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'Cats Rally with Five to Tie, then Fall in Extra Innings
Lincoln-Sudbury recovers in win over Weston.
The Weston softball team almost did to Lincoln-Sudbury yesterday what Waltham did to the Wildcats last week. In the game against the Hawks, Waltham rallied with five runs to wipe out Weston's four-run lead in the last inning and win, 6-5. Yesterday, it was the visiting Wildcats who found the answer with five runs in the seventh to even the count with L-S, only to fall in the eighth inning by the same score to the Warriors in another heartbreaker.
Weston fell to 1-2 overall, and will begin its Dual County League Small Division slate Monday at home against Tyngsboro.
"We had a great comeback in the seventh and never gave up, " Weston head coach Kelly Harrington said. "Now we need to play hard for seven straight innings with our first three-game week coming up."
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Sophomore star hurler Ariana Vasquez tossed all eight frames, allowing only six hits, while sriking out nine and walking four.
Offensively, Vasquez had a double to account for one of six Weston hits. Seniors Sarah Ober and Jessilee Gross, junior Kristen Welby, sophomre Dani Silverstein, and freshman Talia Cramer also contributed with one hit apiece.
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With Weston trailing, 5-0, in the top of the seventh, Dani Silverstein and Julia Bruce reached on errors. Cramer drove in the 'Cats first run with a single as Silverstein came across. Ober followed with another single, scoring Welby, who ran for Bruce. Sami Gosman reached on an attempted fielder's choice to load the bases, and Gross ripped a two-run single to tie the game.
But, in the bottom of the eighth, L-S rallied with a one out single and a hit batsman. After Vasquez induced an infield fly for the second out, the Warriors won it on an infield miscue.
Sophomore Becca Ryan pitched all eight innings for L-S. Like Vasquez, she scattered six hits, while striking out nine and walking four. At the plate, Ryan went 3- for-4 with three RBIs, while Mandy Sifferien had a two-run double in the first inning. Erin Deneen and Ann Marie Billig also had one hit apiece.