Softball

The Tigers hosted the Millbrook Mustangs on a cloudy and chilly opening day. The Tigers rolled their way to an 18-2 victory.

While Millbrook was able to jump to a quick two run lead in the top half of the first, this did not last long as the Tigers batted around in the bottom half of the inning pushing across nine runs. Suffield was then able to hold Millbrook scoreless the rest of the way, highlighted by Kennedy Morris’s strong pitching, a beautiful double play and a runner being cut down at the plate by Gianna Strange and Reeghan McCarty. Offensively all of the Tigers were involved led by McCarthy, Morris, Kyla Brogan, and Strange who all had multiple hits.

The Tigers will host Williston this upcoming Saturday on Rachel Carey Field. Thank you to the girls who made this a Good Day.

Winning Pitcher: Morris 1-0
HR: McCarthy (1)

The Tigers hosted the Williston Northampton Wildcats on a beautiful day at Rachel Carey Field. It was a well played game with Tigers grabbing the win with some late inning magic.

Suffield took the lead early in the game with aggressive hitting right out of the gate. Kennedy Morris drove a sharp single to right field. While Kennedy was erased at second on a fielder’s choice, Reeghan McCarthy follwed with her second home run in successive plate appearances spotting the Tiges a 2-0 lead. The Tigers continued fierce hitting throughout the next few innings but could not quite get enough juice to push across another run.

Meanwhile Kyla Brogan took the circle for Suffield for the first time in her career. Kyla was sharp through three innings and was impressive with runners on the basepaths, picking up clutch outs when needed. Williston was able to push across a lone run in the third inning to slice the Suffield lead in half. Kennedy relieved Kyla in the fourth and Williston was able to scratch out single runs in the fourth and sixth innings to take the lead 3-2. In the bottom half of the sixth inning, Gianna Strange blasted a 2-2 offering from the Williston hurler over the centerfield fence, tying the score and reigniting the Tigers spirt. After Kennedy threw a clutch 7th inning to keep the score tied, Kyla came up big with a line drive single to right to start the bottom half of the frame. After the next Tiger was retired, Morgan Geisinger drew a walk setting the stage for newcomer Adrianna Bailey-Stewart. Adrianna fought off a number of good pitches before making contact and forcing a Williston error that allowed Brogan to scamper home from second with the winning run.

The Tigers were solid in the field with Lauren Egan and Lauren Dobler making solid catches in the outfield and Morgan cutting down a would-be base stealer. There was also strong hitting from Emily Killoran [2-3], Morris [2-3], Brogan [2-3], Bailey-Stewart and the aforementioned bombs from the Bash Sisters Strange & McCarthy.

Winning Pitcher: Morris [2-0]
HR: McCarthy [2], Strange [1]

Taft pushed ahead with some timely hitting and took a 3-1 lead. At this point, the Tiger bats took over. Morgan Geisinger got aboard with a single, stole second base and scored on a Strange double. Killoran came in clutch again, driving Strange in with her third double of the day, and tying the score at 3. In the seventh inning Kyla Brogan and Reeghan McCarthy climbed aboard the double train, plating the go ahead run. Next, Morgan drove a 1-1 offering to the gap in left center and with an acrobatic hook slide at the plate recorded an inside the park home run—giving the Tigers some breathing room

On defense there were a few mistakes for the Tigers to clean up, but the game ended with Geisinger again making an acrobatic play at home, this time on defense, to tag out a Rhino after fielding a lightning rebound off Taft's short backstop. In the circle, Brogan and Kennedy Morris combined to keep the Taft hitters off balance and were clutch when it was needed most.

The Cushing Purple Penguins will visit Rachel Carey Field on Saturday for a rematch of last year’s semi-final.

Winning Pitcher: Brogan [1-0]
HR Geisinger [1]