Lady Broncos advance at 9-A tournament
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Cassie Wanamaker picked up the win for the Lady Broncos, facing 32 batters, while giving up four hits and fanning six. Wanamaker now has 136 strikeouts on the season.
Josee Lee doubled to get things started for the Lady Eagles in the top of the first. But the Lady Broncos? defense sat down the next three batters to get out of the inning.
Boyd scored one run in the bottom of the inning, when Tosha Young drew a two out walk and Wanamaker singled. Eagleville committed an error on the next batter as Young scored making it a 1-0 game.
In the top of the third, two errors by Boyd and a walk led to Eagleville?s first run of the day. Boyd regained the lead in the bottom of the inning after Courtney Hard reached on an error. Wanamaker singled to score Hard to give Boyd a 2-1 advantage.
In the bottom of the fourth the Lady Broncos once again got things going, when Ashley Bain drew a lead-off walk. Kris Surles, Becca Reynolds and Lyndsey King also drew walks and fielders choice scored Bain and then Young singled picking up two RBIs. The Lady Broncos took a 5-1 lead heading into the top of the fifth.
Eagleville scored two runs in the fifth off a walk and hits by Lee and Cara Rail.
The Lady Eagles went down in order in the sixth and threatened in the top of the seventh after putting two runners on base. But Boyd came up with the infield defense to secure the win.
Boyd was scheduled to take on Forrest on Saturday and play again on Monday as the tournament now goes to double elimination.