The West Haven softball team needed to wait three days since suffering a gut-wrenching defeat against Hamden. The wait was worth it.
Scoring nine times in the first inning, West Haven rolled to a 17-1 victory over O’Brien Tech last Tuesday afternoon at Biondi Field in West Haven. With the win, West Haven improved to 3-2 on the year.
Makenna White led the Westies’ 17-hit attack with three hits, five runs batted in, and a run scored. Kasey Marron, Brianna Sebastian, Kailey Carrano, Ivy Santos, and Cassandra Thibodeau each added a pair of hits. Santos drove in three runs and Thibodeau knocked in a pair.
Marron pitched three innings to pick up the win, allowing one hit and striking out five.
West Haven scored all the runs it needed in the first inning. Marron led off with a single to short, Carrano hit a one-out single to third, and White doubled to left for a 2-0 lead.
After Ivy Santos and Morgan Peryer walked to load the bases, Dianesse Rodriguez walked to force in White. Thibodeau followed with a double to center, scoring Santos and Peryer for a 5-0 advantage, and Michelle Madar walked to load the bases. After Marron hit into a fielder’s choice to score Rodriguez, Lynn singled, and Thibodeau scored on an error on the play. Carrano walked to load the bases, before White singled, scoring Marron and Lynn for a 9-0 lead.
The Westies increased the lead to 10-0 in the second as Santos led off with a double and scored on a single to center by Madar.
The lead increased to 12-0 in the third as Sebastian doubled to right and scored on Carrano’s double to center. After White singled to put runners on the corners, Santos delivered Carrano with a sacrifice fly to center.
After a thorough thumping for a win on Tuesday, the Westies had to like their chances a day later. Held to just six hits in the game, West Haven fell to North Haven 6-3 in North Haven. The Westies (3-3) scored all three of their runs in the seventh.
Ashlynn O’Keefe reached on an error and Marron also reached on a one -out error. With two outs, and Lynn reaching on a fielder’s choice to score O’Keefe, West Haven had life. Carrano followed with a homer, but West Haven could not get closer.
North Haven scored twice in the second, and two more times in each of the fourth and fifth innings for a 6-0 lead.
The Westies had an opportunity to score in the second when Peryer singled with one out to put a pair of runners on, and Rodriguez walked one batter later to load the bases. All were left stranded as a pair of strikeouts ended the inning.
Marron led off the third with a single, but was left stranded, and Rodriguez had a two-out single in the fourth but could not advance as well. West Haven put a pair of runners on in the sixth with two outs, but again could not get the clutch hit.
The Westies lost their second straight contest with a 2-0 decision at East Haven Friday afternoon. With the loss, West Haven fell to 3-4 on the year.
Despite getting nine hits, the Westies could not get on the scoreboard. White led the Westies with three hits, while Santos and Peryer each had two hits.
Marron went the distance for West Haven, allowing nine hits and one earned run.
West Haven had its chances to score, but could not capitalize. Carrano and White each singled in the first, but were left stranded.
In the second, Peryer singled, but was stranded, while Lynn walked, but was erased on a double play in the third.
White and Santos opened the fourth with singles and advanced on a passed ball, but a strikeout, fielder’s choice and ground out ended the threat.
Lynn singled in the fifth, but went no further, before White and Santos opened the sixth with singles, but did not come around to score.
West Haven snapped a two-game losing streak with a 17-0 victory over Branford Monday afternoon in a game stopped after five innings due to the mercy rule. The road victory improved West Haven’s record to 4-4 on the season.
Lynn, Carrano, White, Peryer, and O’Keefe led a 12-hit attack with two hits apiece. Marron and O’Keefe each scored four times, while Carrano drove in five runs, Lynn knocked in three, and White and Peryer each drove in a pair.
Santos went the distance for West Haven, allowing three hits, walking one and striking out six.
The Westies jumped out to an early lead with four runs in the fourth, two more in the second, four in the third, and six in the fourth.
Marron led off the game with a walk and scored on a triple by Carrano. White singled to score Carrano, and a triple by Santos scored White. When Peryer grounded out to score Santos, West Haven led 4-0.
The Westies took a 6-0 lead in the second as O’Keefe walked with one out, Marron reached on an error, and O’Keefe scored on a wild pitch. White’s singled to score Marron for the 6-0 advantage.
The Westies kept on rolling to take a 10-0 lead in the third. Dianesse Rodriguez led off with a walk, and later scored along with O’Keefe on a single by Lynn. Carrano reached on an error to score Marron and Lynn for the final runs of the inning.
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