Walker’s wins 5-6 tourney: Team captures title by topping Rent-A-Center
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Eight of the league’s nine teams participated in the tourney, which marked the only time this season the league — which focuses on instruction over competition — kept score in its contests.
Rent-A-Center jumped out to an early lead in Saturday afternoon’s championship, which marked the third game of the day for both teams. Breanna Owens, Ty Ramirez, Imani Drake and Dasha Owens all scored for the visitors, giving them an early 4-0 edge.
Walker’s came back with three runs in the bottom of the frame, however, thanks to hits from Lorren Grissom, Madison Mason, Lindsey Cox, Bailey Walker, Daci Matheny and Mia Grace Cantrell.
Both teams scored three runs in the second, with Victoria England’s two-run single highlighting the top of the inning for Rent-A-Center. Bailey Walker plated two runners with a base hit of her own in the bottom of the frame, which ended with Rent-A-Center holding a slim 7-6 lead.
Ramirez drove home two runs with a single in the fourth, plating Lusk and Owens, then came home herself on a base hit from Drake to put her team up 10-6. But Walker’s batted around in the bottom of the inning, scoring seven runs to take command.
Grissom and Mason singled to start the game’s decisive inning, and a two-run triple from Cox made it a 10-8 game. Livia Walker drove home Cox, and came home on a Matheny hit to tie the game at 10-10. Cantrell put her team ahead by driving in Bailey Walker, and Allison Mingle drove in Matheny to make it a 12-10 lead. Abby Clark singled, and came home on a Katie Phillips hit for the game’s final run.
In first-round action from earlier Saturday morning, Walker’s downed Burch Supply 17-7, while Simple Man Trucking took an 8-1 win over Precision Engineering. Rent-A-Center edged Crouch’s Dozer Service 16-15, and Hills Creek Nursery closed the first round with a 14-7 win over Bobbie Sox.
In the semifinals, Rent-A-Center downed Simple Man Trucking with a 19-13 win, while Walker’s beat Hills Creek 16-6.