OREFIELD — “I wanted to be up in that spot,” Northern Lehigh’s Annalisa Douglas said. “I wanted to keep the season going for our seniors.”

That is exactly what Douglas did with a two-out base hit over the left fielder’s head that drove home the winning run in the Bulldogs’ 7-6 triumph over Salisbury in a District 11 Class 3A semifinal game Friday at Parkland High School.

With two outs and nobody on base in the bottom of the seventh of a tie game, Fiona Jones slashed a double into the left center-field gap to set the stage for the walk-off hit by Douglas — who got the pitch she wanted.

“I didn’t want anything inside,” she said, “and the pitch I hit was down the middle.”

The rally overshadowed a rough start for a Northern Lehigh defense that committed five errors in the first two innings, which prompted head coach Dan Caruso to change his strategy very early in the game.

“We usually play better defense, but when the errors come, they seem to come quickly in numbers,” he said. “So, we decided to go to plan B. We moved Tegan Simms, our starting pitcher who was throwing well, to shortstop. We put Annalisa in right field and pitched Addie Smith.”

The strategy worked.

The defense played much better for the rest of the game and Smith threw 5 2/3 innings allowing two runs on four hits. She walked one and struck out two.

The Falcons opened the scoring in the first with the help of three Bulldog errors.

With one run already in, Jenna Swoyer singled home Gianna Olds.

But in the home half, Northern Lehigh tied the score. With one out, Kylee Snyder and Savannah Kast were both hit by pitches. A wild pitch moved the runners up. With two outs, two runs scored on a fielding error and a throwing error on the same infield ground ball.

The Falcons grabbed the lead back with two runs in the second.

Brinlee Neitz singled to center and Sydney Foulke reached on an error. Alaina Pavolko walked on four pitches. Neitz and Foulke scored on a ground out and an error.

The Bulldogs fell behind by three runs at 5-2 in the visitor’s fourth. With two outs, Sophia Gunning tripled to center and was driven home on a base hit by Olds.

In their turn at bat in the same inning, the Bulldogs sliced the deficit to one run. Smith walked on four pitches, Douglas singled to left, and Aubrey Reinhard lifted a fly ball two-run double to left.

The Falcons added a sixth run in the fifth after they loaded the bases on a walk to Swoyer and hits by Neitz and Foulke. A throwing error scored Swoyer.

Down 6-4, Northern Lehigh rallied to tie the game in bottom of the sixth against Tess Kemmerer, who had replaced Swoyer in the fifth.

Douglas scooted a bunt past the pitcher’s circle. Reinhard bunted her to second and Emily Gad reached on a fielder’s choice force out.

With runners on second and third, Douglas scored on a passed ball and another bunt, this one by Snyder, scored Gad.

“We like to play small ball,” said Caruso, noting how two bunts were instrumental in his team tying the game.

Smith retired six consecutive Salisbury batters in the sixth and seventh innings to set the stage for Douglas’ last inning heroics.

“To make six errors and win the game isn’t how it usually works,” said Caruso, “but we’ll take it and now we’re excited to be in the championship game.”

AN EARLY UGLY ... Both teams combined to make seven errors in the first inning and a third of the game.

DÉJÀ VU ... The win was Northern Lehigh’s second walk-off over Salisbury, having beaten the Falcons 5-4 on March 30.

UP NEXT ... The Bulldogs will play top-seeded Pine Grove next Wednesday in the championship game at a time and site to be determined. The 22-2 Cardinals defeated Palisades, 13-3, to reach the finals.

Salisbury 220 110 0 - 6 7 2

No. Lehigh 200 202 1 - 7 9 6

Swoyer, Kemmerer (5) and Neitz; Simms, Smith (2) and Gad. W - Smith. L - Kemmerer.

Records: Salisbury (11-11); Northern Lehigh (14-9).