SALISBURY, Md. -- The Greylock Thunder 14-year-old softball team Saturday went 2-1 at the United States Specialty Soprts Association's East National Championship.
The Thunder won twice in the winners' bracket of their division before falling to the Albany, N.Y.,-area Electric City Bombers, 3-2, on a walk-off single.
In its first action on Friday, the Thunder edged the New Jersey Sparks, 5-4, behind a complete-game, eight-strikeout performance in the circle by Madi Puppolo.
Rylie Bishop went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBIs, and Puppolo and Rylyn Witek each went 2-for-4.
With the score tied, 4-4, after seven innings, the Thunder started the bottom of the eighth with a runner on second. She moved up on Witek's single and scored on a passed ball to end the game.
The Thunder then knocked off the New Jersey Heat, 4-1.
Puppolo doubled, and Jordyn Codding drove in a pair of runs in a four-run third inning. Ashley Bird struck out three and allowed just two hits in six innings of work in the circle.
Against Electric City, Puppolo struck out three, walked three and allowed just two earned runs. Bishop went 3-for-3 with a double for the Thunder.
But Electric City scored three times in the bottom of the seventh to come from behind and send Greylock into the losers' bracket.
The Thunder plays Saturday morning at 9:10 against the winner of Saturday's early game between the Saucon Valley Storm and the Connecticut Mirage.
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