Stevenson Stuns Softball in Five, 11-3

MYRTLE BEACH – Suffolk softball saw its three-game win streak end Wednesday afternoon as Stevenson ran past the Rams, 11-3, in five innings at the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic at the North Myrtle Beach Park and Sports Complex.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | Stevenson 11
RECORDS: Suffolk (3-3) | Stevenson (6-2)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk chased two after Stevenson scored twice in the top of the first. The Rams managed to pull within one in the home half of the inning. Jolie Quintana drew a base on balls and singles from Ally Cifaratta and Ava Brandowbrought her around the bags to slice the margin to 2-1.  

The Mustangs piled on the runs in the second as they handled the Rams starter Alexa White and first reliever Ashlyn Conley to extend the edge to 10-1.  

Similar to the opening stanza, a Rams' response came in the bottom of the second. Base hits from Ashley King, Jenny Jacob and Rebecca Gonzalez all singled to juice the bags. Two outs later, Savannah Scripter plated a pair of runners to pull the blue-and-gold within seven, 10-3.  

The score stood still for the next two innings until Stevenson turned on the run-rule in the fifth. The Mustangs capitalized on a sac fly to go ahead eight, 11-3.  

With their backs against the wall and a mercy-rule decision hanging the Rams could not figure out Marissa Heuer. Heuer did her job, retired the side, and ended the outing in five.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Jacob was the most successful pitcher for Suffolk. The reliever allowed just one run on five hits and one walk with four punchouts in 3.2 innings of work. 
• White started in the circle. She gave up six runs, five earned and fanned two batters in 1.0 inning of action. 
• Conley (4 R, 4 H, 2 BB, 1 K) came out of the pen for Suffolk. 
• Heuer tossed a three-run, seven-hit, two-walk, five-strikeout, complete-game.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Brandow, Cifaratta, Gonzalez, Jacob, King, Murphy and Scripter all provided one hit for the Rams. 
• Scripter brought in two RBI, while Brandow plated one. 
• Gonzalez, Jacob and Quintana each scored once.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk met Stevenson for the first time. 
• Jacob recorded a career-high four strikeouts, faced the most amount of batters in her career (17) and tossed a personal-best 3.2 innings.
• Jacob made her first plate appearance, registered her first hit and run scored. 
• Brandow and Gonzalez are both on a three-game hit streaks. In that stretch they each have four hits. 

POST-GAME PIC

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk concludes its Spring Training trip schedule tomorrow, Thursday, March 17 against Franciscan (1:30 p.m.) and SUNY Poly (3:30 p.m.).