Shelby Valley’s road to the championship game of the Lyndel Potter Memorial tournament included three one-run wins over Elizabethton (TN), Grant County and Tug Valley.
Here is a recap:
Shelby Valley…….5
Tug Valley………4
Shelby Valley’s Kyra Looney doubled in the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Bat Kats scored three times to rally past Tug Valley, 5-4, in the Lyndel Potter Memorial tournament played in Pikeville on Saturday.
Riley Fleming doubled, singled, scored, and batted in two runs while Macy Salyers had two hits and scored.
Winning pitcher Emily Adkins added an RBI single while Lindsey Reed tripled and scored.
Emily Hatfield had two hits and batted in four runs in the loss. Cassidy Griffey added two hits, walked, and scored two runs. Autumn Hall singled and scored a pair of runs.
Kinna Justice was the losing pitcher.
At Pikeville
(Lynde Potter Memorial tournament)
SCORE BY INNINGS: R-H-E
TV (12-10)….002 000 02 – 4-8-4
SV (16-6)……001 010 03 – 5-7-1
Pitching:
WP – Emily Adkins
LP – Kinna Justice
Hitting: Riley Fleming 2b, 1b, 1r, 2 RBI; Kyra Looney 2b, 1 RBI; Macy Salyers 2-1b, 1r; Emily Adkins 1b, 1 RBI; Lindsey Reed 3b, 1r, Shelby Valley; Emily Hatfield 2-1b, 4 RBI; Cassidy Griffey 2-1b, bb, 2r; Autumn Hall 1b, 2r, Tug Valley.
Shelby Valley….5
Grant County…..4
Shelby Valley scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning and the Bat Kats held on for a 5-4 win over Grant County, in the Lyndel Potter Memorial tournament played in Pikeville on Saturday.
Emily Adkins finished with two hits and batted in two runs while Macy Salyers added two hits and crossed the plate twice.
Winning pitcher Lily Napier singled and drove in one run.
At Pikeville
(Lynde Potter Memorial tournament)
SCORE BY INNINGS: R-H-E
SV (15-6)….000 100 013 – 5-8-1
GC (7-10)….000 100 012 – 4-7-1
Pitching:
WP – Lily Napier
LP – Brianna Knochelman
Hitting: Emily Adkins 2-1b, 2 RBI; Macy Salyers 2-1b 2r; Lily Napier 1b, 1 RBI, Shelby Valley.
Shelby Valley….14
Paintsville……….2
Shelby Valley scored four times in the bottom of the first inning and the Bat Kats went on to beat Paintsville, 14-3, in the Lyndel Potter Memorial tournament played in Pikeville on Saturday.
Emily Adkins blasted a pair of home runs and drove in three runs while Lily Napier added three hits, including a double. She scored twice and batted in one run.
Josie Adkins collected three hits and scored two runs while driving in one. Olivia Bowling had two hits and scored two runs.
Riley Fleming was the winning pitcher.
Losing pitcher Laney Bledsoe finished with three hits, including a double. She scored once and batted in two. Carrigan Ratliff had two singles and added an RBI. Mattie Ratliff singled and scored.
At Pikeville
(Lynde Potter Memorial tournament)
SCORE BY INNINGS: R-H-E
PV (7-10)….000 03 – 3-6-9
SV (14-6)….416 3x – 14-7-1
Pitching:
WP – Riley Fleming
LP – Laney Bledsoe
Hitting: Laney Bledsoe 2b, 2-1b, 1r, 2 RBI; Carrigan Ratliff 2-1b, 1 RBI; Mattie Ratliff 1b, 1r, Paintsville; Emily Adkins 2-HR, 3 RBI; Lily Napier 2b, 2-1b, 2r, 1 RBI; Josie Adkins 3-1b, 2r, 1 RBI; Olivia Bowling 2-1b, 2r, 1 RBI; Macy Salyers 1b, bb, 3r, Shelby Valley.
Shelby Valley…….6
Elizabethton, TN…5
Shelby Valley’s Riley Fleming lined a three-run “walk-off” double to cap a five-run, seventh inning, lifting the Bat Kats to a stunning 6-5 win over Elizabethton (TN) in the Lyndel Potter Memorial tournament played in Pikeville on Friday.
Winning pitcher Emily Adkins and Josie Adkins both had two singles and scored one run. Macy Salyers singed and scored. Lily Napier added one hit and batted in one run while Lindsey Reed scored and added an RBI.