NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Sarah Sweet went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI and pitched Whitman’s Crystal Clean to a 7-4 win Monday to even its best-of-three championship series in the Pat Torchia Softball League.

 

Whitman’s will take on Pizza House on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at DiSanti Field to decide the title. Last Thursday, Pizza House opened the championship series with a 10-4 win.

 

On Monday, Pizza House again started strong, scoring three runs in the bottom of the first to go ahead, 3-0.

 

Robin Finnegan hit an RBI double, Katie Hancock drove in a run with a single to left, and Becky Duquette drew a bases-loaded walk to give their team the early lead.

 

Whitman’s got its offense on track in the third.

 

Taylor King led off with a single to left to start a five-hit, five run rally. Melissa Girard, Sweet, Crystal Poulen, Kristin (Paryzch) Hildabrand and Kate Galli each singled before it was over. Galli’s two-out single to second scored Hildabrand to make it 5-3.

 

Whitman’s picked up some insurance runs in the fourth thanks to a double by King, who moved Kristen King to third. With two players in scoring position, Amy Belawender’s RBI groundout brought one home, and an error on the same play made it 7-3.

 

Pizza House rallied for a run in the fifth on an RBI single by April Varelli, but Sweet stranded two to keep it a three-run game.

 

She then left one in the sixth and retired the side in order in the bottom of the seventh to close it out.

 

More photos of this game here.