WCMS softball comes up short
The Warren County Middle School softball team traveled to Cookeville Tuesday to take on Avery Trace. After seven innings of play the Lady Pioneers came up one run short, falling 2-1.
Both teams had trouble at the plate. WCMS sent four batters to the plate in the first and Avery Trace went down in order. The Lady Pioneers went down in the second and Avery Trace followed suit going down 1-2-3.
In the top of the third WCMS went down swinging. Avery Trace sent five players to the plate and scored two. Two walks and a base hit gave Avery Trace a 2-0 at the end of the third.
The Lady Pioneers defense played solid in the fourth and fifth, allowing only one runner to reach base from a walk. Warren County got on the scoreboard in the top of the sixth after Kayley Murray walked and a double by Kayla Hubbard scored Murray.
Avery Trace went down in the sixth. The Lady Pioneers sent six runners to the plate in the top of the seventh but failed to score. The Lady Pioneers had a big defensive play in the bottom of the seventh when Avery Trace had runners on second and third with no outs. A fly ball to the outfield for the first out, Harvey tagged second for the second out and the runner at third tried to go home but out at the plate. The game was called due to time giving Avery Trace the narrow win.
“Pitching was solid tonight, we made a few mistakes in the field early but settled down and played the last four innings solid,” said coach Franklin Fisher. “We have to start hitting and the girls are working very hard on that.
“We have a good defense and the triple-play at the end of the game was a good note to end on.”