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Mt. Hope softball overcomes Narragansett 5-2

Moves on to face Toll Gate in D-II quarterfinals

Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne. Jr.

Posted 6/6/22

The Mt. Hope softball team came from behind to beat Narragansett 5-2 in the first round of the Division II playoffs on Friday afternoon. The 17-1 Huskies who lost the last game of the season to Prout …

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Mt. Hope softball overcomes Narragansett 5-2

Moves on to face Toll Gate in D-II quarterfinals

Huskies ace Reily Amaral hurls a pitch in the first inning. Amaral struck out eight Mariners and allowed five hits and two walks during the seven inning game.

Huskies ace Reily Amaral hurls a pitch in the first inning. Amaral struck out eight Mariners and allowed five hits and two walks during the seven inning game.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Infielders gather for their pre-inning ritual around pitcher Reily Amaral (mid-right) before the first inning during their game against Narragansett on Friday afternoon.

Infielders gather for their pre-inning ritual around pitcher Reily Amaral (mid-right) before the first inning during their game against Narragansett on Friday afternoon.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Huskies ace Reily Amaral hurls a pitch in the first inning. Amaral struck out eight Mariners and allowed five hits and two walks during the seven inning game.

Huskies ace Reily Amaral hurls a pitch in the first inning. Amaral struck out eight Mariners and allowed five hits and two walks during the seven inning game.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Huskies third baseman Sydney Crowell attempts to tag out a Mariners base stealer, but the umpire called her safe.

Huskies third baseman Sydney Crowell attempts to tag out a Mariners base stealer, but the umpire called her safe.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Huskies third baseman Sydney Crowell attempts to tag out a Mariners base stealer, but the umpire called her safe.

Huskies third baseman Sydney Crowell attempts to tag out a Mariners base stealer, but the umpire called her safe.

Reily Amral fields a bunt and throws to first to retire the Mariners in the first inning.

Reily Amral fields a bunt and throws to first to retire the Mariners in the first inning.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Teammates high five Reily Amaral as she comes off the field.

Teammates high five Reily Amaral as she comes off the field.

Clean up hitter Grace Stephenson puts a charge into the ball.

Clean up hitter Grace Stephenson puts a charge into the ball.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Right fielder Logan Levesque lines up to catch a fly ball with center fielder Jayda Sylvia looking on.

Right fielder Logan Levesque lines up to catch a fly ball with center fielder Jayda Sylvia looking on.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Shortstop Julia Allen blocks second base with her foot and tags out a Mariners runner.

Shortstop Julia Allen blocks second base with her foot and tags out a Mariners runner.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Shortstop Julia Allen blocks second base with her foot and tags out a Mariners runner.

Shortstop Julia Allen blocks second base with her foot and tags out a Mariners runner.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Shortstop Julia Allen blocks second base with her foot and tags out a Mariners runner.

Shortstop Julia Allen blocks second base with her foot and tags out a Mariners runner.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Leadoff hitter Elsa White beats out a throw to first for an infield hit in the third inning.

Leadoff hitter Elsa White beats out a throw to first for an infield hit in the third inning.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Left fielder Elsa White reaches for a blast by Mariners shortstop Grace Blessing. Blessing ended up with a double.

Left fielder Elsa White reaches for a blast by Mariners shortstop Grace Blessing. Blessing ended up with a double.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

The speedy Elsa White beats the ball to second base to give Mt. hope runners at first and second in the third inning.

The speedy Elsa White beats the ball to second base to give Mt. hope runners at first and second in the third inning.

Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.

Posted Monday, June 6, 2022 3:05 pm

Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne. Jr.

The Mt. Hope softball team came from behind to beat Narragansett 5-2 in the first round of the Division II playoffs on Friday afternoon. The 17-1 Huskies who lost the last game of the season to Prout and placed second in Division II South will face Toll Gate in the quarterfinals today, Monday June 6, at Mt. Hope High School at 5 p.m.

Mt. Hope ace Reily Amaral and the Huskies defense shut down the Mariners until they scored two runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 2-1 lead. Amaral struck out eight Mariners and allowed five hits and two walks during the seven inning game.

The bottom of the order started a four run rally in the bottom of the fifth inning for Mt. Hope. Huskies eight hitter Sammy Malafronte singled and Julia Allen reached on an error. Malafronte attempted to steal third. The ball was thrown into left field and Malafronte scored to tie the game 2-2. Allen moved to third base due to the error.

Elsa White (two hits, two runs scored and an RBI) smacked a hit to center field to plate Allen and give the Huskies a 3-2 lead. Sydney Crowell added to the carnage with an RBI double to left field. White easily came around to score to make it 4-2. Crowell took third on a passed ball and scored on a ground out by Jayda Sylvia to boost the lead to 5-2. The Huskies threatened to score more with clean up hitter Grace Stephenson and Amaral the team’s five hitter due up. Stephenson struck out for the second out of the inning. Amaral singled to right field and Logan Levesque who caught a pair of difficult fly balls defensively, walked to give the Huskies runners at first and second base. But Mariners pitcher Dharma Parks struck out Huskies second baseman Alice Grantham to end the inning.