Softball today!
1. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 75. South wind between 3 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A chance of showers, mainly after 11pm. Patchy dense fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. South wind between 4 and 7 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. 2.There will be Morning Melodies with Jordan Jackson today at the Mansfield Public Library. The Council on Aging will host children from Jordan Jackson School Chorus for the final Morning Melodies of the year at 10 a.m. Mansfield seniors are invited to attend this enjoyable program showcasing the young …
Three-run sixth breaks the game open.
Mansfield righthander Trish Hansen scattered four hits and struck out 8 as the Hornets varsity softball team defeated host Sharon, 8-0, at the Ames Street Fields today. Mansfield (8-3) scored two runs in the second inning and single runs in the fourth and fifth innings before breaking the game open with a three-run sixth. The Hornets led 7-0 after six. Colleen Larose led Mansfield with two singles, a triple and 2 RBI. Kelly English added two singles, a walk and 2 RBI. Caroline Digiralamo had two singles for Sharon (2-9).
Mansfield and Foxborough face off.
The Black Knights fell 12-0 to Mansfield on Wednesday, but are still 4-3 on the season. Check out photos from the game and a video interview with the team’s four captains in the media gallery of this article.
Mansfield pitcher Trish Hansen silenced Stoughton Wednesday afternoon at Stoughton field. Hansen struck out eight of the first ten batters she faced, including seven in a row at one point, holding Stoughton to three hits in a 12-0 victory for the Hornets. Stoughton falls to 4-3, as a result, while Mansfield improves to 3-3. “We faced a tough team. Hansen does a great job. She has good speed, she can mix her pitches—she kept us off balance all day,” Stoughton coach Janet Sullivan said. Mansfield coach Jinneane Sperrazza said her team had 12 hits, but left 12 runners on base in a 6-3 loss at Taunton on Tuesday. She said her team did a better job of “stringing the hits together” against Stoughton. “We really kind of hammered home making the …
