THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – Friday, May 17, 2019 Page 17 Lady Tide softball team begins new week with two critical wins Everett beats Somerville, Lynn English to account for eighth win By Joe Mitchell A fter defeating Revere in its final at bat last Wednesday, May 8, 4-3, the Everett Crimson Tide softball team (8-5 overall, 7-4 in the Northeastern Conference) fell to Lynn Classical, 7-3. But they got back on the winning side of the scoreboard versus host Somerville on Monday, May 13, 6-3, and then they took down Lynn English rather convincingly in a five-inning mercy rule game, 16-0, on May 15. Celeste Fuccillo pitched six innings against Classical in last week’s make up game, and gave up 11 hits, two walks and five earned runs. She fanned three. The Tide was actually beating the Rams, 3-1, after three, before the Lynn Classical girls took over the game with five runs in the fourth. They added another run for good measure in the sixth. Maddy Smith scored the Tide’s first run in the second after singling to lead off the frame. She moved to second on a bunt single by Veronica Bento before stealing third and coming home on an error. Bento then moved to second on a passed ball and stole third. She too waltzed home on an error off the bat of Macayla Bessler. Maddy Duraes singled to begin the third inning threat. She moved to second on a passed ball and came home on a hit to the outfield by Kaylee Nearen. But it was all Classical after that. “It seems like in every game we have one bad inning where we allow runners on and make errors, and they end up beating us,” said coach Stacy Poste-Schiavo. “In this game against Classical, Celeste did an amazing job against a good team, but we fell short when we did get players Junior Ariana Garay pitching for the Crimson Tide Junior Veronica Bento getting hit over Lynn English into scoring position, and couldn’t score more than three runs.” However, as a new week got underway, the Tide’s fortunes started to turn around in a positive direction with two wins. Ariana Garay went six innings against the Highlanders, issuing just one walk, four hits and two earned runs while striking out three. Fuccillo pitched the final frame, whiffing two to seal the deal on Monday’s triumph. Duraes led off the game with a single. Haley Oteri bunted her to second while also beating the coverage to first that resulted in Duraes taking third to eventually score on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Smith. Bento followed by tripling home Oteri to account for the second run. The Tide finally broke the game open with three more runs in the sixth, when Smith singled, moved to second on a single by Bento, before they both scored on Garay’s hit to the outfield. Garay was credited with the third run in the inning on a hit by Ashley Fitzgerald. Somerville scored three in the home half to trim the deficit back to two, but the Tide got one of those runs back to give them some breathing room. Nearen tripled home Smith to account for the insurance tally. “This was not our best game,” said Poste. “We didn’t hit the way we know how to hit, and also played very complacently. The rain has really not helped out with our practices and our moods to get better at what we do.” But the Everett girls put all of that behind them to thump host Lynn English on Wednesday afternoon, May 15. Garay pitched all five innings in this mercy rule game, yielding just one walk and one hit to go along with five strikeouts. Everett scored two in the second and eight more in the third to turn this game into a laugher rather quickly. Duraes singled in Garay and Bessler to get things going in the second. Bento doubled in two more in the third. Bessler came home on a sacrifice fly. Fitzgerald singled in a run. Smith doubled in one more before Nearen belted a three-run round tripper. Everett tacked on another run in the fourth and five more in the fifth to close out the offense. Nearen knocked in another run with a triple before Elizabeth Peach ran for her. She then scored ahead of Bento’s two-run blast before Duraes singled in the final two runs of the game. Everett ends this week with a home Senior Kaylee Nearen getting a hit against Lynn English Junior Maddy Duraes getting ready to bat against Lynn English (Advocate photos by Danielle Nadeau) game against Salem on Friday, May 17. They will then be taking on host Malden on Monday, May 20, before returning home to welcome Medford to town on Wednesday.
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