THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, April 16, 1995 TAG: 9504160215
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C11 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY PATTI WALSH, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 50 lines
Great Bridge may have whacked 14 hits in Saturday's 17-1 victory over Lake Taylor in the Booker T. Washington Spring Classic, but the real whacking came on the Wildcats' mound.
Sophomore ace Denise Wack pitched a three-hitter and kept the Titans guessing with a mixture of pitches that danced across the plate in the mid-60 mph range.
``I just changed the pitches and the speed,'' said Wack, who struck out four. ``I think the offense and the defense really helped with the wind. The whole team pulled through today.''
Wack retired the Titans' first three batters and then watched the Wildcats' bats go to work.
Dana Crisostomo reached first on an error, stole second and scored on Marni Magyar's single to left. Emily Outzs then scored Magyar to give the Wildcats a 2-0 lead.
But Lake Taylor threatened to come back in the second, when Kasey Wardlaw put the Titans on the board after two Wildcats errors. Wardlaw hit a line drive to center for a triple and scored when Crisostomo bobbled Penny Fay's shallow fly to right.
``Those things happen,'' Wack said. ``You just have to come back from them.''
Taking heed, the Wildcats exploded for six runs as they batted around in their half of the second. Crisostomo, Magyar and Julie Collins each had triples to spark the rally.
In the third, Wack got the first two batters to fly out, but Shannon Rosenbaum singled to keep the Titans alive. Wardlaw reached on an error, putting Rosenbaum in scoring position. But Wack struck out Jennifer Beahm to end the inning.
Great Bridge added another run in third and jumped to a 14-1 lead with a five-run fourth.
The Wildcats scored three more in the fifth to end the game by the 15-run rule.
Melanie Robertson was 3 for 4 with four RBIs for Great Bridge. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
GARY C. KNAPP
Great Bridge's Renee Scott is out by an eyelash in this play at
first as Lake Taylor's Penny Fay snares the throw just in time.
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