GOSHEN, Ind. - In the final two games of their U.S. Highway 20 Cup series, the Goshen softball team outhit Bethel 15-2 in game one on the way to a 10-2 win on Tuesday in five innings. Bethel used a four-run seventh inning to win game two 5-1.
Ella Mcleod and
Kaylee Kates had RBI hits in the second inning to put the Leafs up 2-0 in game one. In the next inning,
Alisyn Catenacci had an RBI single before
Alyssa McDonald hit a two-run shot to center field, which moved the lead to 5-0.
Shea VanScoter came up to bat later in the inning with the bases loaded. She hit a blooper to the shortstop and outran the throw to first.
Kyra Wilson scored from third and Mcleod was safe at home with her slide.
Carissa Fillingame took the opportunity to advance to third and was safe on that throw. Then, VanScoter easily advanced to second. Goshen was up 7-0.
Bethel's Emmie Pugh hit a solo home run in the top of the fourth, but the Maple Leafs answered with solo shots from
Alisyn Catenacci and
Peyton Foreman. Foreman, a first-year, started the week with no collegiate home runs and now has two - hitting them on back-to-back days. Mcleod hit an RBI single down the right field line to make the score 10-1.
The Pilots added another solo homer in the fifth, but Goshen won by run rule with an eight run lead after five innings, winning the game 10-2. Bethel's two home runs were the only hits they had the entire game.
Alisyn Catenacci went five innings, allowing two hits and two earned runs. She struck out four batters and walked one. Ten outs came from flyouts and just one on a groundout. Six GC players had multiple hits -
Kaylee Kates,
Bianca Diamond,
Alisyn Catenacci,
Peyton Foreman,
Alyssa McDonald and
Ella Mcleod. The latter three all scored multiple runs.
Game two turned out to be a pitcher's duel between Bethel's Ryann Norris and Goshen's
Shea VanScoter. VanScoter went 4.2 innings, allowing one run but no earned runs. She allowed four hits and three walks. After six innings it was 1-1. Goshen's run came in the third when
Bianca Diamond hit a shot down the left field line to score VanScoter.
The Pilots found their groove in the seventh inning. They scored four runs on five hits, starting with a home run from Pugh that gave them the lead. The Leafs had three quick outs in the bottom half of the inning and lost 5-1.
VanScoter went 3-4 for Goshen with a run and two stolen bases. She has multiple hits in each of the last five games and at least one hit in 12 of the last 13 games. After the game, her batting average surpassed .400 for the first time this season. Diamond was 2-4 with a double, an RBI, and a stolen base. Catenacci had the loss in the circle, allowing three earned runs in 1.1 innings of relief.
Goshen (20-13, 12-8 CL) won three of the four games against Bethel in the series, earning 0.75 points for the Leafs in the U.S. Highway 20 Cup. Bethel leads the series this school year 9.75 to 4.25.
The Maple Leafs are at Saint Francis on Friday, April 14, at 3:00 pm.
