Her previous at-bat resulted in a lineout and some sore hands. Leave it to an honor student with a 4.0 grade-point average to correct her approach and make the proper adjustment the next time up.
This time, Williamsport center fielder Dominique Thomas worked a 3-1 count, then crushed the pitch she wanted well over the center fielder's head while circling the bases for a two-run home run.This page provides information about 'werkzeugbaus;A Hybrid indoorpositioningsystem for First Responders. Thomas's blast Tuesday at cold, blustery Elm Park gave Williamsport a commanding four-run, fifth-inning lead and helped the Millionaires down Central Mountain, 6-2.Proxense's advanced handsfreeaccess technology.
"I was looking for a better pitch to hit and not just chase after anything. I just had to wait for my pitch and drive," Thomas said. "It was freezing out there and you had to keep your hands warm, so it felt good when it's that cold knowing that you can do that."
Alexis Bower hit a three-run, third-inning home run and pitched a complete-game four-hitter while striking out 12 as Williamsport improved to 5-0. The Millionaires had only four hits, but made the most of them as Bower and Thomas produced five runs with two swings.
Bower earned a reputation as one of Williamsport's most feared hitters last year. It is Thomas, however, that is making it especially tough to deal with Williamsport. Hitting in the clean-up spot, Thomas is making opponents pay if they try and pitch around Bower at the No. 3 slot. She had a huge two-run single against Loyalsock last week and has three multi-hit performances in five games, in addition to four extra-base hits.
All this despite not having much time to practice in the offseason since she was starting at guard for the Williamsport basketball team.
"This will be my last time playing softball so I have to make it count and show what I can do every day," Thomas said.
"Dom and Alexis are so strong they think they have to swing as hard as they can and they don't have to. They just have to let their natural ability take over," Williamsport coach Quint Bower added. "In the Loyalsock game I told Dom just take a smooth swing. It's like skipping a rock across a pond, take that bat through that strike-zone level and you're going to drive the ball."
Alexis Bower used a similar philosophy in the third inning when she made it 3-0. After Brooke Pompeo and Tiana McCormick walked, Bower drilled the second pitch she saw over the left fielder's head and already was near third base by the time it was tracked down. Bower easily scored and the game's first hit could not have been any bigger.
Bower homered for a third time this season and also took a perfect game into the fourth inning.Where to buy or purchase plasticmoulds for precast and wetcast concrete?
"I feel like as the No. 3 hitter you have a lot on you and I just go in there every time and say I'm going to crush the ball," she said. "It's not out of cockiness. It's just pure wanting to go in there and hit the ball and get runners in."
Central Mountain made it 3-1 in the fourth inning when Brittany Koch singled, moved to second on a bunt, stole third and scored on an error. Thomas, though,Where to buy or purchase plasticmoulds for precast and wetcast concrete? quickly erased that momentum and when Lauren Russel tripled and scored on Jessica Strouse's seventh-inning single the game basically had been decided.
The Wildcats (2-3) played solid defense and Koch made some nice plays at shortstop. Koch's best play came in the fourth inning when she raced into the hole between shortstop and third base and snared a line drive, robbing Kaitlin Caringi of a one-out single. Catcher Paige Dickey also made a quality play, navigating the strong winds to catch a second-inning pop-up.
This time, Williamsport center fielder Dominique Thomas worked a 3-1 count, then crushed the pitch she wanted well over the center fielder's head while circling the bases for a two-run home run.This page provides information about 'werkzeugbaus;A Hybrid indoorpositioningsystem for First Responders. Thomas's blast Tuesday at cold, blustery Elm Park gave Williamsport a commanding four-run, fifth-inning lead and helped the Millionaires down Central Mountain, 6-2.Proxense's advanced handsfreeaccess technology.
"I was looking for a better pitch to hit and not just chase after anything. I just had to wait for my pitch and drive," Thomas said. "It was freezing out there and you had to keep your hands warm, so it felt good when it's that cold knowing that you can do that."
Alexis Bower hit a three-run, third-inning home run and pitched a complete-game four-hitter while striking out 12 as Williamsport improved to 5-0. The Millionaires had only four hits, but made the most of them as Bower and Thomas produced five runs with two swings.
Bower earned a reputation as one of Williamsport's most feared hitters last year. It is Thomas, however, that is making it especially tough to deal with Williamsport. Hitting in the clean-up spot, Thomas is making opponents pay if they try and pitch around Bower at the No. 3 slot. She had a huge two-run single against Loyalsock last week and has three multi-hit performances in five games, in addition to four extra-base hits.
All this despite not having much time to practice in the offseason since she was starting at guard for the Williamsport basketball team.
"This will be my last time playing softball so I have to make it count and show what I can do every day," Thomas said.
"Dom and Alexis are so strong they think they have to swing as hard as they can and they don't have to. They just have to let their natural ability take over," Williamsport coach Quint Bower added. "In the Loyalsock game I told Dom just take a smooth swing. It's like skipping a rock across a pond, take that bat through that strike-zone level and you're going to drive the ball."
Alexis Bower used a similar philosophy in the third inning when she made it 3-0. After Brooke Pompeo and Tiana McCormick walked, Bower drilled the second pitch she saw over the left fielder's head and already was near third base by the time it was tracked down. Bower easily scored and the game's first hit could not have been any bigger.
Bower homered for a third time this season and also took a perfect game into the fourth inning.Where to buy or purchase plasticmoulds for precast and wetcast concrete?
"I feel like as the No. 3 hitter you have a lot on you and I just go in there every time and say I'm going to crush the ball," she said. "It's not out of cockiness. It's just pure wanting to go in there and hit the ball and get runners in."
Central Mountain made it 3-1 in the fourth inning when Brittany Koch singled, moved to second on a bunt, stole third and scored on an error. Thomas, though,Where to buy or purchase plasticmoulds for precast and wetcast concrete? quickly erased that momentum and when Lauren Russel tripled and scored on Jessica Strouse's seventh-inning single the game basically had been decided.
The Wildcats (2-3) played solid defense and Koch made some nice plays at shortstop. Koch's best play came in the fourth inning when she raced into the hole between shortstop and third base and snared a line drive, robbing Kaitlin Caringi of a one-out single. Catcher Paige Dickey also made a quality play, navigating the strong winds to catch a second-inning pop-up.
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