Senior Day celebration: Lady Pioneers win final home game
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“Our last four ball games we have done a good job on defense and have improved with our bats,” said coach David Upton. “I’m very proud of the way this team has kept working and I’m especially proud of the way our seniors have stepped up and the way they played today. The seniors have led this team all year and this was a great win for them.”
Erica Warren took the mound for Warren County and with solid defense behind her quickly sent the Lady Warriors down in order in the top of the first. Warren County put two runners on base in their half of the inning. Lacey Griffith and Brittany Patterson roped singles up the middle with one out, but the next two batters grounded out to end the inning.
Kim Good led off for White County grounding out to short. Carra Daniel produced the first hit for White County. Warren struck out LeShawna Bradley and got Casey Daniel to ground out to short for the third out. Warren County put their first to batters on base with walks but they were left stranded as White County escaped with out any damage.
In the top of the third two strike outs and a ground ball shut down the Lady Warriors 1-2-3. The Lady Pioneers struck for two runs in the bottom of the inning. Griffith and Kendra Savage singled to put runners on first and second with one out. Jasmine Ware reached on a throwing error which scored Griffith and Savage to give Warren County a 2-0 going into the top of the fourth.
Both teams went down in the fourth from ground ball outs. In the top of the fifth defense by Warren County once again sent the Lady Warriors back to the dug out in order. Lacey Griffith got things started for the Lady Pioneers in the bottom of the fifth with a single to left. Savage singled to right which scored Griffith. Jasmine Ware singled to left to put runners on second and third. Cassie McGinness doubled over the center fielders head to score Ware and Savage. Candace Stubblefield singled to right with two outs and stole second to put runners on second and third. White County pitcher Casey Daniel got Crystal Jones to pop-out to center to get out of the inning. The Lady Pioneers built a 5-0 lead going into the sixth.
Warren walked the lead off batter for White County but struck out the next batter and defense once again held together to get out of the inning. The Lady Pioneers put the game out of reach in the bottom of the sixth with four runs crossing the plate. Tracy Medlen singled up the middle, Griffith doubled to center, Patterson drove a triple to left for two RBIs, Savage singled to score Patterson and McGinness reached on an error to score Savage. White County recorded the next two outs but the damage had been done and Warren County had built a 9-0 lead.
Coach David Upton honored his senior leaders after the first pitch in the top of the seventh. Upton called his seniors off the field one at a time, as they were greeted by a warm round of applause. White produced one hit in the inning but Warren struck out the last two batters to pick up the win.
Warren County collected 13 hits on the day and committed one error. White County picked up just two hits and had two errors on the day. Warren had eight strike outs on the day and walked one.