Misfits edge Ladies on last-inning homer

Who says being a ?misfit? is a bad thing?

The Baptist Misfits came through when it counted Tuesday night, scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on an inside-the-park homer from Kayla Young to hand the Church Ladies a narrow 14-12 loss in the women?s division of the Warren County Church Softball League.

Play began Tuesday night at the fairgrounds complex, with all nine of the teams in the women?s division seeing action on either Tuesday or Thursday.

Young and Ashley Nichols both had two hits for the Misfits, as did Ashley Welcome and Shelly Young, who was 2-for-2. Nikki Poe led the team with a 4-for-4 game.

For the Church Ladies, Kati Sutton was 3-for-4, while Whitney Shields went 2-for-3 with an inside-the-park homer. Amber Hodge, Sina Neal, Lindsey Helton and Vanessa Dye also had two hits apiece.

In other women?s games:

Church Ladies 34,

New Hope 3

Helton, Leslie Hollis and Shields help the Ladies roll to a win over New Hope with three hits each, while Vanessa Dyer provided two killing blows, hitting two home runs in the second inning, a frame which saw the Ladies send 17 batters to the plate and score 13 runs.

New Hope?s hits came from Misty Ashmore, Shana Myers and Sherry Cagle.

Madison St. 18, Pioneer 7

Heather Carden led Madison Street with a 3-for-5 game, including a homer while Ashley Pendleton had two hits and also recorded a home run. Lori Judkins, Melissa Carpenter, Laurie Hillis and Liz Beard all had two hits apiece.

Pioneer got a pair of hits each from Angie Williams, Kristi Rockwell and Kelly Kell.

New Bybees 25, Bethel Hill/Smartt 11

New Bybees batted around in the second inning, posting 10 runs on their way to victory. Shea Muncey and Lannette Mullican had three hits apiece, while Kati Sutton, Stephanie Hanson, Sina Neal and Amber Hodge all had two.

Bethel Hill/Smartt got a 3-for-3 game from Amy Broom and Dora Ramsey, while Hillary Templeton, Kirby Broom and Kasey Owens all had two hits.

Locust St. 6, Covenant 5

Kayley Murray was 3-for-3 with a home run to lead Locust Street to its first win of the year, while Jessica Roller and Carmen Merrit had two hits apiece. The winning squad batted around in the third, positng seven of its runs.

Covenant was led by Carolyn Henry?s two hits, while Tammy Noye and Terrie Kerby had one each.