Softball: Lady Pirates outlast Batesville in nine innings
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It took nine innings to decide the softball game between Greensburg and Batesville. Both pitchers went the distance and it took a 4-run ninth inning by the Lady Pirates to get Greensburg a 6-2 victory.
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Greensburg opened the scoring in the top of the fourth inning when Kirkley Lowe grounded out to score Addisyn McNeely.
In the fifth inning, Greensburg’s Harper Adams grounded out to score Emma Herbert and push the lead to 2-0. Batesville answered with a run in the bottom of the inning on a double by Laken Obermeyer to score Cora Roth.
Batesville tied the game 2-2 in the sixth inning. Grace Copley doubled to center field to score Caitlyn Fox.
The score stayed there until the top of the ninth. Adams doubled to center field to score Lowe and Herbert. Addyson Dolan’s ground out scored Layla Murray. Aubrie Barnes-Pettit doubled to score Madelyn Bedel to make the final 6-2.
Adams pitched 9.0 innings for Greensburg, allowing one earned run on five hits while striking out 16.
The Lady Pirates had doubles from Barnes-Pettit, Herbert and Adams. Murray, Herbert, Adams (2) and Tinley Klene all singled. Adams led Greensburg with three RBIs. Dolan, Barnes-Pettit and Lowe all drove in one run.
Grace Copley pitched 9.0 innings for Batesville, allowing five earned runs on eight hits and four walks while striking out seven.
Copley and Obermeyer both doubled. Cora Roth and Fox (2) both singled. Copley and Obermeyer each had one RBI.
“Was a great game to watch and coach and so proud of our team! We had a couple chances to win the game in regular play but just fell short. Was a true battle of pitchers last night and so proud of Grace who pitched all nine innings for us,” Batesville Coach Gene Cooney noted. “They (Batesville) found out a lot about themselves last night and hope to carry that over for the rest of the season and polish up the things we need to do as a team to win these close games against really good pitchers and teams.”
South Decatur 13 Waldron 3
South Decatur scored in all but one inning en route to a 13-3 home victory against Waldron.
Waldron scored two runs in the top of the first inning. South answered with three runs in the home-half. Dalilah Martin scored as Lilly Murray reached on an error. Lyndsey Shireman singled to score Raegan Benge. Shireman scored on a passed ball to give South a 3-2 lead.
In the second inning, South’s Murray singled to right field to score Samatha Cole. Lily Huey and Murray came around to score on a Waldron error. South led 6-2.
Waldron got a run in the fourth inning to cut the deficit to 6-3. In the bottom of the inning, Martin’s ground out scored Huey. Riley Benge drove in Raegan Benge with a single to center field. Shireman’s double drove in Riley Benge. Shireman scored to give South a 10-3 lead.
South closed out the win in the fifth inning. Murray’s single scored Delany Caplinger and Cole. With two outs and the bases loaded, Shireman singled to left field to close out the 13-3 victory.
Shireman led South’s offense with a double, two singles and two RBIs. Murray had two singles and four RBIs. Huey had a single and double. Raegan Benge finished with two singles. Martin and Riley Benge both added a single and RBI.
Riley Benge pitched 5.0 innings for South, allowing two earned runs on one hit and five walks while striking out four.
South Ripley 9 North Decatur 8
Visiting South Ripley scored all nine runs in the final four innings, including one run in the top of the seventh inning to lock down a 9-8 victory.
North scored one run in each of the first three innings to lead 3-0. After the Lady Raiders scored two runs in the fourth inning and five runs in the fifth inning, North scored four runs in the fifth inning. Both teams scored one run in the sixth inning, leading up to South Ripley’s one run in the seventh for the win.
Madison Rohls led the offense with four of North’s 10 hits. Rohls finished with two singles, a double and a triple. Kendall Hostkoetter had a pair of singles and two RBIs. Brooklyn White added a single, double and RBI. Macy Leake and Brynlee Green both had a single and RBI.
Green pitched 4.0 innings for North, allowing two earned runs on three hits and eight walks while striking out three. White pitched 3.0 innings, allowing three earned runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out five.
East Central 14 Rushville 0
Host East Central scored eight runs in the second inning en route to a 14-0 victory against Rushville.
Rushville got a single each from Makenna Ripberger and Payton Moore.
Althea Tellas pitched 3.0 innings, allowing three earned runs on 11 hits and one walk while striking out one. Becca Tabeling pitched 1.0 inning, allowing three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out one.