Boyd softball falls at home
Thursday afternoon the Lady Broncos tried to mount a late rally, but came up four runs short falling to Gordonsville 6-2 at home in district softball action.
The Lady Tigers got on the board in the first inning, with three runs on four hits. Boyd picked up one hit in the inning, but couldn’t get a run across.
Boyd’s pitcher, Amber Hodge, held Gordonsville hitless in the second. The Lady Broncos put one on base from a hit by Holly Ferrell, but again left the runner stranded.
Gordonsville picked up two more runs in the third from two hits, taking a 5-0 lead. In the bottom of the fourth Boyd’s leadoff batter, Mary Reynolds, drove the ball to center field for a base hit. Reynolds then stole second and Boyd put another runner on from a walk with two outs, but once again failed to score the runners.
Boyd put their bats to work in the bottom of the sixth, when with two outs Amber Hodge hit a single over second base. Ferrell then stepped to the plate and drove a double to left center to give the Broncos runners on second and third.
Dara Webb then drove a hard-hit ball to second which was too hot for the fielder to handle and let Hodge and Ferrell score, cutting the Gordonsville lead to 5-2.
With two out in the seventh the Lady Tigers got back-to-back hits to add what would prove to be the game’s final run. Boyd’s Abbye Barnes belted a stand-up triple to right with two out in the bottom of the frame, and the Lady Broncos put runners at the corners with a walk, but Gordonsville struck out the next batter for the final out of the game.
Boyd picked up seven hits, with Hodge striking out seven and going 2-for-3 at the plate. Ferrell, Scarlette Hodge and Webb went 1-for-3, and Reynolds and Barnes were each 1-for-4.
Boyd faces Watertown on the road Monday at 4 p.m.