Spring Break
SOFTBALL: Squad evens record on road
by Melissa Siegel
Senior writer
Sports | 3/31/09
Posted online at 11:34 PM EST on 3/30/09
/ Last updated at 4:50 AM EST on 3/30/09
The game-tying run rookie shortstop Brittany Grimm '12 drove in against Clark University last Wednesday was unusual; it came on a play in which she reached base on an error and was thrown out trying to advance all the way to third base. When Grimm later came to bat in the top of the eighth inning with the game still tied at one, she drove in runners in a more conventional way.
Grimm hit a double to left field with two runners on base, scoring both runs for the Judges, who went on to win the game 3-2 in eight innings. The Judges are now 8-8 overall after losing the second half of the doubleheader to Clark 1-0 and winning both games of a doubleheader at Lasell College March 24.
"I don't think it really matters what class you're in; I think that's what's expected of you anywhere you are in the lineup," second baseman Melisa Cagar '11 said. "It doesn't matter if you're a rookie or if you're a senior; when you come up to bat, we're expecting everyone to do their part and produce runs."
The softball team's home doubleheader against Bates College scheduled for last Sunday was canceled due to rain.
The first game of the doubleheader against Clark was scoreless until the fourth inning, when Clark rookie right fielder Stefanie Kettenacker hit an RBI triple to right center. Brandeis tied the game in the sixth inning when outfielder Samantha Gajewski '12 scored after Grimm reached base on an error by Clark University junior centerfielder Darcy Kurashige-Elliot's error before being thrown out between second and third base.
The game remained tied until the eighth inning, when each team is allowed to place the player who made the last out in the previous inning on second base to start the inning for the sake of speeding up the game. Left fielder Chelsea Korp '10 took that spot for the Judges and Cagar reached base on an error, setting the stage for Grimm's game-winning double, her seventh RBI of the season.
"She hit the ball in the air; whenever that happens you sit there for that half a second, and then once you know no one's going to catch it, you just straight shoot to home plate," Korp said. "[Cagar] came around, and it was just one of those things that was perfect. [Grimm] came up there and did her job."
Grimm hit a double to left field with two runners on base, scoring both runs for the Judges, who went on to win the game 3-2 in eight innings. The Judges are now 8-8 overall after losing the second half of the doubleheader to Clark 1-0 and winning both games of a doubleheader at Lasell College March 24.
"I don't think it really matters what class you're in; I think that's what's expected of you anywhere you are in the lineup," second baseman Melisa Cagar '11 said. "It doesn't matter if you're a rookie or if you're a senior; when you come up to bat, we're expecting everyone to do their part and produce runs."
The softball team's home doubleheader against Bates College scheduled for last Sunday was canceled due to rain.
The first game of the doubleheader against Clark was scoreless until the fourth inning, when Clark rookie right fielder Stefanie Kettenacker hit an RBI triple to right center. Brandeis tied the game in the sixth inning when outfielder Samantha Gajewski '12 scored after Grimm reached base on an error by Clark University junior centerfielder Darcy Kurashige-Elliot's error before being thrown out between second and third base.
The game remained tied until the eighth inning, when each team is allowed to place the player who made the last out in the previous inning on second base to start the inning for the sake of speeding up the game. Left fielder Chelsea Korp '10 took that spot for the Judges and Cagar reached base on an error, setting the stage for Grimm's game-winning double, her seventh RBI of the season.
"She hit the ball in the air; whenever that happens you sit there for that half a second, and then once you know no one's going to catch it, you just straight shoot to home plate," Korp said. "[Cagar] came around, and it was just one of those things that was perfect. [Grimm] came up there and did her job."
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