Abington holds off East Bridgewater in SSL softball showdown

EAST BRIDGEWATER In a softball battle between two of the top teams in the South Shore League it took a play at the plate in the bottom of the seventh to aid Abington in a narrow mastery at East Bridgewater The Vikings scored four times in the seventh but a relay from the outfield got Isabella Abrams at the plate and ended the contest at - as the Green Wave held on We had a really tough week last week with losses to Bedford and Whitman-Hanson explained Abington coach Jenna Olem They just kept at it They are young and they re learning every day so I was really happy with how we came out We were ready to play We were ready to kind of withstand that punch of theirs With a - lead junior captain Elsie Testa struck out Maggie Schlossberg before Rylee McCarthy reached on an error After a foul out to the catcher for Brooke Murphy Olivia Atkins and Mackenzie Whitman notched RBI doubles to make it a - contest The big blow came as Riley Egan cranked a two-run inside-the-park home run to cut the East Bridgewater - deficit to - Abrams followed with a single before she was thrown out at the dish on a double by Madeline Blette I knew at specific point they re such a hot-hitting band they were going to be able to count especially when they got back around to the top of the order Olem revealed about the near comeback for the Vikings Over the first six frames Testa cruised allowing just two hits and walking two more while striking out She retired of through the third and the sixth Testa throws a ton of pitches for us and she puts a lot on herself but she s been phenomenal and consistent all year explained Olem about the junior captain She proved up again at present She won t be happy with herself but at the end of the day she inevitably keeps us in the tournament With Testa and Schlossberg striking out a combined batters through two it seemed like offense would be tough to come by In the top of the third Abington - worked the count to draw three walks with two of those coming around to number in a - run frame The big key when I was trying to prepare for them was pitch selection Olem explained Seeing what we can do to just battle long counts and then eventually put the ball in play With the bases loaded and one down Malia Golding and Testa reached on RBI fielder s choices sandwiched between a bases-loaded walk by freshman Ella Franey All three of them then came around to figure on a three-run triple to put this championship out of reach at -