Ferri fans 15 as C-H advances
ERIE – Winning pitcher Meadow Ferri struck out 15 and the top four hitters in the Chartiers-Houston lineup had big games as the Bucs rolled to a 13-3 win over Cambridge Springs in the first round of the PIAA Class A softball playoffs Monday at Penn State Behrend.
Chartiers-Houston (15-6) moves on to the quarterfinals Thursday against District 6 champion Claysburg-Kimmel (21-3), which slipped past Frazier 8-6 in the opening round.
Ferri was in control throughout but Chartiers-Houston didn’t pull away until scoring eight runs in the top of the seventh inning.
Ella Richey, Lauren Rush, Ferri and Seanna Riggle, the Nos. 1 through 4 hitters in the Bucs’ batting order, combined for nine hits, nine runs and eight RBI.
Richey was 2-for-3 with four runs, three RBI and a home run. Rush was 3-for-5 with a double and triple. Ferri had two hits, including a triple. Riggle also had two hits, including a double.
The Bucs also stole five bases.
Ferri gave up seven hits and walked six, but worked out of several jams, getting strikeouts to end threats by Cambridge Springs (14-5), the District 10 champion.