Photos: Dutch Bats Come Alive
On Thursday, April 11, the Guilderland softball team traveled to Niskayuna High School to take on the Silver Warriors. Guilderland’s bats woke up in the second inning that helped lead the Dutch to a 13-to-1 win.
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Ready to battle: Guilderland’s Meghan Paul starts to swing her bat towards Niskayuna’s Anna Joyce’s pitch. Paul had a hit in two at-bats and scored two runs.
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Final preparation: Guilderland’s Lily Durivage keeps her right hand off the bat as she gets prepared to swing at a pitch. Durivage had two hits in four at-bats with two runs scored.
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Breaking the game open: Guilderland’s Laila Smith drives the ball to score two runs after Smith reaches on an error. Smith was hitless in three at-bats but had two RBIs.
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Dominant performance: Guilderland’s Leah Miller starts her windup as she delivers a pitch towards home plate. Miller went seven innings, a complete game, giving up one run (earned) on seven hits while striking out three.
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Not her pitch: Guilderland’s Abby Warren lets the pitch sail past her as she waits for the right one to smack a hit. Warren had two hits in three at-bats while scoring three times and had two RBIs.
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Getting covered: Guilderland’s Liza Mannarino dives into home plate safely as she slides along the mud to score.
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Hitting machine: Guilderland’s Hallie Czajka swings her bat and makes contact to smack a hit and knocks home a run. Czajka had two hits in three at-bats while scoring a run and had three RBIs.
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Gunning it: Guilderland’s Laila Smith stares down her first baseman as she prepares to fire a strike to her to get the runner.
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I’m gonna get you: Guilderland’s Hallie Czajka stares towards first as she fields the ground ball before throwing it to first.
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Point of the toe: Guilderland’s Lily Durivage keeps her body squared towards first as she prepares to make a throw.
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Play at the plate: Guilderland’s Laila Smith stands tall as she tags the Niskayuna player from a bullet throw from her teammate Meghan Paul.
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Collecting a hit: Leah Abbruzzese swings to connect on the ball during her third at-bat. Abbruzzese had a hit in three at-bats.
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Just missing: Guilderland’s Liza Mannarino reaches out in an attempt to catch the quick fly ball but it hits the heel of her glove.