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BURRILLVILLE — In the span of 24 hours the Burrillville softball team was involved in a pair of walk-off contests.
The road to those walk-offs, however, couldn’t have been any different.
One day after Davies defeated the Broncos by scoring the only run in the bottom of the seventh inning, Burrillville trailed Blackstone Valley rival North Smithfield by seven runs after the third inning. The Broncos scored twice in the fourth and seven times in the sixth to help send the game to extra innings.
After Northmen freshman Hannah Gaboriault singled to put her team ahead in the top of the eighth, Marissa Ramos tripled in freshman pinch runner Jane Simoneau and the junior won the game when freshman Jenna Deschamps lofted a sacrifice fly to center field for an 11-10 Division II-North home victory in eight innings.
“It was crazy because I knew I just needed to hit the ball,” Deschamps said after scoring a run and driving in a run. “I knew I needed to get her in. I wasn’t overthinking it and I just wanted to hit the ball. This is very important and can turn our whole season around.”
“Of course, I was confident she was going to drive me in,” Ramos said. “We needed to win this game really bad.”
How badly did the Broncos need a victory? Burrillville (5-8 Division II-North) entered the day tied with the Patriots for last place in the division, but Friday afternoon’s win means Burrillville is just two games out of second place following first-place Woonsocket’s one-run victory over Scituate.
The Broncos end the season with games against the four teams which sit in front of them, so coach Bill Lacey isn’t counting out winning the II-North title. Source: Woonsocket Call
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