HAWKS SPLIT PAIR WITH HAGERSTOWN

 

By Rick Coffin

 

April 29, 2001 – CSM split a double header with Hagerstown, winning the first game 9-1, and losing a heart breaker in extra innings 3-2 in the second game.

 

            CSM jumped on top early in the first game, scoring 5 runs in the bottom of the second.  Stacy Bean walked to lead off the inning.  After Mandy McVerry popped out to short, singles by Kristin Tucker and Yola Lyles loaded the bases.  Melissa Speake, Leah Gibson, Jennifer Brown, and Erin Waltersdorf all followed with RBI singles, for a total of 6 hits in a row.  Andrea Brady’s sacrifice fly to right plated the final run, as the Hawks took a 5-0 lead.

 

            The CSM Hawks added two more runs in the 5th.  Stacy Bean reached first on a fielder’s choice with one out.  Stefanie Blaydoe laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move Bean to second.  Kristin Tucker singled to put runners on the corners with two out.  Yola Lyles then doubled to drive in both runners, to give CSM a 7-0 lead.

 

            Hagerstown got their lone run in the top of the 6th when Jennifer Beachley doubled, advanced to third on a past ball, and scored on an infield out. 

CSM answered right back in the bottom of the 6th with two more runs.  Jennifer Brown started the inning with a single and moved to second on a past ball.  With one out Andrea Brady walked, and both runners advanced on a wild pitch.  Stacy Bean’s double scored both runs, to give the Hawks a 9-1 victory.  (8 run rule after 5 innings).

 

            Stacy Bean was 2-4, and scored 2 runs, Kristin Tucker was 2-3, also scoring 2 runs, Yola Lyles was 2-3 with 2 RBI’s and Melissa Speake was 1-2, with a walk and also scored a run to lead the Hawk attack. 

 

            Erin Waltersdorf pitched one of her best games of the season, limiting Hagerstown to 2 hits over 6 innings. 

 

            Hagerstown broke in front first in the second game, with runs in the bottom of the 2nd and 3rd to take a 2-0 advantage.  CSM tied the score with two runs in the top of the 5th.  With two outs, Jennifer Brown doubled and advanced to third on Erin Waltersdorf’s single.  Andrea Brady drove both runners home with a double to left center. 

 

            The score remained tied going into the bottom of the 7th.  Hagerstown had a chance to win the game as they had three hits, but some outstanding defensive plays by CSM forced the game into extra innings.  With a runner on first and no outs, Manda Widmyer tried to go from 1st to 3rd on a sacrifice bunt.  However an alert Andrea Brady gunned the ball to Jennifer Brown, who was off the bag, but still able to make the tag.  The play proved crucial as Jennifer Beachley followed with a double.  Dana Kline singled, and again an alert Andrea Brady noticed Beachley taking too big of a turn at third and fired the ball to Erin Waltersdorf for the final out of the inning. 

 

             In the top of the 8th CSM threatened with runners on the corners and one out, but couldn’t push a run across.  Hagerstown scored an unearned run in the bottom of the 8th to take a 3-2 victory.  Heather Danley reached first on a ground ball that shortstop Jennifer Brown was unable to come up with.  Pitcher Leah Gibson then got Kim Twigg to fly to center and Heidi Moats to pop out, before walking Mary Beth Kennell.  Robin Curley then lofted a fly ball to left field that Melissa Speake was unable to come up with for the winning run. 

 

            Jennifer Brown (2-3, scored 1 run), and Kristin Tucker (2-4) were the top hitters for CSM.   Andrea Brady shined defensively, making a diving catch in the 5th inning, along with her crucial throws in the 7th inning.  Casey McClure also went a long way to make a catch in the 5th inning to rob a Hagerstown batter of a hit.  

 

            CSM will play a doubleheader at Dundalk on Monday April 30 at 3:00 PM in their final regular season games.  The Hawks will play Friday in the Region XX tournament at 10:00 AM, vs. Catonsville.  All Region XX Tournament games will be played at Prince George’s Community College.  

 

1st Game

 

 

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Hagerstown

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CSM

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 5

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 9

11

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2nd Game

 

 

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CSM

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Hagerstown

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 6

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