Henderson 3

Gorham 2

A late-night game last Thursday proved to be Gorham’s undoing in the consolation bracket of the 16U World Series in Pittsfield, Mass. when Henderson, N.C. picked up a 3-2 win to send the girls from Gorham home. Henderson’s Kendall Wilson picked up a walk off RBI single in the bottom of the seventh for the win.

In a game that was scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m., but was pushed back until 9 p.m. because of the weather, Gorham got on the board first with a run in the fourth. Rachel Fogarty tripled off Henderson pitcher Jordan Garrett. Sara Burnheimer drove Fogarty in with a grounder through the legs of the second baseman.

Henderson came back and took the lead in the bottom half of the fourth. Garrett doubled to left field. Precious Avent was brought in as a courtesy runner and she moved to third on a wild pitch. Ashley McGhee laid down a bunt and Gorham got Avent hung up in a rundown. But she was able to slide safely back to third with McGhee taking second. Rebekah Edwards grounded out, but Avent was able to score the tying run on the play. Lauren Dunn followed that with an RBI triple to give Henderson a 2-1 lead.

Gorham drew even in the sixth. Mia McGill was at first as a courtesy runner after Kelsey Crowe was hit by a pitch. Lauren Fleury then reached on an error. Chelsea Clark hit one back to the pitcher but as she threw to second to get Fleury, the ball sailed into centerfield allowing McGill to score.

But Henderson would win it in the bottom of the seventh. Morgan Adcock drew a walk to set things up. Natalie Reavis then singled and Henderson had the winning run at second. Cierea Thompson was brought on to run for Adcock. Wilson then blooped a single to left to drive Thompson in as the winning run.

Gorham earned their way into the consolation semi-finals with a 4-0 win over Dumas, Ark. Crowe allowed only one hit in the win while striking out eight.

Gorham got all the runs they would need in the bottom of the first. Lauren Chouinard singled and moved to second on a bunt single by Annie Mitchell. Both runners moved up with stolen bases. Fogarty then grounded out but drove in Chouinard in the process. Crowe then knocked in Mitchell with a sacrifice fly.

Gorham added runs in the fourth and fifth to solidify their lead. Moira Keaton singled and was driven in by McGill’s groundout. In the fifth, Caroline Fogarty singled and stole second. She was knocked in on an error later in the inning.

Gorham found themselves in the consolation bracket following a 1-0 loss to Lodi, Calif. The game was scoreless until Lodi walked off with a win in the bottom of the seventh.

In that seventh inning, Jerika Senecal and then Tori Shepard lined sharp singles into the outfield with two outs. Kelsey McCarty followed with a hot ground single that Gorham shortstop Rachel Fogarty managed to knock down to keep Senecal from scoring. That set up Betsy Kolburn, who hit a hard grounder past second that ended the game.

Gorham managed only two hits against Lodi. Crowe pitched well allowing just two hits prior to the seventh while striking out seven.

Gorham began the tourney with a 2-0 win over Methacton, Pa. In that game, Gorham scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth and Crowe made sure that was all they would need as she allowed only three hits.