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The Wildcats got back to winning ways on Saturday, sweeping a softball doubleheader at Calistoga to cap off an impressive pre-conference schedule for the team.
Two days after suffering their first loss of the campaign at Arcata, the Ferndale girls comfortably took care of business against Calistoga, winning 13-2 and 28-1, both in five innings.
With the two wins, the Cats improved to 6-1, as they get set for a Little 4 opening doubleheader at home against St. Bernard’s on Tuesday.
“I thought it was a good bounce back,” Ferndale head coach Jeremy Griffith said. “Overall, I thought we had good swings all day and our defense played well behind our two pitchers.”
The Cats came out swinging the bat, racking up 31 hits over the two games.
And that was more than enough for junior pitcher Olivia Gossi who posted both wins in the circle, splitting time with her younger sister Abagail in game two.
Two seniors, in particular, had big days at the plate.
Madison Gossi and Tinnley Pidgeon each hit a home run in game two and both of them finished with six hits over the two games.
In game two, Pidgeon finished 5-for-6 with the home run, eight RBIs and five runs, while Madison Gossi went 4-for-5 with the home run, four RBIs and six runs.
Freshmen Abagail Gossi and Arkana Bullan each also was 3-for-4 in game two, with Abagail driving in two runs and Bullan four.
Quinn Stokesberry also had a good game at the plate, finishing 2-for-3 with three RBIs, while track and field athlete Dahlia Cantù-Mendez finished 1-for-2 while filling in for some missing players.
“Dahlia had some good at-bats for not getting much practice time,” Griffith said.
File photo – Tinnley Pidgeon finished 6-for-8 with a home run, eight RBIs and eight runs in Saturday’s doubleheader at Calistoga.
Caleigh Griffith (1-for-3 with two RBIs) and Olivia Gossi (1-for-4 with three RBIs) rounded out a 20-hit team performance in game two.
Olivia Gossi got the win in the circle, pitching three innings and giving up just one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out seven.
Abagail Gossi pitched two hitless innings to close out the game, giving up one walk and striking out four.
Olivia Gossi threw a complete game in the opener, allowing just one hit and four walks and striking out six.
Junior Fallon Bullan led the Cats at the plate in the opener, finishing 3-for-4 with five RBIs, while Madison Gossi (2-for-4 with an RBI) and Abagail Gossi (2-for-3) each also had multiple hits in the win.
Stokesberry and Pidgeon each went 1-for-2 with three runs, giving the latter eight runs and eight RBIs on the day, while Caleigh Griffith (1-for-3) and Olivia Gossi (1-for-4 with two RBIs) rounded out an 11-hit team performance.
Calistoga dropped to 0-9 with the two losses.
Tuesday’s doubleheader begins at 2 p.m.
