Lady Pioneers grab first win
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Warren County pounded out 10 hits as the Lady Pioneers rolled to a 5-1 victory. With the win, Warren County is 1-1 in district play and 1-2 overall.
In the top of the first Warren County sent four batters to the plate but came up empty after Penny Wanamaker walked with two outs. Lady Pioneer pitcher Erica Warren started her work with a strikeout, but an error and a walk put Warriorettes on with one out. Warren picked up her second ‘K’ of the game and her defense shut down White County for the third out.
The Lady Pioneers first hit of the game came with one out when senior Candace Stubblefield doubled to left-center but she was left stranded to end the inning. White County went down one-two-three in the bottom of the second.
Emily Smith drew a walk to start the top of the third. Alex Mullican moved the runner to second with a bunt, but the next two Lady Pioneers flied out to end the inning.
The Warriorettes got their lead-off batter on with an error to right center. A bunt attempt failed but a single to right had runners on first and second with one out. The next batter popped to left for the second out and Stubblefield fired back to second catching the runner off base to record the third out of the inning.
Warren County hit the score board in the top of the fourth when Nickey Poe and Warren connected for back-to-back doubles with Warren picking up the RBI. Stubblefield moved the runner to third where she was left stranded. But the Lady Pioneers held a 1-0 lead going into the bottom of the fourth.
White County put one runner on first with one out after an error at first but Warren County settled down as Warren picked up her fourth strikeout of the game, while getting a fly ball for the final out.
In the top of the fifth Smith drew a walk to get things started for Warren County. Wanamaker singled to right center scoring Smith to give Warren County a 2-0 lead going into the bottom of the inning. The Warriorettes went down in order in the bottom of the fifth with Warren recording a ground ball out and two K’s.
The Lady Pioneers picked up singles from Stubblefield and Shellie Hayes in the top of the sixth but Warren County failed to move the runners. White County picked up one hit in the bottom of the sixth but Warren County got out of the inning without any damage.
The Lady Pioneers broke the game open in the top of the seventh with three runs crossing the plate. Smith reached on an error, Mullican had an infield hit and MaCall hit into a fielder’ choice for Warren County first run of the inning. Wanamaker singled, Poe doubled and Warren had a sacrifice fly to give Warren County a 5-0 lead.
White County’s only run came in the bottom of the seventh when two error’s sent the runner around the base’s. Warren County recorded the final two outs on pop ups to secure the district win.
The Lady Pioneer’s committed three four error’s, while Warren recorded eight strikeouts and walked three.
Warren County will be at home on Monday in non-district action against Coffee County at 5 p.m.