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Thursday Night
Brakettes Sweep Local Round-Robin
 July 24 - The Stratford Brakettes took on a pair of teams on Thursday night at DeLuca Hall of Fame Field, streaking past the Stratford Breakers, 18-2, and the CT Seahawks, 4-0.
Emily Lochten drove in 10 runs in the two contests, starting with a first-inning grand slam against the Seahawks. She went 5-for-7 with three extra base hits.
Sydney Matzko picked up the win to improve to 9-2, striking out four and giving up four hits.
Val Suto got the wheels turning early for the Brakettes, leading off the bottom of the first with an infield single and stealing second. Britt Lampert walked and Denise Denis laced a single off the centerfield fence to load the bases with no outs. Lochten started her offensive display with a grand slam to left, giving the Brakettes an early 4-0 advantage.
Jordan Whitley led off the home second with a base hit to left and advanced on Mary Sciglimpaglia’s single to right. Suto then grounded into a fielder’s choice, as Whitley was forced out at third. Lampert singled to left field to load the bases. Denis earned a walk to push another run across, stretching the margin to 5-0. Lochten picked up her fifth RBI with a base hit, scoring Suto for a 6-0 lead.
The Brakettes erupted for 10 runs in the third inning, as 13 batters came to the plate.
Tatum Buckley and Cassie Ruscz singled to start the onslaught, and Buckley took off for third, drawing the throw. The toss to third was off the mark, sending Buckley home and Ruscz to second. Katie Petroski walked to put two on, before Whitley reached on an error to load the bases. Sciglimpaglia then picked up the second of her three hits in the game, a two-run double that pushed the lead to 9-0.
Suto walked to put Brakettes on every base, and Lampert delivered a single to left to score two more and make it 11-0. Denis followed and walked, again loading the bases for Lochten, who drove in a run on a fielder’s choice. Lampert was forced out at third on the play, but the Brakettes still had two on with one out.
Bowman gave the Brakettes yet another bases-loaded opportunity with a single, and Ruscz came through in a big way. Ruscz blasted her fifth home run of the year, a grand slam which extended the lead to 16-0.
Nicole Cammarata reached on a bunt single to start the Breakers’ fourth frame, and scored when Nicole Carrano reached on an error. Carissa Wasikowski doubled to score Carrano, closing the gap to 16-2.
 The Brakettes got both of the runs back in the bottom of the inning, after Sciglimpaglia and Lampert singled. Denis walked for a third time, before Lochten came up with the bases loaded for the fourth time in the game. Once again, Lochten delivered with the bases juiced, drilling a double to score two and close out the scoring at 18-2. She finished the game with 6 RBI’s.
The Brakettes jumped up quickly on the CT Seahawks in the nightcap, scoring three times in the first. Lampert lined a one-out single up the middle and was sacrificed to second by Denis. Lochten roped a triple to send Lampert home for the early 1-0 edge. Bowman came up next and homered to stretch the margin to 3-0. It was her fifth long ball of the season.
Lampert helped manufacture another tally in the third, after reaching on a leadoff, infield single. She stole second and went to third on a bad throw, then scored on a base hit by Lochten, stretching the margin to 4-0.
Laura Ricciardone struck out 11 for the Brakettes, improving to 9-2 for the year. She gave up five hits in the outing and did not walk a batter.
Katie Koshes started for the Seahawks and took the defeat, but pitched quite effectively after the three-run first. She struck out three and scattered six hits.
The Seahawks sprinted past the Breakers in the first matchup of the night, 15-2, as the games kicked off at 5:00.
The Brakettes return to action on Friday night at 7:00 at DeLuca Hall of Fame Field with a doubleheader against the Mass Pride.
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| Thursday night, July 23rd |
| First Game, 7:00 PM |
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Batteries: Breakers- Megan Ferraro and Amanda Leone; Brakettes- Sydney Matzko (W, 9-2) and Mary Sciglimpaglia
Homerun: Emily Lochten (5, grand slam), Cassie Ruscz (5) |
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Batteries: Seahawks- Katie Koshes (L) and Meagan Hodgdon; Brakettes- Laura Ricciardone (W, 9-2) and Mary Sciglimpaglia
Homerun: Elena Bowman (5) |
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