CB West & Hatboro-Horsham were winners in SOL softball action Wednesday. Check out the TNT (Tuff & Tuffer) Softball Club sponsored recaps.
Non-league
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 12, MOUNT ST. JOSEPH ACADEMY 11
(Submitted by CB West softball)
Central Bucks West rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh inning to tie the game at 11-11 against a very good Mount Saint Joseph's Academy team. The Mount led by four runs going into the seventh inning before Central Bucks West would tie the game with a four-run, two-out rally to send the game into extra innings on the Mount's home field.
--Seventh inning rally: The top of the seventh saw the West team trailing by four runs before second baseman Hailey Worthington got the inning started by being hit by a pitch. Worthington would come all the way around to score on a double to deep center field off the bat of freshman third baseman Isabella Fedor. After a strikeout, Evi Cherry kept the game alive when she reached base on an infield error by a Mount infielder. Center fielder Jill Boyle cleared the bases with a two-run triple to center field which scored both Isabella Feder and Evi Cherry. After a failed bunt attempt to score the tying run, freshman Makala Burkholder knotted up the game with a two-out single that plated the 11th run for the Bucks, sending the game into extra Innings. The Mount's team failed to score in their half of the eighth inning against relief pitcher Kendall Kornuszko.
--Extra innings: In the top of the eighth inning, Hailey Worthington reached base on a one-out walk. Isabella Feder followed that walk with a single. Worthington and Feder advanced to second and third bases on a wild pitch, and the stage was set for Kendall Kornuszko to try to win her own game. Kornuszko came through with a groundout game-winning RBI that plated Hailey Worthington with the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth inning. Kornuszo was able to retire the hard-hitting Mount team in the bottom half of the eighth inning without allowing them to score any runs to extend the game further.
--The game: There were five lead changes in this high scoring affair between two teams that hit the ball well throughout the contes. The Mount had 18 hits and scored 11 runs, while CB West had 11 hits and scored 12 runs. West had several hitting stars who contributed to the win. Jill Boyle had a big two-run triple in the seventh inning to bring the West team within one run of a win. Addie McMackin had two hits, scored three runs and also drove in two runs in a very productive afternoon. Makala Burkholder had the key two out single in the seventh inning to tie the score at 11-11. She also contributed two runs scored. Marley Swain had another productive day with three hits in five plate appearances. Hailey Worthington reached base three times by being hit-by-a-pitch twice and also drawing a key base on balls in the four-run seventh inning for the Bucks. Evi Cherry reached base three times and contributed a run to the winning effort for the Bucks. And finally, freshman third baseman Isabella Feder had three hits on the afternoon including a big double in the seventh inning to help get the four-run rally started.
Freshman pitcher Brielle Jenner started for the Bucks, but she was eventually relieved by Kendall Kornuszko who finished out three and two-thirds innings for the Bucks to pick up the win.
Central Bucks West coach Mike Daher:
"This was a very big come-from-behind win for us against a very strong hitting Mount Saint Joseph's Academy team. They banged out 18 hits against us, and it seemed like every one of those were hit hard. They really did not get any cheap hits; they were all well hit line drives. I was really impressed with their approach at the plate as they would keep battling with two strikes until they put the ball in play.
“But I was really proud of our girls as they were down four runs when the seventh inning started and never quit. They put together a much needed four-run seventh inning capped off by Makala Burkholder's key single to tie the game. This game was a key win for us as we are battling to get into the District One playoffs."
By the numbers: Central Bucks West: Marley Swain (3-for-5, 4RBIs), I Feder (3-for-5, 2B, 2R), A McMackin (2-for-5, 2RBIs, 3R), B Jenner (1-for-3, 3B), Jill Boyle (3B, 2RBIs, 1R)
Kendall Kornuszko (W) (4.2 IP, 8H, 5R, 5ER, 2BB, 3K)
Up next: Central Bucks West will host Souderton on Thursday.
Central Bucks West 150 001 41 12-11-3
Mount St. Joseph 206 210 00 11-18-2
HATBORO-HORSHAM 7, GWYNEDD MERCY 4
The Hatters notched their second win in as many days, opening up a 2-0 lead in the first and then adding single runs in each of the next five innings on their way to the win.
Maya Ravi was in the middle of much of the action, leading the Hatters with three hits – including a double – and two RBIs.
In the second, Ravi singled in a run, and in the third, Faith Brown singled home Keagan Conn, courtesy runner for Sydney Cassel, who singled. Ravi led off the fourth with a double and scored on a passed ball to put the Hatters on top 5-2.
Ravi drove in the fifth inning run with a two-out single, and in the sixth, Faith Brown delivered an RBI single that put the Hatters on top 7-2 before GMA added a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh.
By the numbers: Hatboro-Horsham: Maya Ravi (3-for-5, 2B, 2RBIs, 1R), Kennedy Conn (2-for-3, 1RBI), Faith Brown (2-for-3, 1RBI)
Isabella Karpovich (W) (5.0 IP, 7H, 2R, 1ER, 2BB, 5K), Anabelle Swanson (2.0 IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER)
Key inning: Top of first – The Hatters set the tone for the win with two first-inning runs. With one out, Adriana DeLeon singled to center and scored on an error on Isabella Karpovich’s sacrifice bunt. Kennedy Conn singled home a run, and the Hatters had a lead they would not lose.
Up next: Hatboro-Horsham will travel to Council Rock North Friday for an SOL non-league crossover game.
Hatboro-Horsham 211 111 0 7-11-2
Gwynedd Mercy 011 000 2 4-11-5
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