York Gets First Wins of Season; Sweeps Sarah Lawrence College
Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score
QUEENS VILLAGE, NY— The York College softball team picked up its first two wins of the season, defeating Sarah Lawrence College 12-8 and 10-2 on Saturday afternoon.
Game One Recap
The Lady Cardinals jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first thanks to a pair of throwing errors by the catcher and a sacrifice fly by Laura Ulloa. Sarah Lawrence rallied to tie the game, however, scoring two in the second and two in third to even the score at 4-4. In the bottom of the third, York once again benefited from two more throwing errors by the Sarah Lawrence catcher, scoring two runs on wild throws on pick-off attempts.
In the top of the fifth, Sarah Lawrence took its first lead, striking for three runs to take a 7-6 advantage. However, York would come up big in the bottom half of the inning, plating six runs to take a 12-7 lead. All six runs came with two outs. With runners on second and third, Joviette Frederick singled home a runner for the first run of the inning. With Geneva Faulk batting, Frederick and Shanay Patalano successfully executed a double steal from first and third to take an 8-7 lead. Faulk and Brittany Patalano then blasted back-to-back triples to make it 10-7. York would add two more runs in the inning to take a comfortable five-run lead.
Brittany Patalano went 2-4 with two RBI's and two runs and Shanay Patalano was 2-3 with two runs. Frederick, Faulk, Thessaly Belizario and Chiquita Greene each plated two runs apiece in the win.
Aileen Abad pitched a complete game, allowing six earned runs and striking out four batters for her first win of the season.
Game Two Recap
York used its patience at the plate to put the game out of reach early. The Lady Cardinals worked out 15 walks in the game and put across two runs in the first, one in the second, four in the third and three in the fourth.
Shanay Patalano had another good game for York, going 1-2 with two RBI's and four runs scored. Frederick was 1-1 with three walks and two RBI's and Faulk was 1-2 with two walks and two RBI's.
Belizario went five innings, allowing just six hits and two earned runs, while striking out five.
With the two victories, York improves to 2-14. York will host Baruch College at Haggerty Park on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.
