Warriors chop down Grove City

By ZACK ZEIGLER

For the MV Independent

Elizabeth Forward’s Kailey Larcinese threw one of her best games of the season Friday, shutting down Grove City for a 1-0 win in the PIAA Class 4A quarterfinals.

Larcinese allowed just two hits over her seven innings in a performance that coach Harry Rutherford called nearly perfect.

“Larcinese was outstanding today,” he said. “I don’t think she missed a pitch I called all day. As far as the coaches are concerned, this was her best game of the year. When I chart her pitches and I see there is a miss, I put a big M in the book and we talk about it. I don’t think there was one M today.”

The key to Larcinese’s success was her ability to throw first-pitch strikes. She got ahead of 21 of the 24 batters she faced, which allowed her to pitch her game.

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