ABGSL Sting

Sting 12u made it to another semi-final game and finished tied for third place, posting a 3-2 record in the PHBA tournament in Pleasant Hill. The team showed tremendous spirit all weekend as the girls put together some impressive rallies for their victories and fought just as hard in defeat.

Pool Game #1
Sting 9, Vallejo Hurricanes 4

Sting struck first scoring two runs in the first inning. Molly Cohen lined a triple to center scoring Veronica Timpane who had singled. Molly then alertly stole home on a throw to first after a dropped third strike.  Sting put the game away with 6 runs in the second inning after falling behind 4-2.  Lena Mayer started things off with a double, then Sami Chiang, Reyna Fa-Kaji, and Veronica all drew walks.  Molly brought in two runs with a double, and after another walk to Lexi Carney, Bria Bryant singled home 2 more.  Sting added a final run in the third inning when Boothe Carlson singled and scored when the Vallejo fielder threw the ball away after Reyna’s bunt single.  Boothe pitched a nice game giving up just 2 hits in 4 innings of work.

Pool Game #2
Sting 9, San Mateo Challengers 1

For the first two innings, Lena was locked in a 0-0 pitchers duel with the San Mateo hurler, but the Sting bats came to life scoring 9 runs in the third for the 9-1 victory.  Highlights included a two-run single by Bria, an RBI groundout by Shannon Riggio-Kerley, a fake-bunt chop single by Sami, an RBI single by Brooke Tannahill, and a two-run single by Molly.  Lena pitched a great game giving up no earned runs on just one hit.  Defensively, Lexi collected three consecutive assists in the third inning, snuffing out a potential rally after two runners got on base, and in the fourth inning, Veronica made a nice throw to Molly who made the tag on a runner at third base to end the game.

Pool Game #3
Pleasant Hill Panthers 6, Sting 2

In a close game, Sting fell to the host Panthers 6-2.  Lexi pitched well initially limiting the hard-hitting Panthers to single runs in the first and third.  Sting answered back with a run in the fourth on a double by Bria and an rbi single by Shannon.  Sting scored again in the fifth when Molly, who had doubled, came home on an overthrow after stealing third base.   Second baseman, Nora Killian turned a pair of hard hit balls into outs in the third and fourth innings to keep the game close.

Bracket Game #1
Sting 5, Burlingame Flames 4

In a tight six-inning game, Sting held on for a 5-4 victory in the first round bracket game on Sunday.  Lena pitched outstandingly inducing 12 groundouts and striking out three, while walking just one.  Sting played great defense with Molly at third, Lexi at short, and Nora at second fielding everything hit at them, while Brooke at catcher threw out a runner trying to steal second.  The Flames led 1-0 after half an inning, when Veronica started the offense with a single in the bottom of the first.  Lexi followed with an rbi triple, and Bria blasted a home run to right center to give Sting a 3-1 lead after one inning.  The Flames scored in the second to make it 3-2, but Sting answered with two more in the third when Lexi smashed a two run single to left scoring Veronica and Brooke, who had singled consecutively to start the inning.  The flames closed to within one after scratching across single runs in the fourth and sixth, but with the tying run at second, Molly made her third play of the sixth inning to shut the door.

Bracket Game #2
Pleasant Hill Panthers 11, Sting 2

Things were looking bright when Sting scored two in the top of the first to take an early lead.  Veronica had her fourth lead off single in five games, and after two were out, the Panthers showed Lexi some respect with an intentional walk.  But Bria made the plan backfire when she drove in both runs with a solid single to left.  Lena followed with a single, and Nicole Nordahl hammered a solid line drive to right, but the right fielder was able to get an out to end the inning.  After that, Sting’s offense was limited to a single by Lexi in third.  Unfortunately, the Panthers were relentless offensively and came up on top 11-2.  Brooke turned in another gutty performance catching the entire tournament and throwing out two Panther base runners trying to steal second.

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