Softball falls short vs. Oakland, Coffee County
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Friday the Lady Pioneer held a non-district day game against Coffee County, falling 6-1, and on Thursday Warren County dropped a heart-breaker to Oakland 7-5 in District 7-AAA action.
Scoreless through two innings on Friday, the Lady Raiders sent one run across the plate in the top of the third. Hanna Lester singled and Katie Hillis hit into a fielder?s choice. A routine pop fly to second turned into two errors, scoring Hillis for the first run of the game.
Coffee County put three runners on in the top of the fourth with a single, walk and a Warren County error, but the Lady Pioneers got out of trouble keeping the score 0-1.
The Lady Pioneers tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth when Nikki Poe doubled. Mary Kate Fisher went in to run for Poe and swiped third, then scoring on the errant throw.
After the end of regulation the two teams went to the top of the eighth, with the Lady Raiders sending five runs across the plate. Three singles, a double and one error secured the victory for Coffee County.
For the Lady Pioneers, Poe and Kayley Murray had two hits each. Katie Rogers and Emily Smith added one hit each.
LeAnne Smith worked all eight innings for Warren County giving up six runs (four earned) on 14 hits, walking two and fanning two, while facing 40 batters. Kasie Meeks faced 29 Lady Pioneers, giving up six hits, while striking out 12.
? Against the Lady Patriots Thursday night, both teams scored in the first inning with the Lady Pioneers holding a 2-1 lead. Rogers doubled with two outs to get things started. Kayla Hubbard reached on an error and singles by Poe and Emily Smith put the Lady Pioneers out in front.
Oakland took a 3-2 lead in the top of the third, but Warren County took it right back in the bottom of the inning.
Rogers walked to lead off the bottom of the third and Hubbard doubled to center, scoring Rogers. Emily Smith stepped to the plate and launched a two-run homer over the center-field fence, making it a 5-3 Warren County lead.
The Lady Pioneers held the lead until the top of the seventh, when Oakland batted around. Five hits and one walk put the Lady Patriots back out in front 7-5. Warren County had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the inning, when Rogers and Hubbard reached on singles with no outs. But Oakland got out of the inning unharmed to secure the district victory.
Each team picked up 12 hits on the night, as LeAnne Smith faced 36 batters.
Rogers had three hits, Hubbard, Smith and Penny Wanamaker had two hits each. Ashlee Malone, Poe and MaCall Cooper added one hit each.
Warren County committed three errors on the night with Oakland committing one.
Warren County will take on Algood on Moday at home.