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Softball roundupMarvin fires perfect game for Patch
Stars and Stripes
March 24, 2012
Heidelberg's Rebecca Luna connects for an inside-the-park homer in the Lady Lions' 22-1 win over Ansbach in the second game of a doubleheader in Heidelberg, Saturday. Heidelberg won the first game 10-9. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)
Heidelberg's Rebecca Luna connects for an inside-the-park homer in the Lady Lions' 22-1 win over Ansbach in the second game of a doubleheader in Heidelberg, Saturday. Heidelberg won the first game 10-9. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)
Ansbach's Shelby Farnham puts the tag on Heidelberg's Kayla Weber after she tried to steal second base. Weber was out here, but she was the winning pitcher in the Lions' 22-1 victory in the second game of a doubleheader at home, Saturday. Heidelberg won the first game 10-9. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)
Heidelberg's Kayla Weber was the winning pitcher in the second game of a doubleheader against Ansbach, Saturday. The Lady Lions won the game 22-1 after winning the first game 10-9. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)
All-Europe sophomore Amber Marvin pitched a seven-inning perfect game Saturday to allow the defending European Division I champion Patch Panthers sweep the Hohenfels Lady Tigers in a high school softball doubleheader.
According to Hohenfels coach Lesley Lynch, Marvin struck out 10 batters in her 12-0 victory that lifted Patch to a 2-0 overall and Eastern Region record on opening day. The Lady panthers downed their hosts 16-5 in the opener.
Next up for Patch is a Saturday doubleheader in Heidelberg. Hohenfels is ticketed for a twinbill the same day in Bamberg.
In other softball on Saturday:
Kaiserslautern 28-17, Baumholder 0-0: At Baumholder, Mariah Durham’s second-game single was the only hit of the day for the Lady Bucs, who fell to 0-2 in Western Region play and 0-4 overall. K-town, for which details were unavailable at presstime, is 4-0 overall and in the region.
Ramstein 25-12, SHAPE 0-1: At Ramstein, Katherine Enyeart and Kelsey Freeman proved too much for the Lady Spartans, who fell to 0-4 overall and in the Western Region.
Enyeart pitched all three innings of the opener, striking out seven and walking three. She was backed by her fellow All-European, Freeman, who blasted a three-run homer over the left-field fence. Lacee Loecher tripled, doubled and singled in three at-bats in Game 1.
Freeman won the nightcap behind 13 strikeouts and just two walks.
Enyeart homered in this one, a solo shot over the left-field fence, which allowed Ramstein to improve to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the region going into Friday’s doubleheader against visiting Lakenheath.
SHAPE is idle until a doubleheader scheduled for April 28 against visiting Baumholder.
Wiesbaden 20-10, Bamberg 3-5: At Bamberg, All-European Apryl Jackson struck out nine in the opener to start Wiesbaden toward the sweep which evened the Lady Warriors’ overall record at 2-2. They are 2-0 in Eastern Region games. Bamberg started season 0-2, 0-2 in spite of two hits in nightcap by Tiana Bowen.