In control: Barnyak fires 1-hit gem as Lady Mikes roll into semifinals
McKEES ROCKS 无毛视频� Bailey Barnyak pondered but couldn无毛视频檛 quite put her finger on which pitch was working best for her on Thursday.
无毛视频淚t was a solid day all around,无毛视频� Carmichaels无毛视频� sophomore pitcher said. 无毛视频淓verything seemed to be working pretty good. It无毛视频檚 a great day when that happens.无毛视频�
Not for the opponent.
Barnyak fired a one-hitter with 14 strikeouts as the second-seeded Lady Mikes blanked seventh-seeded South Side Beaver 7-0 in a WPIAL Class A softball quarterfinal playoff game at Montour High School.
Barnyak got plenty of offensive support, most notably from Carys McConnell, who was 4 for 4 with an RBI, and Kaitlyn Wagget who drove in three runs with a triple and a single.
The Lady Mikes (15-2) also got a double, single and an RBI from Megan Voithofer and two hits and an RBI from Ali Jacobs.
Carmichaels advances into next week无毛视频檚 semifinals for the second year in a row where it will face a familiar opponent in third-seeded Chartiers-Houston. The Mikes and Bucs split two regular-season games 无毛视频� one a suspended marathon that lasted 17 innings 无毛视频� and tied for the Section 2-A title.
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Barnyak came out on fire, striking out the first six batters and 10 of the first 11. She mixed her pitches well, keeping the Lady Rams (13-5) off-balance all game.
Barnyak said she felt comfortable throwing any pitch in her arsenal at any time in the count.
无毛视频淚t无毛视频檚 rare when you get that but when you do you know it无毛视频檚 going to be a pretty good day,无毛视频� Barnyak said.
无毛视频淏ailey was really tough today,无毛视频� Carmichaels coach Dave Briggs said. 无毛视频淭hen when we needed to make plays in the field we did it.无毛视频�
Carmichaels received a first-round bye and hadn无毛视频檛 played in 10 days, which had Briggs a bit concerned.
无毛视频淵ou worry about rust but we did get one scrimmage in,无毛视频� Briggs said. 无毛视频淏ut I thought we played really well today. We were pretty sharp.无毛视频�
McConnell showed she was ready to go in the first inning. The Mikes went up 1-0 when she singled to left, stole second and scored on Voithofer无毛视频檚 single to right.
无毛视频淲e were practicing hard all week and were excited to get on the field,无毛视频� McConnell said.
Lady Rams pitcher Maya Ringhoff was able to keep Carmichaels off the scoreboard the next two innings, leaving the Lady Mikes with a precarious one-run lead.
Carmichaels stranded the bases loaded in the first inning, left a runner on third in the second and left two more on in the third thanks to a diving catch by second baseman Giavonna Chiccarello of Payton Plavi无毛视频檚 looping line drive.
无毛视频淭hey made three or four fantastic defensive plays that kept them in the game for a while,无毛视频� Briggs said. 无毛视频淭hen we were finally able to get a few more runs across to give us a little more of a cushion.无毛视频�
That happened in the fourth inning when Carmichaels put up four runs.
Avery Voithofer reached on an error to start the rally, took second on Duski Staggers无毛视频� sacrifice bunt, went to third on Sydney Miller无毛视频檚 ground out and came home on Waggett无毛视频檚 single to center.
After Barnyak walked, McConnell and Jacobs delivered back-to-back RBI singles and McConnell also scored when Jacobs无毛视频� hit was misplayed in the outfield.
Briggs marveled at McConnell无毛视频檚 perfect day at the plate and her fielding at shortstop.
无毛视频淪he无毛视频檚 just a great player,无毛视频� Briggs said. 无毛视频淚无毛视频檝e been saying all along I don无毛视频檛 think there无毛视频檚 a better player in single-A. She无毛视频檚 so smooth in the field, she无毛视频檚 a great hitter, she has great power, she has speed. She has all the tools.无毛视频�
The Mikes capped the game无毛视频檚 scoring in the fifth inning on Waggett无毛视频檚 two-run triple.
The only drama left at that point was if Barnyak could throw a no-hitter. She took a perfect game into the fifth when Madison Morrow drew a one-out walk, and the no-hit bid was broken up with two outs in the sixth on Allison DeLong无毛视频檚 clean single to center.
The only other base runner Barnyak allowed was a walk to Chiccarello following DeLong无毛视频檚 hit.
Barnyak didn无毛视频檛 display any emotion after giving up the single.
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Barnyak commended catcher Waggett particularly.
无毛视频淲e just work so well together,无毛视频� Barnyak said.
无毛视频淲e work through summer, winter and fall together,无毛视频� Waggett said. 无毛视频淲e无毛视频檙e on the same travel team. She无毛视频檚 like family to me.
无毛视频淪he threw a great game today. She always does.无毛视频�