After facing the velocity of Pike Central pitcher Chloe Hannah on Monday, it took the Lady Panther better than four innings to adjust to East Ridge hurler Savannah Baldridge’s slow style..
Pikeville, which trailed the Lady Warriors 1-0 heading to the bottom of the fifth inning, scored three runs and then added eight in the sixth to score an 11-1 win on Senior Night at Myers Field on Tuesday.
Larren Collins, Molly Coleman, Shana Ray, and Caroline Brown all drove in a pair of runs each. Cassidy Slater had three singles, knocked in one run, and scored twice.
Collins doubled and singled and scored two runs. Coleman had two hits and scored twice.
Ginna Jones blasted a solo home run while Gracie Hall singled in one run and scored. Izzi Rose tripled and singled. She had an RBI and scored.
Lexie Akers was the winning pitcher.
Gabriella Damson had an RBI single, scoring Kirsten Easterling who had walked.
At Pikeville
SCORE BY INNINGS: R-H-E
ER (4-7)……001 000 – 1- 2-1
PK (14-13)…000 038 – 11-14-1
Pitching:
WP – Lexie Akers
LP – Savannah Baldridge
Hitting: Gabriella Damron 1b, 1 RBI; Kirsten Easterling bb, 1r, East Ridge; Larren Collins 2b, 1b, 2r, 2 RBI; Molly Coleman 1b, 2r, 2 RBI; Ginna Jones solo-HR, 1b; Cassidy Slater 3-1b, 2r, 1 RBI; Izzi Rose 3b, 1b, 1r, 1 RBI: Shana Ray 1b, 1r, 2 RBI; Caroline Brown 2 RBI; Gracie Hall 1b, 1r, 1 RBI, Pikeville.