What were balls and strikes and just basic stuff like that.” “We knew how each of their pitchers threw, so we just adjusted when we needed to.
On if there were adjustments after the Woodbridge pitching change: “No, we’ve played them in the past,” McNelly said. With the ups and downs of this game, we really played as a team throughout, met our potential and set a standard for the rest of the season.” “We’ve been planning senior night for a while, we’ve been planning his 800th win for a while. “It was very a emotional night,” McNelly said. Madison Rackett added to the offense by going 3-for-5 with an RBI. Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs, while Emelia Kraft had three RBI in a 1-for-4 performance. Woodbridge hit five home runs that came from Ortiz (two), Rodriguez, Mittenberg and Montalvo. The Tigers hit four home runs on the night from Lindsay Oller, Capparelli, Sikoro and McNelly. McNelly went 3-for-5 with a home run, picking up three RBI and scoring three runs in the process.Ĭapparelli had four RBI and scored two runs in a 3-for-4 performance at the plate. McNelly then came up and won the game with her line drive homer to right-center field.Įight of South Plainfield’s nine batters each scored at least one run and reached base at least once on Saturday night. To start the bottom of the seventh Kylie Nieradka got on after an error from the second baseman on a routine grounder. Then Montalvo, who was hitless to this point, homered to left field to tie the game. Opening the inning with runners on second and third and no out, Abby Rodriguez (three-run home run) and Samirrah Ortiz went back-to-back to cut the deficit to just two runs, 11-9.īut Capparelli responded with her fourth and final RBI of the night in the bottom of the fifth when she doubled to right, bringing the lead to 12-9.ĭown to their final three outs, Miltenberg was sent up to pinch-hit and delivered with a two-run home run and the lead was all of a sudden just one, 12-11. Later in that inning, a line drive to right field was dropped, scoring two more runs for South Plainfield.Īfter going silent for a few innings the Woodbridge offense exploded for four runs in the top of the fifth.
Nicole Sikoro, who had just replaced Nicole Swatko in the circle, helped out her own cause with a three-run home run to open up the lead a bit for the Tigers at 9-5 in the bottom of the third.
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The Tigers and Barrons split their regular season series at 1-1 with Woodbridge previously having won 1-0 back on April 14 in a polar opposite game of the one on Saturday night.ĭown 5-2 in the bottom of the second, McNelly doubled in Rebecca Ortiz and then Grace Capparelli followed with a three-run home run to give the Tigers the lead for the first time at 6-5. Woodbridge is now 9-5 and has lost two straight, albeit to two of the White Division’s best in Metuchen and South Plainfield.
South Plainfield is now 13-4 on the year and has a 9-3 record in the White Division.
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