Boyd blasts MTCS: Lady Broncos surpass 2001 win total
Boyd Christian’s softball squad surpassed last season’s win total Saturday, with a blowout 15-2 victory over Middle Tennessee Christian in Murfreesboro.
The Lady Broncos, who suffered a 13-7 loss to Sale Creek on the road Monday, are now 6-13, after finishing 5-11 a year ago.
Boyd fell behind early in Saturday’s game, as MTCS plated a pair of runs in the first. But the Lady Broncos came back in the top of the second to take a 3-2 lead, and blew the game open in the third with 11 runs before scoring the eventual game-ending run in the fourth.
“It was a good win for us,” said Boyd coach Heather Campbell. “I was able to get some of the younger girls some playing time, so that was good.”
MTCS was able to connect for just five hits in the game, with Boyd’s Amber Hodge starting on the pitcher’s mound and Abbye Barnes coming in to wrap up the win. Boyd countered with 11 hits, but left eight runners on base.
Kati Sutton had a big day for the Lady Broncos, finishing 3-for-5 with five RBIs. Amber Hodge went 2-for-3 with four RBIs, and Scarlette Hodge went 2-for-2, driving in a run.
Maria Silva was 1-for-1, and Alicia Driver finished 1-for-2 with an RBI. Holly Ferrell and Dara Webb each had a hit, and Barnes, Tenara Jones and Mary Reynolds each drove in a run.
• Monday at Sale Creek, the Lady Broncos fell behind early as Sale Creek scored seven runs in the first.
Boyd got on the board in the second, and scored three runs in the fourth to cut its deficit to 8-4.
In the top of the fifth the Lady Broncos plated three more runs to pull within one, 8-7, but Sale Creek expanded its lead with five runs in the bottom of the fifth to provide the eventual final margin, 13-7.
Sale Creek scored several of its runs on passed balls, and got nine hits while Boyd connected for seven hits.
Driver had the only multiple-hit day for Boyd, going 2-for-3 with four RBIs. Sutton, Barnes, Amber Hodge, Ferrell and Jones each had a hit, with Jones and Webb driving in a run each.
The Lady Broncos play host to Westmoreland for a doubleheader Thursday at 3:30 p.m.