Lebanon tops WCHS softball
Lebanon came out swinging Wednesday afternoon on its way to a 7-3 win over the Lady Pioneer softball team at WCHS.
The Lady Blue Devils got things going in the first inning, as they scored two runs off of two hits and an error. Warren County had their first two batters go down on strikes as Brittany Patterson reached on a single but was left stranded.
Pioneer pitcher Erica Warren kept the Lebanon batters off balance and recorded three ground outs to shut down the side. Warren County went down in order in the bottom of the second.
In the third, three straight errors by Warren County produced two more runs for the Lady Blue Devils before the Lady Pioneers got out of the inning. The Lady Pioneer Seniors bowed their backs in the bottom of the third, when they put four hits together to score three runs. Crystal Jones, Tracy Medlen and Lacey Griffith singled to load the bases with one out. Patterson took a fast ball inside and drove it to left field for a double to clear the bases. Patterson was out at third trying for a triple but the Lady Pioneers and cut the lead to 4-3.
Lebanon went down in order in the fourth. Warren County had runners in scoring position in their half of the inning. Cassie McGinness walked, Jasmine Ware was called out when a bunt attempt hit her for the first out. Sara Tanner singled to put runners on first and second. Candace Stubblefield moved the runners over but they were left stranded.
A walk and a error scored one run for Lebanon in the fifth to give them a 5-3 lead. Warren County went down in order in the fifth.
Lebanon put the game on ice in the sixth with a single, a double and two errors scored two runs to make it a 7-3 game. In the bottom of the sixth Warren County went down 1-2-3 and in the bottom of the seventh Jones tried to keep Warren County alive with a single but Lebanon recorded the next two outs to take the win.