MIDDLEBOROUGH — An enormous Saturday non-league matinee broke out on Mother’s Day Weekend, and all the things got here out roses for Silver Lake.
Delaney Moquin tossed a one-hit shutout and struck out 10 because the Lakers blanked Middleborough 3-0 in a regular-season battle that had some playoff environment between the 2 South Shore juggernauts.
Moquin struck out 5 of the primary six batters she confronted and solely allowed a clear single to Mackenzie Conlon within the backside of the third with two outs.
“I can’t say enough about Delaney. For a young team, we opened up some people’s eyes,” stated Silver Lake head coach Tony Pina. “(Delaney) is a sophomore in name only, has the poise of an upperclassman, the focus of an upperclassman, and there were times she was down 2-0 or 3-0 in the count and got strikeouts or fly balls. She has exceeded expectations; she is only getting better.”
The Lakers (14-1, 12-0 in Patriot League play) lastly bought to Sachems starter Cassidy Machado with all three runs coming within the pivotal sixth inning.
Sam Waters led off with a single and promptly stole second base to place the stress on the Middleborough protection in a scoreless tie and no outs. After a Madyson Bryan stroll, Moquin helped her personal trigger with a one-out game-winning single to knock in Waters.
Nina O’Neil adopted Moquin with a two-run double on a 3-and-2 pitch from Machado to the right-centerfield hole. O’Neil’s two-bagger chased Machado out of the sport after 98 pitches and was all Silver Lake wanted.
Eva Jenness got here on in aid for Middleborough to maintain issues shut and retired all 5 batters she confronted with three coming by way of the strikeout.
The loss for Middleborough (12-2, 7-0 in South Shore League play) is its second loss in a row after dropping a 1-0 thriller to Greater New Bedford Vocational Tech, however Middleborough head coach Dan Sylvia is aware of these are the video games he needs on the Sachems’ schedule.
“This is what we want, and this is what we need. We just came off a four-game schedule where we ran through it and we needed a good test, and this was a good test,” stated Sylvia, who’s in his fifth yr on the helm for the Sachems. “When you face good quality varsity pitching and you face New Bedford Voke – you are going to get a quality opponent every single time you step on the field. This one – we had one poor inning, defensively we could have done a couple of different things, and I think we could have still been in the game.”
Silver Lake now owns a 10-game profitable streak with its lone loss coming April 13 towards Apponequet. In reality, the Lakers simply ran considerably of a gauntlet with three video games back-to-back-to-back – all wins for Pina.
“For a team with two seniors, two juniors, seven sophomores and a freshman – to come here against a team like that – and just give themselves a chance all game and that’s what we talked about. Our highs don’t get too high, and our lows don’t get too low,” stated Pina. “We have to be able to weather storms and at the end of the game – we will be there.”
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