Lady Pioneer softball squad clipped by Siegel, 4-2
The Lady Pioneers traveled to Murfreesboro Monday for a District 7-AAA match up with the Lady Stars of Siegel. The Lady Pioneers were trying to revenge an earlier loss. but the Lady Stars took the 4-2 win.
Siegel scored two runs in the bottom of the first off of four hits and one error to take an early lead. The Lady Stars added two runs in the second after a leadoff walk, an error and two hits.
Both teams went down in order over the next two innings, until the top of the fifth. The Lady Pioneers lead-off hitter Penny Wanamaker drew a walk. Candace Stubblefield then slapped a base hit to right and ended up on third, scoring Caitlyn Brock who was in the game running for Wanamaker. Nikki Poe singled to left to score Stubblefield as Warren County cut the lead in to half 4-2.
Warren County played solid in the sixth and in the top of the seventh had a chance to tie the game. Wanamaker singled to right-center to start off the top of the seventh. Laurie Hillis was sent in to run for Wanamaker when Stubblefield singled to right, but Hillis stumbled going to second and was thrown out. Warren County’s next two batters went down as the Stars escaped with the narrow win.
The Lady Pioneers had just four hits. Stubblefield collected two, Poe and Wanamaker had one hit each. Erica Warren gave up six hits with five K’s on the day.
“We came out and played flat the first couple of innings,” said coach David Upton. “The girls pulled things together in the fourth and we did a good job of getting back in the game in the fifth.
“We did what we had to in the top of the seventh, but came up one hit or one play short. We have to find a way to take that next step or get that one lucky break this team deserves.”
• The Lady Pioneers traveled to Lincoln County over the weekend winning one out of four games. Warren County defeated Mount Pleasant 6-4 on Saturday before falling to Shelbyville in an international tie-breaker 4-2.
The Lady Pioneers’ game against Franklin County on Tuesday was canceled, but the Lady Pioneers will travel to Cookeville for a district game on Thursday.