Tight game to Glasskraft

Press, 14 March 1977, Page 19

Tight game to Glasskraft

Superior batting b\ («iasskraft gaxe it th? edge against I mt cd in a hard fought game in thej i Christchurch senior women’s softball competition on Saturday.! Burnside R won it* first ganief in the pi esent round by beating We-tern Suburb*. 1 ’• !• All teams haxc noxx placed six; games, and Burnside A leads with 10 points. Monowai and iGlaaskraft are in second-equal place with eight points. Glasskraft $, United 2 [ Both teams were determined to gixe nothing aw«*x Thex 'looked evenly matched and (Sharp fielding prevented any irunawav scoring until the sixth; innings. Sonni Wikiwihri was first home |in the third, but United could; Jnot score again until Caroll Fax is crossed tiie home plate |in th? seventh. ; Glasskraft scoicd its fixe runs! in tiie last two innings. Vicki* ‘Morgan hit a fine three-baser iand scored Linley Watts and! {Danae Goosman at th? same time. Morgan then followed’ them home ,! In tlir seventh. Penury King! (scored off a fine drive hx Caro ilinc Rennie, who in turn was. (scored b' Goosman. | Philippa Wyatt. Goosman d [Morgan each batted .700. and ' Heathet Craig hit one out of | lthr?<» for United. i The Glasskraft pitcher. ian»- : line Rennie, took too strikeouts; Hand gave no walks, and Pam . Chambers took one strikeout i land no walks. Both had the ( i satisfaction of striking out each I rother. I Glasskraft had nine hits, fourerrors, and seven left on base.] ‘(and United recorded four hits.J three errors, and tour runnels I left on base. Burnside B 14, Western Suburbs . Tlies? teams looked more at i home plaxing each othei hut i i thev took a Tong time to settle I ’down to store runs. ■ Lindy Inkster lor Western! 'Suburbs, was the first home in'

the second Ruinsio? anrweird 1 by getting Sue C uniou home in lithe third • ( Burnside then scored <on»i*’ ,lentlx and had enough runs m '(hand to withstand a revl'al from ! Western bubutbs in tiie sex > n <b. , A fine three baggei b* 1 raev Darre scored three runners After Dacre was brought home i soon after, Burnside «•» dismissed by a sharp double play (from left outfielder iLyn t urnei to catchei ‘Chris Timms l In the sixtii, a valuable thie* base hit hx Sue Cumo* brouf»* home anothei three runners, and !Curno* was scored b' Jan? I tainsha*. However. Burnside again ;dismissed b' a double pl*' tht* jtime from Lynne Sutherland third base, to the catcher .Timms l , and bark to third base. Fixe runs tn the seventh completed Burn*tde’s 14 runs Western Suburb* could not i<*o-ordinair its batting until the ['sixth, when Cunte hit « tine J homer to follow two other tun .ners home Five more Subnibs plater* (crossed the home plate in th? :.seventh including Sue M<nil lough who homed on an cx< el lent drixe, and Timms. who 'stole home i Linda < laik. a s?mot school 'girl, top batted with I<MHi Lain , (shaw hit four out of fixe and Dacr? batted 750 foi Burn ’d? J Although she took no strike outs. Mrnshau pitched J giving up no walks. Inkster took !three strikeouts and gaxe up |two walks. Burnside had 13 hits, made Ifivc errors, and had seven left ion base. Western Suburbs had ’!10 hits, mad? six errors, anu ''had six left on base.

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