Flyers cruise to 11-1 victory in Game 2

Game 2 was all Flyers, as they jumped on starter Karen Heimgartner for five runs in the first inning and held on for an easy 11-1 victory.

Former Challengers player Nancy Plamondon opened the score on a wild pitch, while Melanie Wanner followed with a two-run single and Patricia Grabowicz added a RBI-single, before the Flyers made it 5-0 on the first error of the day by the C’s defense.

After the Flyers extended their lead to 6-0, the C’s scored their only run of the game in the bottom of the second frame. Simona Cellar led off with her fifth double of the season and was batted forward by Sandrine Montandon’s single, before crossing the plate on a passed ball to make it 1-6.

The Flyers opened the third frame with four consecutive hits to end the day for Heimgartner. Macy Morgan took over, but the Flyers already put things out of reach with a 10-1 lead.

Simona Cellar and Sandrine Montandon delivered two hits each, while Macy Morgan allowed two runs and five hits in three innings of relief for the C’s. Patricia Grabowicz went a game high 3-for-3 with three RBI’s and scored a run, while five different Flyers starters had two hits in a 16-hit attack.

Game notes
The Flyers extended their winning streak against the Challengers to 10 games, the highest in the history between the two teams. The last win for the C's dates back to May 29, 2011, as the C's posted a 5-1 victory. ...Cellar kept her 11-game hitting streak alive, as she hit a double leading off the second inning. It was also her sixth game in-a-row with at least two hits. Cellar and Bobbie-Jean Taylor are now tied for third place on the all-time list for doubles with 19. ...Montandon had two hits off of Jennifer Merrill. It was her first multi-hit game of the 2013 season. Montandon appeared in eight games and is batting .278 so far.