WCMS powers past White Co.
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The Lady Pioneers scored six runs in the second inning and six more in the third, and the combined pitching prowess of starter Gabi Keith and reliever Ali Young kept White County’s girls in check through an eventual 15-0 Warren County victory.
Keith worked the first four innings of the five-inning varsity win, allowing just two hits while striking out two batters. Young came on for the fifth, striking out all three Warriorettes she faced.
After a scoreless first, the Lady Pioneers got their offense going in the second inning, beginning when Taylor Johnson was hit by a pitch. Sarah Jacobs followed by lacing a single to center field to plate Johnson, and came home herself on an RBI single from Lindsey Rowland.
Lauren Crothers brought in Peyton Kelsey by legging out a bunt single, and Lauren Wilkinson followed with a two-run hit to center field which plated Rowland and Crothers. Wilkinson scored on a hard shot from Morgan Frye, putting WCMS on top 6-0.
The merry-go-round on the base paths kept turning in the next inning, as Warren County once again scored six runs, this time benefiting from four walks, a throwing error by Warriorette third baseman Callie Marcum and a bases-loaded double to the center field fence by Chelsea Cope which scored three runs.
Cope’s hit came against Sparta reliever Kayla Roberts, who was on in place of Leslie Good. The Lady Pioneers got to Roberts for three more runs in the bottom of the fourth, including two on a line-drive triple to the center field fence by Frye.
Crothers finished with three hits for the Lady Pioneers, while Frye, Jacobs and Kelsey had two each. Morgan Voyles and Nikki Hood had Sparta’s only base hits.
The Lady Pioneers travel to Tullahoma on Thursday.