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Softball: For Waterville and Maranacook, defense matters
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Waterville baserunner Abby Williams slides safely into second before Maranacook shortstop Abby Jacques can make play during a game Tuesday in Readfield.
Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
READFIELD Step for step Tuesday afternoon, the Maranacook and Waterville softball teams went through the paces in virtually identical fashion.
Each team rapped out seven hits. Each starting pitcher posted double-digit strikeout totals. Each offense managed to get runners on base and put stress on the opposing defense. The difference in Waterville’s 5-4 win came down to how that defense handled the adversity, with the Black Bears committing seven errors to account for all five of the Purple Panthers’ runs.