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Runner-Up Spot For Flames In
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- Championship Game An erratic defense spelled doom for the Flames as they committed seven miscues and dropped a close decision to the Dacula Falcons 4-3. It was the 2nd time on the day that the Falcons had toppled the Flames by a single run. Surviving a three-error 1st inning, the Flames got out of it with relatively little damage and down only one run. The Flames bounced right back in the bottom of the 1st to tie things up. Jennifer Yancey took a triple down the right field line, stopped long enough on 3rd base to jettison some rocket fuel and then was knocked in on a sacrifice. After Dacula scored again in the top of the 2nd, the Flames came right back again scoring two of their own on singles by Brittany Van Frayen, Lara Gartner and Yancey to take a 3-2 lead. The dreaded "E" word came up again in the top of the 3rd as the Lady Falcons scored two more. Megan Light made a nice diving stop at 2nd base to thwart any further damage but Dacula had a lead that they would not relinquish. Allie Davis had the only other hit for the Flames with a 2-out single in the 4th The Flames pitching was certainly good enough to win. Andrea Cole (3 hits), Meghan Whipple (1 hite) and Megan Ligth (no hits) shared time on the mound.
In a game highlighted by a spectacular "ESPY CANDIDATE" style outfield catch by Mary Quatrocchi, the NF Flames shut down the Home America team and advanced to the Headbusters championship game. With one out in the 5th inning and the Flames holding a 3 run lead, a Home America batter launched a rocket shot to deep center. The fleet footed Mary Q. turned her back to the plate and scud-missiled her way to where she thought the ball would land. With a full, stretch-out backwards dive, the "Q" stuck up her glove, rolled on her belly and came up with with a yellow ball, a grin and a mouthful of bermuda grass soufflé!! "I've been umpiring 15 years and that's the best catch I've seen in girls softball", said Terry Wilson who was doing the bases for the game. Mary Q. was also the offensive star for the game with a 2-RBI inside-the-park homer in the 1st and had an RBI double in the 3rd. Meghan Whipple had a 2RBI double and Jennifer Yancey, who also had a great diving catch at her 2nd base position that she turned into a DP, had a double. Starter Whipple (one hit over 3 innings) and Megan Light (1 hit in 2 innings) stymied the Home America team all afternoon.
Double-oh...anyway you look at
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- Elim Game 4 Down 1-0 going into the top of the 3rd, the Flames scored 5 runs in the 4th and another 5 in the 5th to put the game out of reach. The offensive fireworks were led by Meghan Whipple's two triples and an RBI and by Brittany Van Frayen with triple and a double and an RBI. Megan Light had a triple and 3 RBI's and Erika Hoffner and Jennifer Yancey had singles. Light and Whipple were on the mound for the Flames and only gave up one run on 4 hits.
Heads-up play
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- Elim Game 3
The Flames scored early and often and beat Hall County 6-2. The top of the 1st started a little bit shaky with a single and an error by the Flames to put 2 Hall runners on with only one out but Erika Hoffner made a diving grab of a sinking blooper at shortstop to short circuit the Hall County insurgence. Mary Q. got things started in the 1st with a single and Meghan Whipple, Hoffner and Brittany Van Frayen all added RBI singles to plate 3 runs in the 1st inning. Jennifer Yancey tripled to score one in the 2nd and in the 3rd inning the Flames added 2 more runs on doubles by Hoffner and Megan Light. Yancey and Mary Q. added singles in the 5th to close things out. Whipple started and had 4 strikeouts and gave up 2 hits and 2 walks. Andrea Cole pitched the last two, gave up two hits, two walks and had two strikeouts.
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- Elim Game 2 At the end of the game the Dacula Falcons had ZERO...as in errors and that proved to be the difference in a well played, close game. The Flames went into the bottom of the 6th deadlocked in a 0-0 tie but a 2-base error proved to be their demise as the Falcons scored two batters later to end the game at 1-0. The Flames had 6 hits, 2 singles by Megbug Light, a double by Allie Davis, and singles by Meghan Whipple, Erika Hoffner and Brittany Van Frayen. Getting about as much support as an ex-wife of an Alabama dump truck driver, the Flames pitching staff of Andrea Cole, Light and Whipple did all they could to keep the Flames in the game.
One too many!!
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Elim Game 1 With a 2nd inning rally around 2 walks, a single by Brittany Van Frayen and a double by Erika Hoffner, the Flames took a 3-2 lead over the Georgia Ice. Starter Meghan Whipple and reliever Megan Light sent seven batters back to the dugout on strikeouts while only giving up 3 hits. Hampered by 2 Flames players on the Injured Reserve List, the Flames endured while enjoying the services of "Base-Bandit" Scoop Foulke who stole 2 bases in the game. The Flames bats were kept relatively in check and the only other hit was a single by Jennifer Yancey.
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- Pool Game The North Fulton Flames opened the Cumming Headbusters tournament with a a 3-2 victory over the Millcreek Lady Hawks. The Flames jumped out to a 3-2 lead after 2 innings on a double by Maddie Higginbotham and singles by Jennifer Yancey, Megan Light, Brittany Van Frayen and Allie Davis. Megan Light no-hit the Hawks in her two innings and had 5 strikeouts. Andrea Cole pitched the 3rd and 4th and recorded 4 K's while giving up only 2 hits.
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