Orchid Blazers, one of the two development teams in the Belize City Senior Female Softball Competition, pulled off the biggest upset in this year’s competition when it halted the defending champions Belize Telemedia Ltd.by the score of 6-5 on Wednesday July 11, 2012.
Telemedia batting in the bottom of the 1st inning scored 2 runs when it sent 8 batters to the plate. It then added 1 run in the bottom of the 3rd inning when 6 batters when to the plate. Telemedia then scored its final 2 runs of the game in the bottom of the 6th inning. Telemedia collected a total of 11 hits off the combined pitching of Ashley Lucas, Ortencia Richards and Nicole Arnold.
Meanwhile, Orchid Blazers proved that it will be a force to reckon with in the next competition when it scored 6 runs off BTL’s starter and loser, Mary Flowers.
Orchid Blazers’ uprising came in the top of the 3rd inning when it pounded the pitching of Mary Flowers for 6 hits, and with the aid of the BTL defence committing 4 errors, helped to push across 5 runs.
Orchid Blazers scored its final run of the game in the top of the 5th inning when shortstop, Joline Davis singled to right field, advanced to second base on a fielder’s choice and then scored the winning run on the first baseman’s error.
On the line for Orchid Blazers were 6 runs on 6 hits and for Belize Telemedia it was 5 runs on 11 hits and 4 errors.
The winning pitcher was Nicole Arnold and the losing pitcher was Mary Flowers.
