Blue Rolls to 8-0 Win in Game One of Orange & Blue

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Sophomore Aly Rayle (Herndon, Va.) and graduate transfer Riley Wilkinson (Fairfax Station, Va.) combined for a four-hit shutout effort in the circle as Team Blue claimed an 8-0 victory in game one of Virginia softball’s Orange and Blue Series.
 
Bailey Winscott (Clinton, Miss.), Arizona Ritchie (Stafford, Va.) and Ashley Jennings (Forest, Va.) all had a pair of RBI to lead the Blue squad. Winscott finished 3-for-4 with a double and a triple at the top of the order.
 
KEY INNING
Blue batted around and put up five runs in the sixth inning to break the game open. Jennings led off with a single and later scored on Winscott’s infield single to short. Ritchie followed with a two-run gapper to left center before Jennings also delivered a two-run double to put Blue up 8-0.
 
TOUCHING HOME
• Junior Savana Avilla (Phoenix, Ariz.) delivered the game’s first run with a two-out, RBI-single to left field in the second inning. Junior Molly Keshin (New Canaan, Conn.) scored on the play after legging out an infield single.
• A wild pitch scored one and Winscott lifted a sac fly to extend Blue’s lead to 3-0.
• Blue’s five-run sixth produced the final margin of 8-0.
 
IN THE CIRCLE
• Rayle started for Blue and tossed three scoreless innings, scattering two hits.
• Wilkinson worked four innings in relief to earn the win for Blue, allowing two hits while fanning four.
• Freshman Mackenzie Wooten (Windsor, Va.) took the loss for the Orange team, allowing a single run in four innings of work.
 
SINGLES
• Jennings finished 3-for-5 at the dish to join Winscott in having three-hit days.
• Avilla and Rayle each had two-hit games and scored a run.
• Freshman Katie Goldberg finished 1-for-3 at the top of the Orange lineup.
• Sophomores Abigail Barger (Providence Forge, Va.), Emma McBride (Magnolia, Texas) and freshman Mikaila Fox (Ocean Springs, Miss.) had base knocks for Orange.
 
GAME TWO
The series continues on Thursday (Nov. 7) with a 3:15 p.m. first pitch at The Park.