Valencia vs Saugus

Posted by admin on May 14th, 2009

Lady Vikings took on Saugus at home for their final regular season game.

In the top of the 1^st with one out and runners on 1^st and 2^nd, Amy Moore was able to get the runner out at 1^st that was off the bag. The last out of the inning was a pop up to Lauren Boser at 1^st. Bottom of 1^st, Boser had a walk. Madison Shipman had a pop up fly to short stop that was dropped allowing the runners to be safe at 1^st and 2^nd. The Vikings were unable to score. Top of the 2^nd, Boser was able to make a behind the back catch behind 1^st base for the first out of the inning. Saugus was able to get on base with the next two batters having infield singles. The second and third out were recorded by Carly Mortensen with a comebacker and a strikeout. Bottom of 2^nd, Lindsay Clark was the only base runner with a walk. Top of 3^rd, with the first batter having a slap single and steal 2^nd. Moore made a fabulous play by catching a pop up along the fence in foul territory for the first out. The second out of the inning was made by a great catch in center by Megan Foglesong. The third out was made by Moore who threw down to second to get the runner out. Bottom of 3^rd, Foglesong led off the inning with a single to center. Boser followed up with a fabulous slap bunt and beat the throw at first and with an overthrow allowed Foglesong to go to third. With Shipman up the catcher had an overthrow trying to throw out Foglesong at 3^rd, Foglesong scored and Boser went to 2^nd. Boser went on to steal 3^nd with an overthrow at 2^nd. Bethany Kemp drew a walk. Moore doubled to center to score Boser and Kemp to advance to 3^rd. With Annie Dreher up to bat, the Saugus pitcher threw a wild pitch that allowed Kemp to score and. Dreher walked. Top of 4^th, Saugus went down in order. Bottom of 4^th, Shannon Fitzgerald led off the inning with a walk. Foglesong and Boser both had sacrifice bunts advancing Fitzgerald to 2nd then 3^rd. The inning was ended with a line out to 2^nd.Top of the 5^th, Saugus was unable to score. Bottom of 5^th, Caitlin Rooney singled to center. Moore tripled, scoring Justine Sibthorp who was running for Rooney. Dreher hit a groundout that allowed Moore to score. Lindsay Clark singled on an overthrow to 1^st and advanced to 2^nd. Fitzgerald singled to left to score Clark. Fitzgerald went on to steal 2nd while Foglesong was up to bat. Bottom of 6^th, Boser singled, but was thrown out trying to go to 2^nd. Kemp walked. Rooney doubled and scored Kemp. Top of 7^th, inning was led off with a strikeout followed by a walk. The last two outs were recorded by Shipman who caught a line drive and threw to first for the double play. Lady Vikings get the win 7-2. Carly Mortensen was the winning pitcher.