Hallie Warner scores the winning run in the 8th as the the Lady Trojans win 4-3 over Holly Springs at Trojan Park. Garner gets their 10th win and assume the lead in the GNRC standings. A see-saw affair, the Hawks get two runs in the 6th to pull ahead but Meghan Strickland drives in Anna Burton to knot the game at 2-2. After H.Springs plated a run in 7th, Scottie Powell scored on a well-placed Christie Wright bunt to send the game into an extra frame. Warner scores in the eighth when Kimmie Stewart coaxes a bases-loaded walk for the 4-3 win and put the Trojans 5-0 in the conference. Wright pitches a complete game with 10K's, bringing her season total to 96 strikeouts in 64 inning pitched with a 0.22 ERA. Powell has two hits, a stolen base and RBI for the Trojans (10-1). Powell's RBI, her 13th leads the State this season.
HLY | 000 002 10 | -- 3 | 3 | 2 |
GAR | 100 001 11 | -- 4 | 7 | 3 |
Leading hitters: GAR- Scottie Powell 2-5, SB, RBI; Nadia Jeffries 1-4, SB; Christie Wright 1-3, RBI; Kasey Hamrick 1-3, Meghan Strickland 1-3, RBI; Raven Smith 1-3; Morgan Daeke SB; HS- Lolfin 1-3, Burt 1-1, Wantz 1-4 (2B)
JV game called a tie
The Lady Trojan JV softball team rallied in the bottom of the 7th inning to send their game against the Lady Hawks JV team into an extra inning and ending in a tie. Garner was down 3 to 9 in the bottom of the 7th, but scored 6 runs to tie the game and send it into an extra inning.
Holly Springs' Jenna Firestein, who went 5 for 5 and scored 5 runs, scored again in the 8th. The Lady Trojan JVs didn't give up and Amber Kirkland hit an in the park home run to tie it again in the bottom of the inning. Coach Hardee decided to call the game a tie so the Varsity could begin play.
HS | 105 100 21 | 10 | 11 | 4 |
GAR | 200 100 61 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
Pitching for Holly Springs: Callie Davis (3 innings) and Jenna Firestein (5 innings)
Leading hitters: GAR-- Amber Kirkland 3-5 (HR), Amber Robb 3 - 5; HS-- Jenna Firestein 5 - 5