Thursday Softball/Baseball: Cavaliers wrap up perfect conference season | Maryland Gazette (HometownGlenBurnie.com)

Elaine Nescio kept her mistakes to a minimum to deliver Archbishop Spalding a 4-0 victory over St. Vincent Pallotti and clinch a perfect record in the IAAM A Conference.

Nescio struck out 16 batters and only faced 24 - three more than the minimum. She didn't walk a batter and only gave up a single.

"I think she's very good, and today, she was just unhittable," Cavaliers coach Paul O'Brien said. "She has good speed, but she also has good change of speed, and she's just a gritty, tough pitcher. And that's a dangerous combination."

Archbishop Spalding (14-1) moved to 12-0 in the conference and clinched a first-round bye in next week's playoff opener. The Cavaliers will host their first-round opponent next Thursday.

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St. Vincent Pallotti 000 000 0 - 0 1 2

WP: Nescio (12-1). LP: Susco. 2B: AS - Bell, Nescio. RBI: AS - Nescio 2, Weigman, Van Meter.

ARUNDEL 5, BROADNECK 1: Sophomore Caitlin Palmieri's 3-for-4 afternoon, which included two doubles and four RBIs, gave sophomore pitcher Kayla Martinez all the cushion she needed as the fifth-ranked Wildcats pulled off an the upset of the second-ranked Bruins.

Martinez tossed a complete-game, four-hitter, fanning eight. She outdueled Broadneck ace Kourtney Salvarola, who yielded eight hits and four walks, while striking out eight.

Junior Amanda Hedgepeth had a perfect 4-for-4 outing with three runs .

Senior April Schmidt had a double and a single and knocked in the only Broadneck run.

Arundel (11-5) 200 020 1 - 5 8 0

Broadneck (14-3) 000 000 1 - 1 4 1

WP: Martinez (11-5). LP: Salvarola. 2B: AR - C. Palmieri 2. 3B: BN - Schmidt. RBI: AR - C. Palmieri 4, Sortor; BN - Schmidt.

NORTHEAST 6, NORTH COUNTY 0: Bethany Harrington hit a two-run single in the first inning, and Heather Brown didn't need anything else to lead the Eagles to victory.

Brown (13-5) struck out eight, didn't walk a batter and gave up only four singles.

Harrington also hit a triple, and Lauren Grantland, Autumn Herrin and Brown each tacked on RBIs for the Eagles (14-5).

North County (10-9) 000 000 0 - 0 4 2

Northeast (14-5) 210 012 x - 6 11 2

WP: Brown (13-5). LP: Miller. 3B: NE - Harrington, Schultz. RBI: NE - Harrington 2, Herrin, Brown, Grantland.

CHESAPEAKE 13, MEADE 3: Senior Erika Stasch (3-for-3, three RBIs) blasted a home run to start the third, Angela Yannone (2-for-3, two RBIs) launched a two-run shot and junior Lauren Gibson (2-for-3, three RBIs) belted a two-run round-tripper to end the game early, as the Cougars disposed of the Mustangs.

Senior Lauren Gottleib had two triples and an RBI, and junior Mrgan Butzner added a double and a single to Chesapeake's 17-hit attack.

Meade (2-11) 000 03 - 3 2 4

Chesapeake (18-1) 302 62 - 13 17 0

WP: Mantheiy (7-0). LP: Reading. 2B: CH - Butzner. 3B: CH - Gottleib 2. HR: CH - Stasch, Yannone, Gibson. RBI: ME - Harvey; CH - Stasch 3, Gibson 3, Yannone 2, Gottleib, Montgomery.

SOUTH RIVER 9, SOUTHERN 2: Emily Roth collected four hits to pace the Seahawks. Roth doubled twice and drove in two runs, and Erika Fregger and Cara Fucella each delivered a pair of singles for South River.

Sarah Whittaker had two of Southern's four hits.

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South River (5-13) 314 010 x - 9 12 3

WP: Fucella. LP: Whittaker. 2B: SR - Roth 2. RBI: SR - Roth 2, Fregger 2, Fucella.

GLEN BURNIE 7, OLD MILL 4: Junior Brittany Willingham had a 3-for-4 afternoon that included a double, a home run and three RBIs, as the Gophers evened their record at 8-8 with the victory over the Patriots.

Freshman Cara Woods belted a double and a single and knocked in two.

Glen Burnie (8-8) 000 150 1 - 7 10 1

Old Mill (4-10) 002 000 2 - 4 10 1

WP: Kinney. LP: Paseka. 2B: GB - Willingham, Richards, Kinney, Woods; OM - Paseka. 3B: OM - Helms, Palarino. HR: GB - Willingham. RBI: GB - Willingham 3, Woods 2, Kinney; OM - Scott 2, Williams 2.

BASEBALL

ARUNDEL 7, BROADNECK 1: Tico Mendoza shut down the Bruins for the second time this season, throwing a complete-game, four-hitter to snap Arundel's two-game losing streak.

Mendoza gave up one run and struck out two in his second complete game against the Bruins (9-9) this season. He also added a double and an RBI, and Brandon Gill tripled for the Wildcats (12-6), who lost to Severna Park and Annapolis in consecutive games.

Ryan Kroll drove in Broadneck's only run.

Arundel (12-6) 100 103 2 - 7 11 1

Broadneck (9-9) 020 000 0 - 1 4 2

WP: Mendoza. LP: Rosenblum (0-1). 2B: AR - Mendoza, Funkhouser. 3B: AR - Gill. RBI: AR - Skrenchuk, Elko, Jenkins, Mendoza; BR - Kroll.

CHESAPEAKE 4, MEADE 1: Jason Seitler struck out nine and didn't allow an earned run against the Mustangs to earn his first varsity victory.

Meade scored its run in the first inning, and Seitler - the Cougars' No. 4 starter - was in control from that point forward. The sophomore walked two and only allowed two hits in his first start.

Justin Robey was 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, Zach Shoemaker was 2-for-2 with a double and Michael Marsh had two hits. Seitler helped himself out with a pair of singles.

Rob Jennings, who took the loss, had both of Meade's hits.

Meade (3-14) 100 000 0 - 1 2 3

Chesapeake (12-6-1) 200 200 x - 4 10 2

WP: Seitler (1-0). LP: Jennings. 2B: CH - Shoemaker. RBI: CH - Shoemaker, Robey, Porter.

OLD MILL 6, GLEN BURNIE 5: Brandon Furrow hit a one-out, bases-loaded single to right in the seventh inning to give the Patriots a win against the Gophers.

Andrew Haab and Ben Hallam walked, Josh Everett reached on an error to load the bases and Furrow singled home pinch-runner Chris Roney to give Matt Wade the win. Wade struck out nine and allowed five runs on six hits in a complete game.

D.J. Smith was 3-for-4 and Kevin Kean collected a single and a double for Old Mill.

Mike Bouschert doubled and drove in two runs, and Tim Coulbourn collected a double and an RBI for the Gophers (3-15).

Glen Burnie (3-15) 001 004 0 - 5 6 0

Old Mill (15-4) 010 211 1 - 6 11 1

WP: Wade. LP: Parce. 2B: GB - Boschert, Coulbourn; OM - Kean, Haab, Sharrock. RBI: GB - Boschert 2, Parce, Coulbourn; OM - Smith 2, Furrow 2, Hallam, Wade.

SOUTH RIVER 10, SOUTHERN 4: The Seahawks scored runs in five of the first six innings to run to a win against the Bulldogs.

Zach Morris struck out four, walked five and gave up four hits and four runs in the win. Blake Alderman drove in three runs and Russ Donaldson doubled and brought in two runs for South River (13-5).

Adam Trader and Ryan Collins doubled for Southern (3-12).

Southern (3-12) 002 001 1 - 4 5 3

South River (13-5) 122 041 x - 10 11 2

WP: Morris. LP: Collins. 2B: SO - Collins, Trader; SR - Donaldson. RBI: SO - Collins, Hines; SR - Alderman 3, Donaldson 2, Aumann.

ST. MARY'S 10, AACS 7: John Stewart struck out 10 and gave up one earned run in 6 1/3 innings to pick up the win for the Saints.

Ed Galligan hit a double and drove in three runs for St. Mary's (8-9), which moved into a tie for third place in the MIAA B Conference Black Division.

Aaron Marhall had three RBIs, but took the loss for the Eagles (5-6).

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AACS (5-6) 030 011 2 - 7 8 6

WP: Stewart (3-2). LP: Marshall. 2B: SM - Usewick, Galligan, Wilcox, King; AC - Poulakos. RBI: SM - Galligan 3, King 2, Mullins 2, Wilcox; AC - Marshall 3, Beall, Kelley.

KEY 5, TOWSON CATHOLIC 4: Sophomore pitcher Chris Fusco allowed one earned run in a complete-game effort and senior shortstop Jake Wechsler scored the winning run on a steal and errant throw in the sixth inning to power the Key School to a win in a MIAA C Conference contest.

Fusco struck out four and induced eight groundball outs, including four back to the mound. Wechsler scored the decisive run, stealing second with two out. The catcher's throw went into left-center field and allowed Wechlser to score.

Wechsler went 2-for-3 with a double and a triple. Fusco tripled in a run in the first inning and singled in a run in the fifth.

The win was Key's third straight after dropping its first 10 games.

The Obezags had their best defensive effort of the season, including throwing out two would-be base stealers in the same play, as Fusco picked off a runner at first base and after the rundown, Wechsler fired home to throw out the runner trying to score from third.

"We only had nine for the game and all nine of them contributed something whether it be a walk, a great catch in the outfield, which we had several of from Harrison Barton and Alex Boisvert, or a player taking an extra base," Key coach James Peters said.