Devils go extras for two more wins
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Fredonia State won two more extra-inning games Wednesday -- 7-6 over Delaware Valley and 6-1 over Franklin & Marshall at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic.
In the 1 p.m. game, junior Rebecca Zimmerman (Jamestown) pitched a complete-game six-hitter and was the beneficiary of a five-run eight inning as the Blue Devils improved to 7-2-1 in Florida and 3-0-1 in extra-inning games.
Zimmerman yielded an unearned run in the fourth inning and induced 14 groundball outs. She also pitched out of jams in six of the eight innings. Offensively, the Blue Devils grabbed a 1-0 lead on a walk, a wild pitch, and an RBI single through the left side by freshman Courtney Wight (Bolivar/Bolivar-Richburg).
With the score tied at 1-1, Zimmerman and Franklin & Marshall's Nicole Marano matched zeroes until the eighth - when the international tiebreaker was invoked. After Zimmerman was placed on second to start the inning and moved to third on a passed ball, freshman Brittany Lis (Lancaster) lofted a sacrifice fly to drive in the go-ahead run. The Blue Devils added three more runs in the inning, all of them unearned, with sophomore Rachel Burrows (Olean) and sophomore Maria Siderakis (Webster/Webster Thomas) delivering RBIs with a single and a groundout, respectively.
In the 9 a.m. game against Delaware Valley, freshman Katie Turvey (Lockport/Depew) was 4 for 4 with a walk and an RBI in a three-run eighth inning. With a runner placed at second to start the eighth, freshman Gabrielle Ciccarello (Rochester/Greece Olympia) fueled the rally with a bunt single, her second hit of the game. A walk loaded the bases ahead of an RBI single up the middle by Lis. A wild pitch brought home the second run and Turvey's two-out single to left completed the rally.
Freshman righthander Jennifer Tighe (Hamburg/Frontier) had to pitch out of trouble in the last of the eighth. A runner placed at second and back-to-back singles scored a pair of runs. A fielder's choice and stolen base put Delaware Valley runners on second and third with no outs. Tighe, working her sixth inning of relief, pitched out of the jam without allowing the tying run to score.
In addition to her RBI in the eighth, Turvey also had an RBI single to cap a four-run Blue Devil fifth. The loudest hit in the inning was a three-run triple off the right-field fence by freshman Lauren Larson (Lakewood/Panama).
The Blue Devils close out their Florida trip with two more games Thursday - 9 a.m. vs. Bowdoin and 11 a.m. vs. Roger Williams. Both games are at the Lee County Sports Complex.