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May 9, 2003
Blue Devils maul Wolverines
Kenmore West 8 Niagara Falls 1
By Dave Ricci
A four-run explosion in the third inning led the
Kenmore West Blue Devils to an 8-1 romp over the Niagara
Falls Wolverines on Friday May 9. Ken-West, the
defending New York State champions now take over soul
possession of first place in the Niagara Frontier League
with an 8-0 record.
The Falls slip to 7-1 in the NFL 10-4 overall.
Shortstop Jamie Gerace had a single, two triples,
two runs scored and two RBI in K-W’s nine hit onslaught.
Gerace also reached base on an error and stole a base.
The game revolved around the pitching match up of
K-W’s Christine Keleher and N-F’s Brianna Hout, two of
the premier hurlers in Western New York.
When the dust cleared Keleher was the decisive
winner as she went the distance fanning 10 Wolverine
batters without issuing a single walk.
The Wolverines lone run came in the fourth inning
and was unearned.
Keleher faced two batters over the minimum allowing
only two hits on the day. Blue Devils head coach Matt
Chimera said, “Christine threw a great game. When she
gets ahead in the count like that she’s very tough to
beat. I think this was the best game she threw for us
all year.”
Lisa Lauden and Jamie Gerace both singled in the
third and were advanced to second (Lauden) and third (Gerace)
on a Laurie Hutten ground out.
West loaded the bases when Brianna Hout issued a
walk to Keleher. Eileen Mayfield pinch-ran for Keleher.
K-W’s Amanda Webster made contact with her check-swing
and sent the ball sailing to the edge of the infield,
just beyond the reach of Falls’ second baseman Kim Hess.
Lauden and Gerace scored while Falls’ right fielder
Jackie Loncto scooped up the ball and threw it wildly
towards third base. By the time Falls’ settled the play
down Mayfield was at third while Webster was on second.
Left fielder Jamie Otto was the next batter and she
cranked a Hout offering into deep right field for a two
RBI triple giving West a 4-0 lead.
The game was pretty much in the bag for K-W after
they took their four-run lead. The Falls’ players became
noticeably unnerved as they felt the game beginning to
slip away.
Sue Henseler made it 5-1 K-W in the fifth when she
launched a triple and came home on an over throw. The
Blue Devils (12-2 overall) tacked on three insurance
runs in the bottom of the sixth when Jamie Gerace’s
triple to straight-away center knocked in Lisa Lauden
and Lauren Licata. The final run of the day came when
Laurie Hutten’s singled. Gerace was caught in a run down
between Falls’ catcher Casey Kestersoa and third baseman
Katie Moody.
Kestersoa backed Gerace towards third with a throw
to Moody who dropped the ball. Gerace headed home and
narrowly avoided the tag to score.
Eileen Mayfield had two runs scored pinch running.
Lisa Lauden picked up a hit and scored twice. Otto and
Webster also had two RBI days. West’s Sarah Silvestri
made a sweet catch in right field to rob Jackie Loncto
of base hit in the third inning.
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