GLOUCESTER — The Peabody softball team got a solid pitching performance from Abby Bettencourt and came through with some timely hitting to earn a 4-0 win over Northeastern Conference foe Gloucester on the road at Gloucester High School Friday afternoon.
Bettencourt, a freshman, shined in her Tanners debut on the mound. She tossed a complete-game shutout, allowing just three hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.
On the offensive side of things, Isabel Bettencourt went 1-for-3 with a RBI triple and Abby Bettencourt added a RBI on a sacrifice fly. Kiley Doolin went 2-for-3 in the win, while Avery Greico went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and two runs scored. Emma Bloom went 1-for-4.
The Tanners didn’t waste any time getting on the board, putting a runner on base in the top of the first before Isabel Bettencourt smashed a RBI triple with two outs to make it 1-0.
After cruising through the first two innings on the mound, Abby Bettencourt helped her own cause in the top of the third when she knocked in Greico with a RBI sacrifice fly to make it 2-0 Tanners.
Peabody was able to add two more runs in the fifth inning thanks to some solid baserunning, and Abby Bettencourt took over on the mound from there to earn the Tanners their first win of the year.
Peabody (1-0) is right back in action Saturday afternoon (2) for its home opener against Danvers.