{"id":3150,"date":"2009-03-30T18:43:55","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T01:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3150"},"modified":"2009-03-30T18:46:05","modified_gmt":"2009-03-31T01:46:05","slug":"adco-tool-sheds-joe-wuensch-gets-first-varsity-coaching-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3150","title":{"rendered":"Adco Tool Shed&#8217;s Joe Wuensch Gets First Varsity Coaching Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From silive.com (Staten Island Live):<\/strong><br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.silive.com\/08design\/toprail\/images\/logo_silive.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>St. Joseph Hill softball gets coach Joe Wuensch first varsity win<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Daniel O&#8217;Leary<\/em>, March 30, 2009 6:17 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>St. Joseph Hill rallied for five runs in the fourth inning and three more in the fifth to take down St. Peter&#8217;s 11-1 in a mercy-rule shortened contest in South Beach on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first varsity win for new Hilltoppers coach Joe Wuensch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought we played pretty solid,&#8221; said the coach, who has over 15 years of experience on the men&#8217;s fast-pitch softball circuit. &#8220;Our defense made plays when we had to, our pitcher threw well and our batters put the ball in play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Leadoff batter Samantha Simonetti, Victoria Procopio and Katie Scarangello each went 2 for 3 in the game. Simonetti also had two stolen bases while Scarangello had the game&#8217;s only extra-base hit, scorching a double to the right-centerfield gap to kick off thegame-clinching rally.<\/p>\n<p>Hill starter Maggie Sarlo fanned seven, but battled six walks, three of which came in the fourth inning when the Eagles scored their only run, a bases-loaded walk issued to Ashley Motrechuk.<\/p>\n<p>Hill held an 8-1 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth, when Taylor Winkler scored on a wild picth and Angelica Virga and Catherine Scavelli followed with RBI singles to end it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re really trying to focus on pitching and defense. That&#8217;s what wins ball games,&#8221; said Wuensch. &#8220;But I really just want the girls to play hard and leave it all on the field. That&#8217;s all I can ask.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From silive.com (Staten Island Live): St. Joseph Hill softball gets coach Joe Wuensch first varsity win Daniel O&#8217;Leary, March 30, 2009 6:17 p.m. St. Joseph Hill rallied for five runs in the fourth inning and three more in the fifth to take down St. Peter&#8217;s 11-1 in a mercy-rule shortened contest in South Beach on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}