BINGHAM — Richmond High School broke open a close game with four runs in the sixth inning en route to a 10-0 East-West Conference softball win over Valley on Tuesday.
The Bobcats improved to 8-0 and are scheduled to host Buckfield on Thursday. Valley dipped to 0-6.
Meranda Martin twirled a five-hitter with 10 strikeouts and no walks, while losing pitcher Teagan Lawyerson struck out nine and walked five.
In the five-hit Richmond effort, Martin had two singles and two RBIs, Camryn Hurley a double and RBI, Kalah Patterson a single and RBI, and Kailyn Swan a single and RBI.
Dee Davis doubled in the losing attack.
| MARANACOOK | 5 |
| MORSE | 2 |
The visiting Black Bears had nine hits in a battle of 3-7 squads in Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B action at Tainter Field.
Amber Ridlon, Lindsey Hilton, Julia Jackson and Autumn Munn each had two hits to lead Maranacook (4-7), with Samantha Tlumac adding a single.
On the mound, Lillie McLaughlin pitched a two-hitter with five strikeouts and four walks.
Jacelyn McNeill homered off of McLaughlin, and Ali Gagnon picked up a single for Morse, 3-8 and slated to visit Leavitt today.
McNeill pitched for the Shipbuilders, surrendering nine hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
“Again, we played good enough defense, even though we allowed three unearned runs,” said Morse coach Will Laffely. “We did not get the hits needed to score. We are putting the ball in play, but just not finding the gaps to get base hits.”
| BRUNSWICK | 1 |
| CONY | 21 |
Brunswick got off to an encouraging start against Cony on Tuesday before familiar problems opened the scoring gates for Cony in KVAC makeup action on Tuesday.
Brunswick held Cony scoreless in the first inning before the Rams added two runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 2-0 lead.
Brunswick responded with a run in the top of the third as freshmen Ketty Stinson walked and moved to second on a wild pitch. Julia Carpenter sacrificed Stinson to third and Mary Sasso drove the run home with a single.
The Dragon defense got a groundout to Ashley Howe at third base in the bottom half of the inning, and then the next 10 Cony batters scored with Kassidy Turgeon and Margaret Russell delivering run-scoring doubles each. The Rams collected eight hits and walked five times during the inning.
Cony scored seven more runs in the bottom of the fourth with Turgeon delivering the big blast, a home run.
Skyler Watson picked up the win for Cony although the 0-10 Dragons hit the ball sharply.
Watson struck out three batters and walked two. Howe and Maddie Wilkes joined Sasso with hits for Brunswick.
“We felt we could compete with them (Cony), and then a few balls dropped in out of our reach before things got out of hand,” said Sasso. “It’s frustrating, but we’ll bounce back to compete against Skowhegan tomorrow.”
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