Sports
Morristown's Big 5th Inning Ousts Parsippany
Nine-run frame buries Red Hawks in Morris County Tournament preliminary-round game.
The softball team dropped its Morris County Tournament preliminary-round game to Morristown High School at Frelinghuysen Middle School in Morristown on Tuesday afternoon, 9-2.
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Total
Parsippany (3-7)
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0
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0
1
0
1
2
Morristown (4-5)
0
0
0
0
9
0
x
9
IN SHORT
Parsippany found itself in a tight, scoreless game heading into the fifth inning, but after the Red Hawks grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the frame, Morristown's bats came alive in the bottom of the frame. Morristown exploded for nine runs on seven singles and two walks. The Red Hawks attempted to rally in the top of the seventh, sending seven batters to the plate, but managed to push just one run across the plate.
RED HAWK OF THE GAME
Kelsey Principe—The Parsippany senior center fielder went 2-for-4 with two singles in the loss.
OTHER KEY PERFORMANCES
Cynthia Abinader (Parsippany), 1-for-2 with a single and two walks; Mollie Forman (Morristown), pitched a complete game recording 13 strikeouts, allowing six hits, walking two and allowing one earned run.
THEY SAID IT
"The fifth inning is what killed us. They scored nine runs in the fifth inning and that’s the only time that they scored. But we were in the game the whole entire time.”—Head coach Michelle Nicoletta
Up Next—Parsippany Hills on Wednesday at Smith Field at 7 p.m.
