Turners Falls: The Dubay Sisters did everything for the Raiders on Wednesday night.
Whether it was on the pitch, on the plate, between the base and the mound, each of the three sisters played a key role in pushing the softball number 1 in Hampshire, passing the number 3 of Turners Falls, 5-1.
The two pitchers began strong, with Madison Liimatainen allowing a lonely sun and Ryanne Dubay surviving a Liimatainen early scare, who marked a deep fly ball in the central field. Rachel Hickox did well to follow it and do it a short distance from the fence.
Liimatainen and Dubay combined with each other with a single frames in the second. The Thunder Senior sat down visitors to the third and Dubay kept it shooting when hitting the next two batters before allowing a double two to Mia Marigliano, lengthening the entrance. But after intentionally walking to Liimatainen, Dubay settled and forced the ground to leave the next mixer to end the threat and entry.
The fourth entry gave without much noise and the fifth entry seemed to roll in the same way after two earthen trips to start the frame of the Raiders.
But after Caroline Payson, the single Infield expanded the entrance, Hickox began the bat-bull that changed the game. He saw that the first four releases sailed, counting 2-2 with Payson advancing the second on a past ball.
Not willing to give up a inch, Hickox failed four shifts in a row before taking the ball three, which passed the capture and allowed Payson to move back again.
After removing two toughest launches, Hickox took the twelfth launch of the Bat-Bat for Ball Four, a well-deserved hike he gave to Kalin Dubay with a golden opportunity to push his team.
Kalin did this, driving a single RBI in the center and gives his team the first leadership.
“I really wanted to win this game, I wanted to do it for the team,” Kalin said. “… If there was a runner, I wanted to move this runner. I wanted to put them in a punctuation position (so), or) the next batter or (myself I can carry them).”
Kalin’s contribution remained the only race in the game until the end of the sixth. After Liimatainen and Madison Dietz worked on the base with four -shotgun walks on his back, Marilyn Abaraua dropped a gentle sinking in front of the house plate. The Raiders did not clean it and the launch passed for the first time in the first Basemenes, allowing Liimatainen to round the third place and sprint home, tie the game.
Softball Raiders coach Brian McGgan showed a huge confidence in Ryanne Dubay, choosing to intentionally walk the next batter in the hope of creating a force at home. However, with the loaded bases and there are still no exits, the odds of leaving this jam without allowing another roll to look scarce. But Ryanne tightened the snails and rediscovered his pace, reaching the next two batters.
Ryanne began the next batter with a low ground that jumped in front of the house plate and seemed to move away from Reagan Dubay behind the plate. But Reagan recovered well, snatching the ground ball and shot a third launch, taking diet in a wear. Dietz did not give up his struggle and was almost rewarded for this after returning to third place.
But the Raiders did not give up the move. When he saw Abararaua out of the bag in second place, Lucy Trombly fired a launch in Kalin Dubay in second place. Kalin took the launch and pursued the runner down to make the final tag.
The consciousness of the game of the Raiders would again bear fruit to the seventh. After Hickox arrived on a two -way hike and Kalin delivered again to advance the runner to the third, Hickox took advantage of a past ball, exploded the third line and passed the label to mark the race.
Kalin advanced smartly to the third of the same play, but not without the thunder trying to make a play to the third.
But the launch of the third passed in front of the Basemen third parties, allowing Kalin enough to sprint home.
“Just realizing where the ball is at that time (and reacting),” Kalin said.
The Raiders bought insurance later as part when Reagan Dubay drilling a double two RBI in the center on the right.
“I was focused if there was a runner on the base, where I could bring it to a gap (i) how difficult it could hit the gap,” said Reagan. “… I always try to be safe on the plate even if I have a bad day. Trust is key when you are in the bat.”
Hampshire (14-1) will play his last home game of the regular season on Friday, May 9th against Minnechaug at 17:15
“It’s not an individual thing in our team, it’s always what we did,” Mcgan said after the game, proud of the collective effort he needed to achieve this victory. “This is almost the main goal … they are only part of this small machine we try to move on.”
Turners Falls (11-4) will try to bounce when the Thunder visiti Blackstone Valley Reg. Tech on Monday May 12 at 16:30