SWAMPSCOTT – When a team showcases a pitcher like Swampscott’s Kirsten Vinal, one inning’s worth of offense is often enough run support for a victory.Vinal stifled Saugus’ lineup and held the team to one hit in the opening five innings before returning with two outs in the seventh and the tying run on first. The junior induced a groundout, and the Big Blue won, 4-2, at home.”She was outstanding,” said Swampscott (2-3) coach Anna Addonizio of her pitcher. “She’s getting stronger as the season goes on. She’s a lot stronger. There was more pop and movement to her pitches today. Something that I noticed wasn’t there earlier in the season.”After Vinal set the side down in order in the first, Sachem Megan Joyce ripped a double off the leftfield fence to begin the second before moving to third on an infield out. Two batters later, Joyce was stranded, and the inning was over. It was the beginning of a string of 12 consecutive outs for Vinal.”She’s definitely a good pitcher,” said Saugus (1-5) coach Bobbie Finocchio. “She didn’t throw many balls at all, and we had way too many one-two-three innings. She was forcing us to swing and put the ball in play.”Vinal pitched five-and-a-third innings and allowed one hit and no runs while striking out eight and walking none.While the Sachems couldn’t make the most of their runner in scoring position, the Big Blue were more opportunistic and all the runs their pitcher needed crossed the plate in the second inning.Monica Mosho singled to left to begin the inning and advanced to second after Ally Stephens was hit by a pitch while squaring to bunt. Mosho and Stevens moved up a bag when Vinal’s sacrifice bunt attempt morphed into an infield single creating a bases loaded situation with no outs. Nicole See delivered an RBI opposite field single, and Swampscott led 1-0.A double play left the Big Blue with runners on first and second with two outs, and the rally appeared thwarted until Alex Wilson’s RBI double. Marissa Gambale stepped up to the plate next and controversy ensued.Gambale hit a hard grounder to shortstop Lauren Garchinsky who fielded the ball cleanly and rifled it to first. The throw appeared to beat Gambale to the bag, and as the Saugus first baseman rolled the ball back to the pitcher’s mound as is customary after the final out of an inning and her teammates began to exit the field, the infield umpire called Gambale safe. See scored, followed by Wilson, and Gambale scampered to second as the Sachems realized their assumption was incorrect and retrieved the ball.”She was obviously out,” Finocchio said. “The throw beat her, and the umpire began to call her out before he yelled safe. It’s too bad because they would have only scored two runs, and the inning would have been over.”The extra two runs proved costly for Saugus as the visitors scored a pair in the seventh on Allie Cooper’s opposite field single that chased home Garchinsky and Ashlee DiChiara.Addonizio utilized a rule that allows a pitcher to reenter the game, Vidal returned, and the game was over.Sophomore Nicole Lowe was the Sachems’ starter and pitched well despite the loss. Lowe gave up seven hits, no walks and struck out four in a “fantastic” performance according to Finocchio.