Keilani Ricketts improves to 6-2 with the Tuesday night win against the Rebellion. Photo by Kit Mohr
Kissimmee, FL– July 21- The USSSA Pride (25-9) closed out the home series with Pennsylvania (9-27) with a 3-1 victory over the Rebellion Tuesday night at Champion Stadium.
The Pride led early but the Rebellion threatened to make a comeback in the late innings.
USSSA’s Shelby Pendley continued her hot hitting from last night as she doubled home Kelly Kretschman in the first inning to put the Pride on top 1-0 after one at-bat.
USSSA doubled its lead in the second inning, 2-0, as GiOnna Disalvatore led off the with a single back through the middle of the infield and was driven home on Andrea Duran’s opposite-field double down the left field line.
Megan Wiggins drove in pinch runner Breja’e Washington with a single to right field for the third USSSA run of the game in the forth inning.
Pennsylvania’s Alisa Goler doubled to right, advance to third on an error, and scored on Mandy Ogle’s single to cut the deficit to 3-1.
The Rebellion loaded the bases in the seventh with singles by Cordes, Sakamoto, and Peterson but NPL-saves leader Jordan Taylor escaped without allowing a run by striking out Kristyn Sandberg looking for the final out, preserving the 3-1 win for the Pride.
Keilani Ricketts (W, 6-2) started and tossed six innings of three-hit softball, yielding one unearned run, en route to notching her sixth victory of the year. Jordan Taylor (S, 10) finished out the game by tossing a scoreless seventh inning to record her tenth save of the season.
Emily Weiman (L, 1-6) started for the Rebellion and was tagged with the loss after giving up three runs on seven hits in her three innings of work. Haylie Wagner came in in relief, allowing a run on a pair of hits in in two frames. Dagmar Bloeming faced minimum in her one inning in relief.
The Pride will host the Akron Racers for a four game series starting tomorrow, July 22, at Champion Stadium. First pitch is slated for 7:05.
About USSSA Florida Pride: The USSSA Florida Pride is a professional franchise in the National Pro Fastpitch League that is owned and operated by USSSA. The amateur organization of USSSA has multi-sport coverage and encompasses teams and players from the United States and abroad.
About the NPF: National Pro Fastpitch is headquartered in Nashville, TN. The league, created to give elite female fastpitch players the opportunity to pursue a professional career in their chosen sport, has operated since 1997 under the names of Women’s Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women’s Pro Softball League (WPSL). NPF is the Official Development Partner of Major League Baseball in the category of women’s fastpitch softball since 2002.
About USSSA: USSSA is headquartered in Osceola County, Florida. USSSA is the World’s Largest Multi-sport Athletic Organization. Founded in 1968, USSSA has grown to over 3.7 million participants, competing in 13 nationally sanctioned sports including Baseball, Fastpitch, Slow Pitch, Karate, Basketball, Soccer and more! For more information on USSSA and to register your team visit USSSA.com. Also be sure to visit USSSAToday.com for the latest USSSA.
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