From Staff Reports
FROSTBURG — Smithsburg scored eight runs over the final two innings to turn a 4-1 deficit into a 9-4 win over Mountain Ridge in the second round of the Maryland 1A West Region Playoffs at Glendening Park in Frostburg.
Smithsburg’s sixth inning got started when the lead-off batter reached on an error. The Leopards then strung together four straight singles as the team went from being down three runs to ahead by two after a five-run sixth.
Smithsburg went on to add three more runs in the seventh. Stavrakar, Murrat and Wastler all had two singles, while Stavrakar scored three runs and Murrat added two.
Leopards starter B. Garnard struck out six, walked four and allowed four hits. She hit a double and a single in four trips to the plate.
Kelsey Robertson allowed an unearned run in the first inning, and threw four straight scoreless innings afterwards before Smithsburg got to her in the seventh. She had seven strikeouts and walked three in a complete game.
The Miners scored twice in the bottom of the first inning on two RBIs from one of Danielle McGinnis’ two hits. Marley Nolan accounted for the other two runs when she went deep with one on in the third.
“We had another great year,” said Mountain Ridge Head Coach Martha Mauzy in reference to the team’s 13-3 record. “I’ve been lucky to have a great group of kids, but we just couldn’t put it together. Smithsburg is good team and it should be a good game between them and Allegany.”
Smithsburg will play the Campers today at Carl Belt Field in the West Region semifinals.
Petersburg 20
Grafton 0
PHILIPPI, W.Va. — Whitney Lough held Grafton to two hits while she had four herself as Petersburg pounded Grafton to win the Section 2 title Tuesday at Philip Barbour High School.
Lough, picking up her 10th win, has seven strikeouts and didn’t allow a walk in the five-inning game. She had three RBIs off of a two-run double, an RBI triple and two singles. Melissa Sharp also had three RBI off of three hits including a two-run home run in the second inning and two singles. Brittany George had two hits, a single and a two-run double and Jenny Kuh had a two-run base hit.
Petersburg (15-7) plays Keyser at Keyser in the opening round of the Region 2 tournament.
