JV Mantas walk over Pirates 16-1
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Catcher Giovanna Lovera stands in the box as she bats in one of her three plate appearances in the 16-run second inning in the Mantas' 16-1 win over Port Charlotte.
SUN PHOTO BY STEVE KNAPP, SbigdaddyKnapp@aol.com
Lemon Bay's winning pitcher Brianna Kane cleans the bases as she slaps a bases-loaded, opposite field double in the second inning in the 16-1 win over Port Charlotte on March 18.
SUN PHOTO BY STEVE KNAPP, SbigdaddyKnapp@aol.com
Catcher Giovanna Lovera stands in the box as she bats in one of her three plate appearances in the 16-run second inning in the Mantas' 16-1 win over Port Charlotte.
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Main Draw winners: Betsy Cheeseman and Tom Vander Bosch.
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Main Draw finals: Tom Vander Bosch and Betsy Cheeseman, and B.J. Scarpino and Bob Kurkiewicz.
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Consolation finals: Ron Annis and Aggie Naughton, and Barbara Weigert and Chuck Webb.
PUNTA GORDA — The Lemon Bay JV Mantas softball team crushed the Port Charlotte Pirates like a fat man on a wicker chair. You could say they beat them like a drum or clubbed them like a sandwich. Any way you look at it, the game was a good, old-fashioned whipping.
After going down harmlessly in the first inning on a strikeout and two ground outs, the Mantas sent up 22 batters in the second inning to score all 16 runs in the mercy-rule-shortened game 16-1 after 2 ½ innings. The big hit of the inning was a three run homer by leadoff hitter Carey Robinson.
