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Softball: Hall-Dale heats back up at the plate in victory over Maranacook
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Softball: Monmouth holds off resilient Maranacook
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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.
With each game, however, Monmouth is wedging itself further and further into that conversation.
The Mustangs continued their hot start to the season, bouncing back from two deficits to beat Maranacook 11-7 Monday afternoon. That’s now a 5-1 start for Monmouth, which entered the day in second place in the Class C South Heal points.
Even coach Dave Kaplan had to admit that this kind of a start was far from a certainty.
“I did not expect 5-1, let me tell you,” he said. “We’ve got a couple of freshmen in the lineup, we’re mixing and matching. Today I played 14 kids, we’ve been playing 14. We’re trying to find corner outfielders, and everyone has contributed. So we’re just going to keep rotating until we narrow our focus for the playoffs.”