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VIDEO: Mineola Softball Swings Past Garden City 4-1

Lady Mustangs improve to 2-0 with win over Lady Trojans.

The Mineola softball team didn't have to travel far to face conference foe, Garden City Tuesday afternoon.

Third baseman Christina Palmenteri put Mineola ahead early in the first inning with a two run home run. Catcher Samantha Venus also contributed an RBI in the first inning to put the Lady Mustangs ahead 3-0 before Garden City even took an at-bat.

Mineola pitcher Emily Skupp , keeping the Lady Trojans quiet for most of the day save for the bottom of the 7th as Garden City was able to rattle off three consecutive singles.

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An infield grounder scored their first run of the game and continued to threaten with the bases loaded, until Skupp was able to regain control of the game. She pitched a complete game, striking out seven and helping improve Mineola to 2-0.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Mineola Lady Mustangs 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 0 Garden City Lady Trojans 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1

 

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Mineola Batting Statistics













Player PA AB H 1B 2B HR SAC BB K RBI Runs BA OB% SLUG SB Emily Skupp 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .500 .750 0 Christina Palmenteri 4 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .750 .750 1.500 1 Valerie Fischer 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 2 Katie Priolo 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0 Adrianna McKeever 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 Samantha Venus 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .250 .250 0 Lauren Fischer 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .500 .667 .500 0 Shannon Maloney 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 Lisa DeStefano 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0

 

Mineola Pitching Statistics Pitcher IP H R ER BB K ERA Emily Skupp (W, 2-0) 7 7 1 1 0 7 1.00

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