Softball suffers loss to Potomac

Tiffany Stowers ’20 was on the mound and pitched the entire five-inning game for Episcopal. She struck out four and walked two. She did a good job hitting her spots and working within the tiny strike zone from the umpire.
 
Things were looking up for Episcopal in the first inning. Stowers had her first of two hits in the game, which was a ridiculously high fly ball to right field that almost left the park. This advanced Natasha Wanjiru ’20 to third base, who was on base from a walk earlier in the inning. Stowers stole second on the next pitch, beating the throw by Potomac’s catcher. Wanjiru read the play well, and stole home on the throw. Other highlights on offense include Nicole Carino ’19 making great contact with two solid ground balls in the game. Unfortunately, Potomac’s players were able to stop both hits from leaving the infield. Hannah Boone ’22 hit the ball well with a single in the second inning, and Stowers got her second hit of the game in the third inning, with a hard-hit single past the second baseman. Both Boone and Stowers were left on base. Flora French ’21, Amy Ma ’21, and Halsey Ziglar ’19 also each made solid contact at the plate in later innings, but were unable to get on base. Episcopal was not able to put runners on for rest of the game. Wanjiru’s first inning run would be the only one scored by Episcopal in the game.
 
On defense, EHS was challenged by Potomac’s line up. They managed to find holes in the defense, hit the ball hard enough to cause several errors, and score multiple runs in every inning but the fourth. French was pulled in from center field to play second base about mid-way through the game. She used her outfield skills to make an amazing catch on a pop fly well behind second base. Carino and Stowers each made a great play on hard hit line drives that could have caused trouble had they not been caught. Boone was behind the plate for the game. She did a great job squeezing those third strike pitches that have given her trouble in the past. There was only one drop third the entire game, but Boone reacted quickly enough to tag the batter out before she could run to first base. The fact that no batters advanced on drop thirds in this game is a personal best for Boone.
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