Bison fall at Saint Vincent | Game two suspended

Andrew Woodley, Sports Information Director

LATROBE, Pa. (April 27) - The Bethany College softball team was defeated 4-3 in the first game of its scheduled doubleheader at Saint Vincent Friday evening. The second game was suspeneded due to darkness in the top of the fifth inning.

THE MATCHUP

• Game 1: Saint Vincent 4, Bethany 3 (Box Score)
• Game 2: Saint Vincent 5, Bethany 1 - SUSPENDED/TOP 5 (Box Score not available)
• Records: Bethany 15-16, 7-8 PAC | Saint Vincent 21-6, 12-3 PAC
• Location: Bison Field | Bethany, West Virginia

Game 1: Saint Vincent 4, Bethany 3

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Bison freshman Gabby Capaldi (Steubenville, Ohio/Catholic Central) drew a bases loaded walk in the first inning to give Bethany a 1-0 lead before the Bearcats came to the plate.
• Bethany senior pitcher Sam Binkley (Kenilworth, Ontario/St. James) preserved that lead until the fourth inning, when Saint Vincent struck for three runs on four hits to take a 3-1 lead.
• The Bison were down to their final four outs with a runner on first base, but the Capaldi sisters managed to tie the game with consecutive two-out doubles in the sixth inning.
• Gabby drove home one run first, before her sister Fran came to the plate and followed suit with an RBI-double of her own to tie the game at 3-3.
• Saint Vincent reclaimed the lead with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the sixth inning and held on to claim the important PAC win.

GAME NOTES

• Binkley fell to 8-11 this year after she allowed four runs on eight hits with four strikeouts in the loss.
• Gabby Capaldi finished with two RBI, while sophomore Erica Amoroso (Belle Vernon, Pa./Belle Vernon) added two hits in the game. 

Game 2: Saint Vincent 5, Bethany 1 - SUSPENDED/TOP 5

GAME NOTES

• A lightning delay in the fourth inning with the score 4-1 forced both teams inside for a mandatory period.
• Because of the delay and the cloud coverage in the area, the umpires were forced to suspend the game three outs short of a complete game.
• No announcement has been made as to when the game will be completed.

UP NEXT:

• Bethany is slated to travel to Waynesburg tomorrow, Saturday, April 28 for a doubleheader to close out the 2018 regular-season at 1 p.m.
• The Bison are currently a half-game ahead of both W&J (7-9 PAC) and Thiel (7-9 PAC) for the fourth and final spot in the PAC Tournament.
• Thiel will travel to league-leading Thomas More (15-1 PAC), while W&J will host Chatham (2-14 PAC) tomorrow to conclude PAC competition.