesday to remain perfect
on the regular season.
Brittany Sparrer’s RBI liner in the second inning allowed
Jessica Steigelman to score from third.
After Notre Dame knotted it in the following frame, the Balers
responded in the bottom of the third when Brittany Hoff roped a
one-out triple down the left-field line, and scored two batters
later on a Taylor Fabing RBI single to left field.
Three innings later, and the Balers added an insurance run in
the bottom of the sixth when Sparrer knocked in another run, this
time on a sacrifice fly to center field that scored courtesy runner
Ellie Burley from third.
Roundup: Baler baseball team leaves no doubt against Gilroy
Despite plating just three runs on eight hits, and leaving seven runners on base, six of whom were in scoring position, the San Benito softball team picked up key hits when they absolutely needed them, played tight defense when they absolutely needed to, and received seven innings of one-run softball from pitcher Paige Miguel to outlast visiting Notre Dame 3-1 Tuesday to remain perfect on the regular season.
Brittany Sparrer’s RBI liner in the second inning allowed Jessica Steigelman to score from third.
After Notre Dame knotted it in the following frame, the Balers responded in the bottom of the third when Brittany Hoff roped a one-out triple down the left-field line, and scored two batters later on a Taylor Fabing RBI single to left field.
Three innings later, and the Balers added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth when Sparrer knocked in another run, this time on a sacrifice fly to center field that scored courtesy runner Ellie Burley from third.
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The first of two pivotal Tri-County Athletic League tilts Tuesday between Gilroy and San Benito was never close, as the Balers stormed out of town with an emphatic 17-2 victory in five innings.
Five errors didn’t exactly make it any easier for GHS and neither did a dominant Darin Gillies on the mound for San Benito — or a seemingly never-ending 10-run Baler fourth inning.
The floodgates flew wide open as the Balers sent 14 hitters to the box en route to the monster 10-run onslaught, highlighted by a laundry list of productive at-bats, including a Gillies two-run no-doubt homer, a two-run triple courtesy of Bryan Granger, a run-scoring three-bagger delivered by Ryan Jacob, another two-run home run off the bat of Daniel Arevalo and a two-RBI double off the bat of Jacob Tonascia.
When the dust settled and the inning concluded some 30 minutes after it began, San Benito had all but shut the door on matters and carried a 16-2 cushion.
San Benito (10-4 overall, 8-2 TCAL) banged out 15 hits, 12 of which came after the 6-0 lead.
