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GSN opens 2003 season with
hard-fought 6-4 victory |
(AP) - Gentle Shepherd opened the 2003 Lawrence-Mercer County Church
Softball season with a victory Thursday evening, even after it looked like
the opposition would run away with the game from the start.
GSN was fortunate enough to escape a base-loaded jam in the 1st
inning after an error had led to three quick Neshannock runs. With
things looking like they could only get worse for "The Kids", fill-in
shortstop Gary Bonanno's unassisted double-play helped get Gentle Shepherd
out of danger.
In the bottom half of the first, GSN came out swinging the bats and
answered with three runs to even the game up. Gentle Shepherd
continued to show resiliency on defense by working their way out of another
base-loaded situation in the 2nd. From that point on, the hitting
tapered off for both teams—with the score
remaining 3-3 until the home half of the fifth.
After a misjudged fly-ball to right field enabled Jeremiah Thompson
to cross home plate, Michaleen Thompson (running for Frank Powell) and Gary
Bonanno would score to give GSN a 6-3 lead that they would not relinquish.
Neshannock tallied a run in the top of the seventh and were about to bring
the tying run to the plate before Tim Vass's running catch in center ended
the game and any chance of a final inning rally by the visitors.
On the mound, Rich Thompson walked none and picked up the complete
game victory in his GSN debut—who improved to 1-0 for the
first time in recent history. |
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2 |
3 |
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Total |
| Neshannock |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
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1 |
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4 |
| GSN |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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3 |
0 |
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6 |
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