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Hanover Thunder Fastpitch Softball! |
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Thunder Pride... |
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USSSA Virginia Rowdie Invitational |
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September 13-14 in Tappahannock, VA |
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Thunder Blue Advances to Semi-finals... In the 2nd tournament of the Fall season, the Thunder won 4 straight to earn a semi-final berth in the Virginia Rowdies Invitational in Tappahannock. In a defensive battle in the first game against the Northern Neck Rage (13U), the Thunder scored 1 in the 4th that proved to be the difference in the 1-0 game. In the second game, against the 14U Rage team, the Thunder broke open a 3-0 game with 6 runs in the bottom of the 3rd to cruise to the 9-0 win. In the final game of pool-play Saturday, after trailing early 4-0, the Thunder put up 13 unanswered runs to beat the 360 Cyclones 13-4. On Sunday, in bracket play, the Thunder Blue scored 3 in the bottom of the 2nd to go up early against the East Coast Diamonds. The Blue added 1 run each in the next 2 innings to advance to the semi-finals against the Rampage. In the semi-final, the Thunder bats mellowed and the Rampage took advantage of a couple of Thunder miscues to put up 4 runs which was enough to advance. The Thunder went 4-1 in the tournament and outscored opponents 28-9...the team will play 3 more tournaments in the Fall with their next outing October 11-12, 2008... |
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Thunder Quips: · The Thunder Blue was happy to head to Tappahannock knowing that no matter the outcome, the Thunder family was in for plenty of fun and fellowship at the Caler grandparents (Sue and Tom, aka “Ma and Pa”) lake house... · In 26 innings (entire tournament), the Thunder pitchers (Shannon A, Kelsie B, Lindsey N, Traci S) allowed only 11 hits, struck out 36 batters (only 5 walks), and allowed ONLY 1 EARNED RUN! · 17 of the 28 Thunder runs were scored in the 3rd inning... · Game Highlights · Game 1: With the game scoreless in the 4th inning, Shawna K walked and scored on a Megan I sacrifice bunt for the deciding run in the 1-0 victory — Kelsie B pitched 5 innings of shutout ball and recorded 9 strikeouts... · Game 2: The Thunder posted 6 runs in the 3rd inning (hits by Lynnse C, Megan I, Brianna J, Shawna K, and Shannon A) — Brianna J went 3 for 3 in the game with 2 runs scored — Shannon A pitched a no-hit near-perfect game (only 2 runners reached base) recording 8 strikeouts over 5 innings pitched... · Game 3: Another 3rd inning explosion (10 runs) were highlighted with hits by Shannon A (2 hits in the game), Brianna J, and Megan I — Lindsay W had 2 hits in the game and scored 2 runs... · Game 4: Kelsie B followed-up her game 1 victory with another 5 inning gem — she allowed only 2 hits and 1 run while mowing down 11 Diamond batters — Taylor S, Brianna J, and Megan I contributed hits in the game… · Game 5: Shannon A pitched a complete game (7 innings) and allowed NO EARNED RUNS — Lindsey N and Shawna K both doubled in the game… · Individual Highlights · Pitching ace Shannon A allowed ZERO earned runs, pitching a team high 12 innings — she struck out 10 with ZERO walks! · Brianna J led the Thunder bats with a team high 5 hits (5 for 9) and 5 runs scored… · Megan I (5 RBI), Shannon A (triple), and Shawna K (5 runs-scored) each had 3 hits in the tournament… · Kelsie B recorded 2 wins, giving up only 3 hits and only 1 earned run in 10 innings pitched — she also posted an incredible 20 STRIKEOUTS! |
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