Risky runner ... After a wild pitch thrown by Livingston Manor pitcher, Marissa Diescher, Falcon Denise T. successfully steals home for the Falcons first and only run of the game.
In a Close 2-1 Loss Against Livingston Manor, the Falcons End the Season With a Record of 4-9
By Evan H.
One out, runners on first and third and the game tied at one in the top of the seventh inning.
Falcon pitcher Denise T. was pitching one of her best games of the year. She noticed that Wildcat Megan Edwards was standing forward in the batters box which meant that she was going to bunt.
Accordingly, Denise decided to throw a fastball down the middle in hopes that the ball would go right back to her. The logic made sense, however, things didn’t work out as expected. The pitch was thrown and just as Denise predicted Edwards bunted it, but the ball landed closer to home plate than the pitching mound.
Falcon catcher Kayla M. pounced on the ball and called off Denise. “I made a mistake. I was confused as to whether or not to throw to first or third base, so I threw it to first base because it was my first instinct,” said Kayla.
Emily Casey broke from second and rounded third base and just made it to home plate to give her team the go-ahead run of the game.
With a chance to come back in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Falcons were doing all that they could to capitalize. “At that point in the game, most, if not all of us were saying prayers and giving each other words of encouragement,” said third baseman Candace M.
Diescher delivered a three up, three down strikeout inning that ended the game, 2-1.
“Although we lost, I felt that we played as a team, and I am satisfied with ending the season that way,” said Denise.
