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| Recap, photo courtesy of University of Rochester |
In the scheduled second game, the Yellowjackets fell behind 4-0 after two innings, then rallied to tie the score at 5-5 in the fourth and were still batting when darkness fell. The coaches will look for a possible continuation date in the near future. If it cannot be continued, all the stats will be abandoned and it becomes a "no-game".
Somehow, that almost makes sense considering how wild the opener was. Cortland led, 2-0, after one. Rochester tied it on the first of Gianna Melillo's two two-run home runs. Cortland edged ahead, 3-2 in the third and stretched it to 5-2 in the fourth after scoring two more times.
Rochester pulled within 5-4 on run-scoring doubles by Harleigh Kaczegowicz and Lydia Petricca. Cortland replaced starter Sam VanDorn with Courtney Kane after the Petricca double. She hit Melillo with a pitch, but fanned Jocelynn Blackshear to end the fifth. Cortland got one back in the fifth. Ericka Sadowski singled, took third on a double by Tori Scharff, and scored on a groundout by Averee May.
In the Rochester sixth, Alicia Bagan singled. Sammi Re bunted and the throw to second pulled the fielder off the bag, putting two on with no outs. Kane struck out Marissa Russo before Ann Marie Cortes bunted the runners into scoring position. Van Dorn returned after Kane hit Kaczegowicz to load the bases. Alexis Pope singled up the middle for two runs.
That tied it at 6-6 and Rochester started Hannah Leahy drew from the rally, getting into a nice groove. Over the next four innings, she allowed two singles and a walk, never more than one in an inning. Cortland did threaten to break the tie in a walk-off eighth. May singled and was bunted to second. UR's Jessica Conforti made two nice plays at second. She threw out Schoonmaker with May crossing to third with two outs. Then she backhanded a grounder by Hoyt and nipped her at the bag to send the game to the ninth still 6-6.
Neither side broke through until the 10th. Petricca was placed at second on the tiebreaker rule. Melillo followed with her second HR, this time to right field. Blackshear singled through the left side and Bailyn Piecewicz ran for her. VanDorn was replaced by Cady Walts. She got Conforti on a foulout. Re bunted Piecewicz to second. Russo struck out, but the ball rolled free. It was thrown away down the first base line which allowed Piecewicz to score UR's ninth run as Russo held at first.
In the Cortland 10th, the Red Dragons strung together four straight hits after a forceout put May on first with two down and one run in. Kelly O'Gorman singled to right. Shoonmaker and Hoyt hit infield singles, the Hoyt base hit tying the score. Feldman hit a three-run HR to left to win it.
Game Two:
Right now, it does not exist. If it is completed, all the stats and results will count officially. Cortland scored three unearned runs in the first. The lead went to 4-0 in the second. Petricca's two-run home run put Rochester on the board (4-2) in the third. Scharff homered for Cortland (5-2 in the third).
In the UR fourth, Blackshear was one first and Jen Carson hit a pinch-hit two-run home run in place of Conforti, getting UR to within 5-4. Russo reached on an error with two down. Tori Hahn doubled to left, bringing home Russo with the fifth run. She took third when the relay was thrown away. Kaczegowicz was coming to the plate when darkness hit.
Elizabeth Bourne pitched three innings for Rochester, allowing five runs (two earned), six hits, no walks and one strikeout. Joelle Salisbury yielded seven hits, one walk, and fanned two. Four of the five runs against her were earned through the time when the game was abandoned.
Rochester is 3-10 after the game one slugfest. Cortland is 8-9.
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