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By Larry Rubama The Virginian-Pilot June 6, 2012 CHESAPEAKE Great Bridge freshman softball pitchers Sidney Harless and MikaylaParker finally met their match Tuesday. They had allowed 14 hits and just five runs in the Wildcats' firstfive playoff games. But Osbourn Park of Manassas tagged them for 10 hits in a 6-4victory in the Group AAA state quarterfinals. Great Bridge senior catcher Alexandra Reetz said she had no ideaOsbourn Park could hit like it did. "This is the first team that we've faced that actually hitthis well," she said. "It was pretty difficult, but youjust have to try and settle your pitchers down, and I think theydid the best that they could." The Wildcats (21-5) scored first with two runs in the secondinning. Chloe Carr scored from third on a wild pitch and OliviaSmith drew a bases-loaded walk. Osbourn Park (20-3) tied the game in the third when Jessica Southscored from third on a wild pitch and Alexia Luiggi hit an RBIsingle. Great Bridge regained the lead in the bottom of the third whenReetz scored on a bases-loaded grounder. Cameryn Strother added anRBI single to give the Wildcats a 4-2 lead. "When we got up, I thought we could hold them," GreatBridge coach Kirk Clayton said. "But we knew we had to go backthrough the meat of their order. I knew we were in trouble becausethey can swing the bat." The Yellow Jackets battled back with two runs in the fifth and twomore in the seventh. They were led by Luiggi, who had three hitsand three RBIs, including a run-scoring single in the seventh.Heather Davies' RBI single made it 6-4. Pitcher Erica Field also had a big game as she finished with threeruns, two doubles and an RBI. "You might think that our pitching wasn't that good but ourpitching was fine," Clayton said. "They just swing thebat really well." The Wildcats loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of theseventh, but were unable to score. "I had my hopes up. I was like, 'We got this one.' But it justdidn't turn out in our favor," said Reetz, whose team won the Eastern Region and Southeastern District tournaments. "I thinkit's been a really good season and our team has been through a lot.I couldn't have asked for a better season." The Yellow Jackets advance to Friday's semifinals at Westfield HighSchool. They will play Broad Run of Ashburn, which beatSoutheastern District regular-season champion Hickory 2-1. Larry Rubama, 757-446-2273, larry.rubama@pilotonline.com , Twitter@LHRubama. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Water Oxygen Machine Manufacturer , Laser Beauty Machine Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Laser Beauty Machine.
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