Thayer Throws a No-Hitter
KEUKA PARK, N.Y. – Lindsey Thayer of the nationally-ranked St. John Fisher College softball team did not allow a hit over seven innings on Tuesday as the No. 9 Cardinals took both ends of a doubleheader at Keuka College in a non-conference pairing. With the sweep, Fisher improved to 23-5 while the Wolves fell to 13-9.
FISHER 6, KEUKA 0
Thayer put on a clinic in the opening game of the doubleheader as the junior pitcher struck out 18 batters and allowed just one walk to notch her second career no-hitter. She nearly tossed a perfect game before surrendering one walk. Thayer tallied 18 strikeouts in the game and moved to 14-4 on the season with the win. Her last individual no-hitter came against Elmira in 2015 while this season, the Winthrop native was part of a combined no-no as the Cardinals blanked Elmira earlier this month.
Fisher opened up a lead in the top of the second inning when
Sarah Kubik homered to center field to stake the Cardinals to a 1-0 lead. From there, Fisher plated four runs on six hits in the sixth inning with three different players collecting an RBI.
Kristina Balsano led off the inning with a single and moved into scoring position when
Julia Sortisio dropped a sacrifice bunt down. With one out,
Katie Mazierski singled and advanced to second base while Balsano scored on a throwing error by the Wolves' infield. With one out and a run already in,
Ashley Prince kept the inning going with a single before Kubik smacked a run-scoring single to left to give Fisher a 3-0 edge. After a sacrifice fly by
Karlie Neale made it 4-0, Fisher plated another run when
Danielle Ventrone singled to right to score Kubik.
The Cardinals added another run in the top of the seventh inning when Kubik drove in her third run of the game on a sacrifice fly to bring it to 6-0 in Fisher's favor.
Mazierski finished the game with three hits in four at-bats while Kubik and Prince each had two hits. As a team, Fisher belted out 11 hits and had three sacrifices.
FISHER 13, KEUKA 3
Monica Moses picked up where Thayer left off in the second game as the sophomore moved to 9-1 on the season after surrendering three runs on seven hits over six innings of work. Moses tallied five strikeouts overall.
The Cardinals put the game away in just the second inning on the strength of five runs on four hits and two Keuka errors. Balsano staked Fisher to a 1-0 lead with an RBI double to center before Mazierski plated the team's second run after reaching on an infield misplay. Prince delivered the big blow in the frame with a three-run inside-the-park homer to make it 5-0 before the Wolves retired the side.
After a 1-2-3 top of the third, Fisher struck again as Balsano drove in a run with a base knock to right that scored
Genevieve Paeglow who had singled down the left field line to lead off the inning.
Keuka answered in the bottom of the third with three runs on four hits, but it did little to slow the visitors' momentum as the Cardinals scored one run in the fourth and three more in the fifth to open up a 10-3 lead. Fisher's offense produced three more runs in the sixth with
Emma Savas collecting two RBI with a double to right center to bring the score to 13-3.