WEB CAST.
After a thrilling win over West Johnston last Tuesday night, the Lady Trojans returned home to take on the Knightdale Knights, but, in the first base dugout, was a very familiar foe for Garner fans. Garner alum, Adam Hamrick, was returning to his old stopping grounds as the first year head coach of the Knights who coming into the game had a 2-1 record.
Facing Hamrick and the Knights, was a Garner team who was looking to build on the confidence that they had after the win over West Johnston and Garner came out hitting on all cylinders with a 12-2 win.
Garner got things going in the third inning as with one out, Maddy Stewart got a base hit to right to get things. That was followed by a pair of singles from Christian Gower and Shea Barbour.
So that loaded the bases for the top of the line up and for the first time this season the top of the order put together some runs. Mary Scott Powell got a big base hit to left to plate two runs and two batters later, UNC-W signee, Kimmie Stewart, singled a home another run and it was 3-0 Garner after two.
Garner plated two more runs in the fourth on a two run single from Stewart. And after four, it was 5-0 in favor of the Lady Trojans. But, that lead didn't last long as Knightdale came back in the top of the sixth with a pair of runs to cut the lead to 5-2. However, the Knights made a couple of big base running blunders that ran them out of a big inning.
But, give Garner's Raven Smith some credit as on a base hit to right, Smith came up and fired a frozen rope to third that beat the Knightdale runner by four steps and was a huge out in the inning and game Garner some momentum that they carried over to the bottom half of the inning.
In the bottom of the sixth, Garner sent 10 batters to the plate and scored seven runs to put the game away as they run ruled Knightdale 12-2 for their second win of the season.
Garner (2-0, 2-0) will be back in action on Thursday night when they travel to Clayton for a 7:00 first pitch.
Winning Pitcher: Christina Gower - 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 4 K
Losing Pitcher: Kayla Boggs: 6 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Powell and JV Softball No - Hit Knights
Garner Freshman, Kristen Powell pitched her first no hitter of the year as the Lady Trojans downed Knightdale 12-2 at Trojan Field on Tuesday afternoon.
The Lady Trojans were coming off their first loss of the season, which came last Tuesday as they lost to West Johnston to open their season, but Garner did a good job of putting that game behind them and move on to Tuesday's contest.
Garner took a 2-1 lead early in the game and never looked back as they defeated Knightdale 12-2 to improve to 1-1 on the season.
The Lady Trojans will be back in action on Thursday when they travel to Clayton for a 5:00 first pitch.
Varsity Baseball Nipped by Knights
The Varsity Baseball team returned home to face Knightdale in a conference clash at Trojan Park and after falling behind 3-0 early, Garner rallied behind senior ace, Jacob Baker, who did a great job at keeping Garner in the game and giving them a chance to win.
Garner rallied to tie the game at three, on a big base hit from Brett Bailey however, Garner wouldn't get any closer as Knightdale got two runs in the seventh inning to win the game 5-3 from the Trojans.
Garner will be back at home on Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 when they host cross town rival Middle Creek.
JV Trojans Tie with Knightdale
The JV baseball team took a early lead at Trojan Park on Tuesday afternoon, but couldn't hold the lead as Knightdale came storming back to tie the game in the late innings.
With the score tied at four all, the two teams played the 8th and 9th innings with neither team pushing across a run so, since neither team could score, it was almost time for the Varsity game, meaning the JV game was called a tie at 4.
The JV Trojans will be back in action tomorrow when they travel to Middle Creek for a 4:30 first pitch.
Sofball Down Former Foe
