Rams roll to easy win over Everett in softball

LYNN – The Lynn Classical softball team played with brutal efficiency on Monday at Grace Rogato Field.The Rams did all the little things to near perfection against Everett as they scored in all but one inning en route to a 12-0 win that was stopped in the bottom of the fifth.Click here for a photo gallery.”We played a very good game (Monday),” Classical coach Chris Warren said. “They did all the little things so well.”Classical (2-0) only got five hits in the game but used heads-up baserunning to take advantage of seven errors from the Crimson Tide. Those runs were more than enough for Katie Cuozzo, who held Everett to a scant three hits over her five innings of work.”Katie pitched great in her debut,” Warren said. “It was an outstanding start for her.”The Rams didn’t waste much time in getting started against Everett hurler Stephanie Chaves as they took advantage of a pair of errors in the bottom of the first.Leadoff batter Danielle Moran (1-3, 4 RS) and Hannah Byrne each reached on errors before first baseman Jenny Garrity (2-2, RS, 2 RBI) drove both home with a double up the gap in left-center with two down.Neither team scored in the second before the Rams blew the game wide open in the third.Moran again was the table-setter as she drew a leadoff walk. Fallon Gaudet reached on a throwing error before Byrne’s groundout scored Moran from third.Chelsey Bartlett followed with a sharp single that brought Gaudet home for a 4-0 lead. Garrity followed with a walk and Mackenzie Coppinger singled home pinch-runner Thaliana Cuevas to make it 5-0, Rams.Garrity would cross on a passed ball and Coppinger came home on an errant throw to Chaves covering at the plate to stake Classical to a 7-0 lead through three.”We ran the bases very well (Monday),” Warren said. “They took the extra base when they had the chance and got some big hits.”Classical added another run in the fourth when Moran reached for the third time in three trips and scored on Byrne’s sacrifice fly to short right.The Rams then put an end to things in the fifth as Cuozzo and Angela Erelli drew one-out walks. Moran reached on an infield single to load the bases with Cuozzo scoring when the Crimson Tide defense got caught standing still.Erelli came home when Gaudet reached on an error and Byrne’s 2-run single scored Moran and Gaudet to provide the final runs.”We obviously know what’s ahead with our schedule and Peabody on Thursday but we have to worry about Somerville (today) before that,” Warren said.