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Piergiorgi helps lift Mount Sinai past Port Jeff, 5-1
SOFTBALL April 22, 2010 | 04:33 PM

By Robert Leuner

Mount Sinai freshman Michelle Piergiorgi out dueled Port Jefferson ace Michiko McGivney to lead the Mustangs to a 5-1 victory in a crossover softball game on Tuesday. Piergiorgi was brilliant in the circle holding the Royals to one run on five hits while striking out two, walking three and hitting one batter.

The win by Piergiorgi was her second of the year. "I really wanted to win for my father who is in Florida," said Piergiorgi. "Port Jefferson is a great team and I think they did their best. My fastball was working and I just tried to keep coming in."

"It was a good game and a great showing for us," said Mount Sinai head coach Allison Maire. "Michelle kept on going even after she was hit by those two balls. I was very happy with this game. This one means a lot."

McGivney was also solid on the mound. The sophomore sensation, who had lost just once before in 2010, fell victim to fate. Mount Sinai got all the runs they would need in the top of the third. With one out Danielle Spears blooped a single into right field. Kelsey Lubin followed with a hard single to left and Jordan Fiore kept things going with a hard smash past the third base bag to load the bases. McGivney then walked home the go ahead run giving the Mustangs a 1-0 lead.

A grounder to short was gobbled up by Rene Marchewka but she missed the tag on the runner moving from second to third, which plated another Mount Sinai run. After McGivney fanned Lindsay Putkowski for the second out Danielle Parente grounded into a fielder's choice ending with an unusual 3-6-1-2-5 run down. But in the process the Mustangs pushed another run across the plate to take a 3-0 lead.

The Royals had little luck getting their offense going. In the fourth they put two runners on base with a double to right-center by Molly Gibson and a walk to Morgan Sakovich, but they couldn't do anything else as Piergiorgi got Courtney Fee to pop out and Jacqueline Lennon to ground out to second.

In the fifth the Royals threatened again as McGivney smashed a single off Piergiorgi's leg and Chelsea Tamuk drew a walk. But Gibson's bullet liner ended the inning.

"We played decent but we made some errors," said Gibson, who was magnificent in the field and collected one hit in three at bats. "But it's things that we can fix."

The Mustangs reached McGivney for two more runs in the top of the seventh. A bunt single, a single to left and two stolen bases put runners on second and third with no outs. Fiore followed with a sacrifice fly to centerfield. After McGivney got Sarah Shine to fly out to center, Gianna Gulli grounded a single up the middle scoring the Mustangs fifth run.

The Royals finally plated a run in their half of the seventh. The inning was led off with Lennon being hit by a pitch. Danielle Grier then grounded out to second moving the runner to second. After Anastasia Lennon flew out to left, McGivney grounded a single up the middle putting runners at first and third. Piergiorgi then blew the shutout by throwing a wild pitch that plated the Royals first and only run. But Piergiorgi regrouped and got Tamuk to ground out to second.

"We had some baserunning errors that cost us one maybe two runs," said Port Jefferson head coach Deb Brown. "We needed a wakeup call to bring up our game."
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