Emily Derr struck out nine while notching three hits and collecting two RBIs in a 16-8 Bellwood-Antis win over Williamsburg, but it was a negative statistic that she overcame that may have been the most impressive thing about her performance Tuesday.
\nAlthough she struck out the side in the first inning, Derr also allowed five free passes. She walked 12 Williamsburg batters on the day along with hitting two more with pitches, and five of the Lady Pirates\u2019 runs were scored by runners who reached as a result of her wildness.
\nHowever, in the final three innings as Bellwood-Antis\u2019 offense continued to pound out hit after hit, Derr walked only one batter while retiring nine of the final 11 batters she faced.
\n\u201cShe just settled down a little bit,\u201d Bellwood-Antis Pitching Coach Allison Stodart said. \u201cShe was trying to aim the ball in the first few innings, and that\u2019s why she walked so many, but we talked about her going as hard as she can on every pitch in between innings, and she ended up doing that in the last couple innings.\u201d
\nWilliamsburg built leads of 3-0 and 6-3 using the free passes coupled with four Lady Blue Devil errors in the first two innings. The sloppy defensive play may have been due to long periods of time when Williamsburg was not putting the ball into play during either walks or strikeouts.
\n\u201cPrior to the fifth inning, I had counted pitches, and Emily was up to about 130 pitches, but in the last couple innings she threw about 20 to 25,\u201d Stodart said.
\nWith the pace quickened, Bellwood-Antis looked crisp and comfortable in the field. Tory Baldauf, who had three hits and four runs batted in and has reached base safely in nine of her last 10 plate appearances, made the play of the game by diving into shallow left field to snag a blooper in the sixth inning.
\nA six-run bottom of the second inning gave Bellwood-Antis a 9-6 lead, but Williamsburg pulled within one with single runs in both the third and fourth innings.
\nJenna Brown got the Lady Blue Devils back on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth when she tripled and scored on Danielle Riley\u2019s RBI single.
\nLeading 13-8 in the sixth inning, Leah Snyder, Ashley Putt, Pam Weyant and Baldauf had consecutive singles to give Derr three more insurance runs. The hit was Weyant\u2019s third of the game, and Baldauf\u2019s two-run single capped off an offensive explosion of 16 runs on 18 hits.
\n\u201cNo one is working harder than Tory, and she\u2019s been getting on about every way imaginable,\u201d Bellwood-Antis Manager Alex Sitman said. \u201cAll the girls are working hard. We had 18 hits today, and they had two. Everyone in our lineup had a hit, and they showed a lot of discipline and focus in doing so.\u201d
\nSenior Christine Pfahler joined Baldauf, Weyant and Derr with three hits. She also registered a double and two RBIs.
\nMegan Saltsgiver had both of Williamsburg\u2019s hits.
\nThe win moves Bellwood-Antis to 2-5. They will host Northern Bedford in the completion of a suspended game today at 4:30. The game will be picked up in the bottom of the first inning with Northern Bedford leading 1-0.
\nBellwood-Antis 16 Williamsburg 8
\nWILLIAMSBURG – Saltsgiver, ss, 3-2-2, Wyland, c, 3-1-0; Rhodes, p, 2-2-0; Speacht, 3b, 4-2-0; Becker, cf, 3-0-0; Fay, 1b, 2-1-0; Yuki, 2b, 3-0-0; Hernandez, lf, 2-0-0; Joo, rf, 4-0-0. TOTALS 26-8-2.
\nBELLWOOD-ANTIS – Weyant, cf, 3-4-3; Baldauf, ss, 5-2-3; Pfahler, 2b, 4-2-3; Askey, c, 4-2-1; Derr, p, 4-2-3; Brown, 3b, 3-1-2; Riley, lf, 2-0-1; Snyder, rf, 4-1-1; Putt, dp, 3-2-1; Hamer, 1b, 0-0-0. TOTALS 32-16-18.
\nWilliamsburg 331 100 0 8 -2 5
\nBellwood-Antis 360 133 X 16-18-5
\n3B: Brown.
\n2B: Pfahler, Derr.
\nRBI: Speacht 1, Becker 1, Fay 1, Hernandez 1, Baldauf 4, Pfahler 2, Derr 2, Riley 2, Askey 1, Brown 1, Putt 1.
\nSO: Rhodes 2, Derr 9.
\nBB: Rhodes 5, Derr 12.
\nWP: Derr LP: Rhodes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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