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Canton High Softball Gives Up 5 Seventh Inning Runs in Loss to Stoughton

The score was tied, 5-5, heading into the seventh inning.

The Canton High varsity softball team lost to Stoughton, 10-5, at home Friday afternoon.

With the game tied, 5-5, heading into the seventh inning, Canton pitcher Sarah Reissfelder gave up five runs before an out was recorded in the final frame.

“Before the game the big thing for us, our goal was to play seven [innings]. We’ve been playing an awesome four or five innings," said Canton head coach Ed Amico. "But they’re a good team and that seventh inning we gave up five runs. It’s always one inning every game.”

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The Black Knights had a 4-0 lead through three innings when Canton scored four runs to tie the game in the bottom of the 4th.

“We helped them out by giving them three errors that inning,” Stoughton head coach Janet Sullivan said. “Defensive battle. We broke it out. Had a pretty comfortable lead and then you can’t count Canton out. They came right back. Give them a lot of credit."

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The Bulldogs took the lead at the bottom of the 5th when Brittany Ferzoco launched a triple to left field scoring a runner from first.

“We got a lot of hits. We’ve had some trouble getting our bats on the ball and getting hits, so they got a lot of hits,” Amico said.

In the top of the 6th, Stoughton was able to tie the game, 5-5, scoring on a wild pitch from Reissfelder.

“I give my kids credit for hanging in, they gave up the lead but they didn’t get down and they battled,” Sullivan said.

From there the Black Knights wouldn't look back scoring five runs in the top of seventh inning. Pitcher Emily Cramer came in to close the game out in the bottom of the seventh in a complete game effort.

Canton is now 1-10 on the season. Stoughton sits at 3-5.

“They’re not giving up," Amico said. "They’re working hard every day and they’re playing hard, so the wins are going to come.”

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Supporting Project Purple: Canton players were dressed in purple on Friday to support Chris Herron's Project Purple, a foundation created by the former basketball star to stand up against substance abuse. 


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