The Weston softball team rallied with three runs in the top of the seventh, but couldn’t catch Concord-Carlisle in an 8-5 loss to the host Patriots in Dual County League Small Division action Monday.
The Wildcats fell to 4-12 overall and 2-6 in division play.
“[They] shut us down offensively for the first three innings, but we began to chip away,” Weston head coach Kelly Harrington said. “We are starting to play well together despite having multiple injuries forcing people to play different positions.”
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C-C led, 5-0, after two innings, before the Wildcats scored a run in the fourth. But the Patriots extended their lead to 8-1 after five.
Weston cut the deficit to 8-2 in the sixth, before the big rally in the seventh.
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Senior leadoff hitter Sarah Ober sparked the comeback with an RBI double and went 2 for 4 overall.
Sophomores Ariana Vasquez and Sarah Goldman each had one hit and two RBIs on the day.
Vasquez pitched the entire game and didn’t walk a batter, while striking out three. She allowed only three earned runs on nine hits.
