Tide softball runs winning streak to six after latest triumph against the Bulldogs

Everett now gets ready to host non-league O’Bryant later today at Glendale 

By Joe McConnell

The Everett High School softball team (12-1) recorded four more wins starting with a 15-2 decision over visiting Chelsea on April 29.

Freshman Mia Allen (2 hits, 2 walks, 1 HBP, 1 earned run, 13 strikeouts) pitched five innings, before the game was called, because of the mercy rule.

“We really had to adjust to the (Chelsea) pitching, but once we did, we had some great hits,” said coach Stacy Poste-Schiavo. “Emilia Maria-Babcock went 2-for-2. Alexa Uga accounted for three hits and three RBI in four at-bats. Gianna Masucci was 3-for-3 with three homeruns and 6 RBI. Mia Allen did great (in the circle), while her defensive and offensive teammates supported her pitching efforts quite nicely.”

The Everett girls scored seven runs in the first inning to break the game wide open early. Maria-Babcock ignited the attack with a leadoff inside-the-park homerun to centerfield. Jayla Davila and Bryanna Mason then drew walks, and moved up into scoring position on a passed ball. Uga doubled them home. Masucci followed with a two-run homer. After Allen was hit by a pitch, Alessandra Foster singled and Maria-Babcock walked to load the bases for Davila, who knocked in two with a hit to right to close out the uprising.

The Tide tacked on the eighth run in the second after Masucci belted a solo shot, her second round-tripper in as many innings. They kept up the offensive explosion in the third with four more runs on a grand slam by Masucci. She was responsible for seven of the first 12 Everett runs.

The Red Devils got two back in the fourth. before Everett scored three more times in the home half of the stanza. Maria-Babcock doubled home a run. Uga then singled her home. Masucci accounted for the third run of the inning on a fielder’s choice.

The Tide then welcomed Lynn Classical to town on May 1, and by the end of the day they had secured their 10^th win of the year, a 16-4 victory over the Rams. Peyton Warren (4 hits, 4 walks, 4 earned runs, 3 strikeouts) was back in the circle, going five innings in another mercy rule game.

Everett jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first as a result of a three-run blast by Uga. They tacked on two more in the second. Emma Longmore was credited with a run-producing single. Mason then singled her home later on in the inning.

Classical got three back in the third, but the home team netted nine in the home half to break the game open to the tune of 14-3. Longmore singled in the first run. Olivia Dresser kept it going with a double knocking in another run. Mason singled in two more, followed by a two-run double by Ashley Seward. Maria-Babcock ended the uprising in the frame with a three-run blast.

The Rams notched their final run of the game in the fifth on a solo shot, while the Tide scored twice when they came to the plate to invoke the mercy rule, once again. Warren walked with the bases loaded to account for one of the runs. Davila singled in the final run.

“Our bats were on fire today,” said Poste-Schiavo after the Classical game. “The girls were patient at the plate, and made great hits, especially with runners in scoring position.”

Longmore (2-for-3, 2 singles, 2 RBI), Dresser (1-for-3, 1 double,1 RBI), Mason (2-for-4, 2 singles, 3 RBI), Uga (2-for-3, homerun, single, 3 RBI), Masucci (2-for-3, 2 singles), Seward (2-for-3, single, double, 2 RBI), Maria-Babcock (2-for-3, homerun, single, 3 RBI) and Davila (2-for-3, 2 singles) were Everett’s offensive leaders against the Rams.

The Crimson Tide girls ended the week with a closer game against non-league host Latin Academy at Carter Park in the South End, where they defeated the home team, 11-5.

Warren (6 hits, 1 walk, 6 earned runs, 1 strikeout) pitched the first five innings, before Allen (2 walks, 2 hits, 1 earned run, 4 strikeouts) took over to toss the final two frames.

Dresser knocked in the first run of the game with a sacrifice fly that scored Longmore, who led off the first with a base hit. Latin Academy tied it up in the home half of the inning.

Everett wasted little time to regain the lead with three more runs in the second. Masucci started it off with a double, and after loading the bases she scored on a passed ball. Kassidy Rivera then doubled home the final two runs.

In the fourth, Rivera singled, before scoring on a triple by Warren to account for the fifth run. Latin Academy then got one back in the home half, and they scored two more in the fifth to trim the deficit to one, 5-4.

But the Tide finally widened the gap with four runs in the sixth. After Rivera doubled and Warren singled, Longmore came up to drive home Rivera with a single. Warren came home on a sacrifice bunt by Dresser. Mason then reached on an error, before Uga doubled both Longmore and her home.

The visitors added a couple of more insurance runs in the seventh. Seward began it with a solo blast. Maria-Babcock then doubled, before scoring on a single by Longmore.

Latin Academy managed to score once in the home half to account for the final score.

“We had to take Warren out after five innings, because her shoulder was bothering her,” said Poste-Schiavo. “But both our pitchers ended up doing a great job, while our hits came a little late to finally break the game open.”

The Everett girls blanked visiting Lynn English on Monday (May 6), 12-0. Check out next Friday’s Everett Advocate for the game’s highlights. They have since taken on Cambridge and Somerville after press deadline, before facing non-league O’Bryant later today (May 10) at Glendale Park, starting at 3:45 p.m.