Winter Haven Senior Softball

 

Tuesday, 1/3/23

1^st game of the season; Visitors-Patriots vs. Home-Warriors

 Warriors started off hot, scoring 5 in each of the first 3 innings.  Key hits were a HR from Anderson and 2 B’s from Hicks, Dejongh, and Keller, among a multitude of hits from the rest of the team.  The Patriots started with a single run in the 1^st and 3 more runs in the 3^rd, with 3B’s from Kniery and Spellman. 

There was not much scoring until the 7^th inning when the Patriots broke out with 9 runs with a bunch of singles and a 2B from Miller.  The Warriors scored 5 more runs in the bottom of the 7th on a 2B hit from DeJongh and 3B’s from Keller and Levesque.  Not much more scoring after this. 

 The final score was Warriors 23 and the Patriots 16.

 Leading hitters:

            Warriors                                                                       Patriots   

            Hicks-3 hits with one 2B                                 Pepin-3 hits with one 2B

            DeJongh-3 hits with two 2B                            Kniery-3 hits

            Keller-4 hits with one 2B and one 3B             Spellman-3 hits with one 2B; two 3B

            Levesque-4 hits with one 2B, and one 3B       Tutrani-3 hits

             Anderson-3 hits with one HR, one 2B            Poke-3 hits

            Vandenberg- 3 hits                                         A few others with 2 hits

            King-4 hits

            Many others with 2 hits

 

 

Write up by: Bob Vandenberg