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Three Bryan West pitchers teamed for a one-hit shutout in a 7-0 victory over Franklin-Bremond in Major Softball play Tuesday at Harvey Field.
Meghan Carpio, Kaitlyn Garcia and Marian Supak each tossed two innings to send Bryan West ahead in the winners' bracket for the 11-12 year-old girls. West will meet Bryan East at 6 p.m. Wednesday, with the winner advancing to Friday's championship game.
Franklin-Bremond will play in an elimination game at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Melanie Savala had a two-run single for West in the third inning, scoring Supak and Carpio. Garcia blooped a two-run single just inside the foul line in left to score the same two runners in the fourth.
Supak and Carpio, who each scored three times in the game, came home with their first runs in the opening inning. Supak singled and Carpio was safe on the game's only error. Supak raced home on a wild pitch and Carpio scored when Desiray Sauseda singled deep in the hole at short.
Carpio allowed Franklin-Bremond's only hit of the game to the first batter of the contest. Shortstop Kelsy Brantner singled to right, then moved to second on Alyssa Bienski's groundout, but Chloe Brignac popped out to the pitcher and Courtney Johnson grounded out to the mound.
Sauseda was 2 for 3 at the plate for Bryan West. Franklin-Bremond pitcher Johnson, who pitched a complete game, gave up six hits. She walked four batters but struck out nine.
Franklin-Bremond had runners in scoring position in every inning and had a runner at third on three occasions.
Emma Wilson was stranded there when Garcia, then playing first base, made a lunging grab to end the second inning on foul ball. It was one of two outstanding defensive plays. When Garcia was playing second, she went to the ground to rob Alyssa Bienski of a hit on a ball that was tipped by the pitcher Supak.
Gina Wilganowski and Brantner walked to lead off the third, Garcia's first inning on the mound. They both advanced on a passed ball, but Garcia escaped unscathed by striking out Alyssa Bienski and coaxing a ground ball to third by Johnson.
Kenna Medcalf started the fifth for Franklin-Bremond with a walk, but later was thrown out at home trying to score on a pitch that got past the catcher and rolled to the backstop. Audriana Andrade hustled to pick up the ball and tossed to Supak for the tag.
