Lady Pioneers lose district matchup
As the District 7-AAA softball schedule heats up, the Lady Pioneers went looking for their second district win Thursday night at Lebanon.
After falling behind in the first inning Warren County battled its way back, but it wasn’t to be as the Lady Blue Devils edged the Lady Pioneers 5-3.
Cassie McGinness picked up a two-out hit in the top of the first for Warren County. but was left stranded after Penny Wanamaker struck out to end the inning. The Lady Blue Devils had things going their way to start the game as a hit, walk and a two-run error by Warren County gave Lebanon a 2-0 lead before Erica Warren picked up the “K” to get out of the inning.
In the top of the third Shellie Hayes led things off with a triple to right-center and Alex Mullican hit into a fielders choice to score Hayes. McGinness singled but the next Warren County batter went down swinging to end the inning. But the Lady Pioneers pulled within two and 3-1.
In the top of the sixth the Lady Pioneers scored their second run of the game when Wanamaker doubled and went to second on an error. With two outs Candace Stubblefield singled up the middle to score Wanamaker for a 5-2 game, but the inning ended as the next batter struck out.
In the seventh Warren County got things off to a good start after Mullican reached second on an error. MaCall Cooper reached on an infield hit to score Mullican. The Lady Pioneers tried to rally with one out but two ground balls ended the game.
Warren County picked up seven hits and committed four errors. Warren gave up five hits, walked one and fanned four.