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| Wiliamburg Starz's pitcher Jennifer Burton tries to make a play at the plate. |
By
John Harvey
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| Natalee Murphy drove in two runs with a single for the Starz. |
WILLIAMSBURG
– Williamsburg Starz 16U softball team suffered its first loss of the National
Softball Association Class B World Series Tuesday with an 8-4 loss to Team
Mizuno from New Jersey.
The
Starz led 2-0 looked sharp early, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first. Williamsburg
loaded the bases with one out and catcher Natalee Murphy cashed in with a
single to core Kaleigh Arnett and Meaghan Boyd.
Team
Mizuno answered with six runs in the top of the third to seize momentum. Taylor
Olson tied the game with an RBI-single. Two batters later, Brooke Turkalj
delivered a three-run triple for a 6-2 lead. They also took advantage of three Williamsburg
errors.
New
Jersey tacked
on two more runs in the fourth inning. Sarah Bailey scored on a
wild pitch and Maddie Cicerella drove in another one with a sacrifice fly.
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| Wiliamsburg Starz lost to Team Mizuno, 8-4. |
After
two straight 1-2-3 innings, Williamsburg’s bats finally came alive in the
fifth. Kelsey Rogersen’s single scored Michaela Parker. Arnett’s base hit
allowed Jennifer Burton to score to trim the lead to 8-4.
That
would be as close as they would get, as Olson retired the side in order in the
sixth with three straight pop-ups to end the game. Olson scattered just four
runs on six hits to earn the win. Delaney Morris allowed three earned runs in
more than two innings of work.
Olson
and Bailey each had two hits and scored two runs for Team Mizuno.
Arnett
went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored to lead Williamsburg. The Starz are
scheduled to play at 3 p.m. on Tuesday.
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