Softball: Springfield holds off O’Hara in softball

As the nine-hole hitter for the Springfield softball team, Kaylee Lennon usually walks to the plate with her teammates already on base. Which means it’s the leftfielder’s job to move them or help them across the plate.

In the bottom of the third inning Wednesday, Lennon experienced that familiar feeling as she walked to the batter’s box with Hannah Sweeney on second base. It was a scoreless game and Lennon got the bunt sign from coach Todd Odgers. She knew that laying it down just right was critical to get her team going. So she did her job. Lennon got the bunt down and Sweeney scored the first run of the game on a throwing error as the Cougars went on to subdue a comeback from Cardinal O’Hara in a 5-3 victory.

“There is always pressure when you are up to bat because you want to pull through for your team,” Lennon said. “But I think there was extra pressure to get it started with the bunt.”

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