CLARK, NJ- The Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders varsity softball team takes to the road to play at Governor Livingston HS on Tuesday, May 1 at 4:00 p.m.
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Johnson-Governor Livingston is just about an hour and 15 minutes away from the start of gametime.
Checking in from Governor Livingston High School, on site for the game.
Our starters for today are Nicole Cassano (ALJ) and Julian Lopes (GL).
Jen Tinger steps up to the plate and we are officially underway.
Nicole Cassano triples to left field to get on with two outs.
Victoria Zatko singles to center field to score Cassano to give Johnson the 1-0 lead.
Lauren Donah sends one to center field for a double to score Zatko to give Johnson a 2-0 lead.
Julian Lopes gets the final out and Governor Livingston is coming to bat.
Jamie Belfer singles to center field to lead off the inning.
Double for Julia McConekey and there are runners at second and third with no outs.
Governor Livingston gets one run on a groundout from Evan Pallitta. Johnson leads Governor Livingston 2-1 after one inning.
Bailey Rosenmeier works a walk with one out.
Lopes works around a one-out walk to get out of the inning as we go to the bottom of the second inning.
Cassano gets two straight strikeouts to end the inning. Johnson and Governor Livingston 2-1 after two innings.
Mackenzie Purcell doubles to lead off the inning.
Purcell advances to third and scores on a groundout from Cassano to give Johnson a 3-1 lead.
Lopes gets the final outs to get out of the inning as we go to the bottom of the third inning.
Julia McConekey works a walk with one out.
Cassano works through two walks to get out of the inning. Johnson leads Governor Livingston 3-1 after three innings.
Megan Tinger gets hit by a pitch to lead off the inning.
Johnson adds three more runs in the inning. RBI triple for Hannah Brogan, she scores on a Bailey Rosenmeier groundout and a run comes in on an error to give Johnson a 6-1 lead as we go to the bottom of the fourth inning.
Cassano works a 1-2-3 bottom of the fourth inning. Johnson leads Governor Livingston 6-1 through four innings.
Lauren Donah leads off the inning with a single.
Singles for Megan Tinger and Hannah Brogan and the bases are now loaded with one out.
Sydney Tropeano with an RBI single to give Johnson a 7-1 lead as we go to the bottom of the fifth inning.
Cassano works around a two-out single to get out of the inning. Johnson leads Governor Livingston 7-1 through five innings.
Mackenzie Purcell leads off the inning with a single.
Lopes works to get out of the inning as we go to the bottom of the sixth inning.
Pinch-hitter Erica Kulback works a walk to lead off the inning.
Aislinn O’Keefe singles to center field and there are runners at first and second with no outs.
Jen Murowski laces a two-out RBI single, but Cassano limits the damage to get out of trouble. Johnson leads Governor Livingston 7-2 after six innings.
Megan Tinger leads off the inning with a single to center field.
Hannah Brogan goes boom. Two-run home run to deep left field to extend the lead. Johnson now leads 9-2.
We head to the bottom of the seventh inning.
Jamie Belfer with a triple to lead off the inning.
A walk to Julia McComekey and there are runners at the corners with no outs.
RBI single for Erica Kulback makes it 9-3 with one out in the inning.
Two more runs score and it’s 9-5 Johnson with two outs.
Final: Johnson defeats Governor Livingston 9-5.