Evening Sun Report
Softball
Greene 17, Unadilla Valley 0 (5 innings)
GREENE – Greene blew open a close game with nine runs in the third inning in a shutout victory over Unadilla Valley Monday.
Taylor Ellis was a perfect 4-for-4 with four runs scored and two RBI. Rebecca Hanrahan finished 3-for-4 with a double, a triple and three RBI, and Natalie Greene along with Morgan Ellis had two hits and two RBI each.
Hanrahan pitched three shutout innings for the win, and Shawn Ayers finished up with two scoreless frames. “We ran the bases well today and we started to hit line drives and hit the ball on the ground in the third inning,” said Greene coach Rick Smith. “We had some big hits in that third inning.”
Greene (7-0) is at B-G today.
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Rebecca Hanrahan (3), Shawn Ayers (4) and Gabby Sherwood, Morgan Ellis (3). Maggie Avolio (L) and Jordan Anderson. Doubles: (G) Hanrahan. Triples: (G) T. Ellis (2), Caitlin Willis, Hanrahan.
Seton Catholic Central 10, Norwich 9
BINGHAMTON – Norwich’s best hitting game against STAC opposition this season was overshadowed by Sam Stento’s game-winning triple.
Stento lashed a three-bagger into the gap that scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to give the Saints a comeback win.
It was Stento’s only hit of the game and only hard-hit ball for her club on the day. Norwich, meanwhile, struck for 20 basehits and held a 20-5 statistical edge.
“We’re focusing on getting a bat on the ball, and we knocked the cover off of it today,” said Norwich coach Scott Moore. “You have to score runs, but we also have to keep the other team off of the bases. It was a real heart-breaker.”
Norwich scored four runs in the top of the seventh to grab the lead. Sarah Miller tripled and scored on a Morgan Loucks single. Molly Moore followed with a single, Katie Callahan smacked a two-run double for the lead, and Jaime Berger’s single gave NHS a two-run cushion.
Miller, Berger, Logan Thompson, and Shelby Condon all had three hits for Norwich (5-5).
Seton took advantage of three Norwich errors, 11 base on balls, and three hit batters to accumulate its baserunners.
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