Decatur beats Damascus in 2A Semifinals to advance to championship game

GLEN BURNIE, Md.- Decatur beat Damascus in bottom of 9th inning of the 2A Semi-Finals, 4-3 Tuesday afternoon in Glen Burnie.

Decatur would find themselves trailing going into the fifth inning when Madison McGinnis bunted Ava Snelsire home to tie the game.

With the Hornets able to score again, Emily Blume hit a home-run in the seventh inning to tie the game again.

Going into the eighth inning Damascus would score again, but a Lily Rados RBI brought Riley Hertzog home tying the game once again.

The Seahawks were able to stop the Hornets from scoring. Julianna Woodall laid down a bunt to score Blume, taking Decatur softball to their first State Championship game.

“This team just has the fight in them, recalled Head Coach Scott Kurtz. “It’s a different season, a different team for them. When Emily Bloom hit the home run you could just sense the energy shift in the game. The girls knew they were right back in it. We’ve definitely played some games in the past where it came down to these types of moments. We played Crofton two years in a row thatcame down to the same situation for regional championships. It was just like we know what we do. We move our runners, we get creative”.

The Seahawks will play in the Championship game Fri. May 23 at 5:30 pm at the University of Maryland Softball Field.