Lady Cavs clip Warren County
The Lady Pioneer softball team played its third home game of the year Tuesday against Cookeville, falling in a tight contest 2-0.
Cookeville provided what proved to be the game’s only runs in the first inning CHS got its leadoff batter on base with a dropped fly ball, and then produced back-to-back hits to score the only two runs the Lady Cavaliars would need.
The Lady Pioneers tried to answer in the second, when Tara Wood led off with a hit to left, but she was left stranded on base.
Both teams struggled from the plate, and Cookeville threatened to add to its lead in the fourth but the Pioneer defense got out of the inning without any damage.
For the Lady Pioneers, pitcher Erica Warren had four strikeouts, while the defense had four errors on the day. WCHS picked up only three hits and gave up six hits to Cookeville. Cookeville had six strikeouts, committed no errors and gave up three walks.
For the Pioneers Brittany Patterson was 1-for-3 and Woods went 2-for-3 on the day.
“We had one of those days when we just couldn’t hit,” said coach David Upton, whose team fell to 7-16 overall and 3-5 in district play. “We faced a good pitcher and she threw a lot of change-ups, and we never did adjust.
“The girls played good defense, and for the most part we shut them down. But the first inning error hurt and we just never could get anything going with the bats.”
WCHS hosted Oakland Thursday, and travels to Cookeville for a tournament this weekend.