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The Whitcomb Lady Hornets were hot last Thursday when they faced Blue Mountain in their only regular season contest and they stung their hosts, 15-3. It took a while for Whitcomb to get started, but once they did, there was no stopping them. In the fourth, it was the Hornets all the way. Freshman Lark Delaney missed at the start of the inning, but more than made up for it later on. Leanne Ketner walked to get on and scored. Stearns singled, Burns walked and they both scored. Demi Aldrighetti singled and crossed the plate, followed by Tia McKenna and Emily Wright, who both singled. Taylor walked to load the bases, and Brittany Washburn walked to reload them. Delaney connected with a two-RBI double that scored Wright and Taylor, finishing a six-run rally. In the bottom, BMU ended Taylor’s shutout attempt when first batter Kate Thompson made it all the way home. Blue Mountain scored one run in the fifth, when Natalie Page walked and came in after Rebekah Burns gloved a whopper of a hit to right field. In the sixth inning, everything started with—and ended with—Molly Taylor, as Whitcomb added five more runs for a 10-run lead, 12-2. Taylor doubled to left and Brittany Washburn RBI’d her home, and then stole home. Aldrighetti singled in Ketner and Emily Wright singled in both Stearns and Burns. Blue Mountain scored their final run in the bottom and Taylor nabbed two more strike-outs. Whitcomb reached 15 runs in the seventh, when Washburn singled and scored off a Delaney double. Delaney scored off a Burns single and Burns scored the final Hornet run off Aldrighetti’s hit. Taylor was phenomenal on the mound, issuing 16 strike-outs plus throwing out two others for 18 of her team’s 21 outs. Delaney was also astounding with two doubles and three RBIs. Aldrighetti went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, Wright went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and eighth grader Rebekah Burns was 2-for-3 with one RBI. Win over Rutland The Whitcomb Lady Hornets faced the West Rutland Golden Horde on Friday, May 30, in their final regular game of the season. Hornet seniors are Aldrighetti, McKenna, Taylor, Washburn, and Wright. The Hornets pounded out 12 runs, avenging their earlier loss to the Golden Horde, in the 12-6 win. Whitcomb went on the attack and scored eight of their 12 runs in the first inning. Aldrighetti had an RBI double in the inning and scored two times. McKenna had two RBIs off a single and scored one run. Wright had a 2-RBI double and scored one run. Taylor scored on Delaney’s RBI sacrifice pop-fly to centerfield. Mariah Stearns had an RBI single and Burns got on by fielder’s choice and scored the last run of the inning. Whitcomb added one run in the second, when Taylor hit a standing double and scored off a Delaney centerfield single. West Rutland scored two runs in the third off a double and a single. Whitcomb scored three final runs in the bottom, when Wright and Taylor both doubled. Taylor ended with 14 Ks and the Hornets now stand at 9-7 and await their post-season pairings. ____________ |
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