Northern takes Huntingtown in eight
With the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the eighth, Abby Orlandi’s infield pop found its way to the ground despite a valiant, diving effort by Kaitlyn Seger to push Erin Adams across the plate with the winning run in Northern’s 5-4 win over the visting Huntingtown Hurricanes on Friday.
Northern (12-0) had trailed 2-0 until the bottom of the fifth. After the half-inning’s first two batters were retired, Orlandi, Kaitlyn Schmeiser and Tayler Schaefer produced three consecutive singles to set the stage for freshman Kierstie Schaefer. The freshman did not disappoint, drilling a grand slam over the center-field fence.
Huntingtown (7-2) chipped away to get a run back in the sixth, then tied the game on Angela Sita’s two-out, two-strike RBI single in the seventh. The Hurricanes then had runners on second and third in the top of the eighth, but Northern pitcher Lindsey Schmeiser came up with a clutch strikeout to come away unscathed.
Northern 5, Huntingtown 4
H 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 — 4 11 0
N 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 — 5 13 1
WP: L. Schmeiser, LP: Fears
2B — Fitzgerald (H); HR — K. Schaefer (N)
E-mail Andy States at astates@smacsportsnet.com
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