Greylock Thunder Rolls at Home Tournament
The host Thunder won its three Saturday games by a combined score of 29-6 to improve to 4-0 in the tournament.
Dalton, which fell to the Thunder in Friday night’s opener, started Saturday with a 19-7 loss to the Elite Fastpitch squad out of Greene County, N.Y.
But Dalton bounced back to earn a 21-3 blowout win over the Rotterdam (N.Y.) Rebels.
Patience at the plate was key for Dalton in its tournament win.
Three Rotterdam pitchers issued 19 walks in three innings in the loss.
Mallory Radwich led Dalton’s offense, going 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a walk.
Emma Russell went 1-for-1 with a pair of RBIs and scored three times, and Abby Munday had an infield single.
In the circle, Dalton’s Kaylee Prew struck out four in the three-inning win.
Greylock started its Saturday with a 10-4 win over the Dutchess (N.Y.) Debs.
The Thunder pounded out six extra base hits in the win. Kyleigh Cooper and Lydia Gaudreau each tripled. Avery Lane went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs.
Lane also earned the win in the circle, striking out three in a complete-game, six-inning effort.
Greylock exploded for 10 runs in the second inning of its second game, a four-inning, 11-1 win over Elite Fastpitch.
Ava Jagello, Genevieve Lagess and Sydney Payson each tripled in a 12-hit Thunder attack. Payson and Gaudreau each went 2-for-2 at the plate.
Kendall Moran struck out one and did not allow a hit in the four-inning win over Elite Fastpitch.
Lane returned to the circle for the Thunder’s final game on Saturday, an 8-1 win over the Mid-Hudson (N.Y.) Rebels. She struck out two and allowed two hits and no earned runs in the win.
Lagess paced the offense, going 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs. Marlene Eason doubled and drove in three runs.
The tournament moves to the bracket play phase on Sunday with the quarter-finals set to begin at 9 a.m.
