Blue Capture Doubleheader Wins at Curry (4-9-08)

After an extra innings' Game 1 and a Game 2 that ended prematurely on account of darkness, the Wellesley Blue earned two wins at Curry College on Wednesday afternoon.

In Game 1, Wellesley earned fourteen hits over nine innings. The hitting barrage began early for the Blue as they tallied a 2-0 score in the first inning off of two solo back-to-back homeruns from Senior, Kara Wong, and Sophomore, Megan Wood. Junior, Amanda Tai, added another run to the board in the top of the second inning after Senior, Alex Coari, picked up the RBI on Tai's score. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Curry bounced back with three runs of their own to tie the game. The Blue would jump ahead in the top of the fifth inning off of a Sophomore, Shawna McCreadie RBI, but Curry would knot the score once again with a run of their own in the bottom portion of the inning.

The game remained tied until the top of the ninth inning. With the international tie-breaker rule in effect, First-Year, Alison Davis, was placed on second base. Wong and Wood earned walks with only one out. Junior, Samantha Littlejohn, would then walk, too, while simultaneously picking up an RBI and securing the lead for the Blue, 5-4. Senior, Meghan Sullivan, singled to left field to give Wellesley a two run cushion. Defensively, in the bottom of the ninth inning, Junior hurler, Beej Grundlock, struck out the first two Colonels that she faced and then forced a grounder for the third out. Grundlock picked up the win in Game 1; she threw five innings, gave up three hits, allowed one run, and struck out nine batters. Wood, performing on the mound for her first time this season, tossed for four innings, allowed one run and three hits, and struck out two Curry batters.

In Game 2, Wellesley blanked Curry 3-0. The Blue picked up its first two runs of the game in the top of the second inning when Sullivan blasted a two-run bagger that also scored Sophomore, Alex Warren. In the top of the third innings, Coari reached third base off of two Colonel errors and would later score on a groundout from Wong. Defensively, Senior, Jenna Harvey, tossed the entire six-inning match-up, allowed one hit, gave up zero walks, and struck out thirteen Curry batters. The game ended after six innings due to darkness.