After a weekend in the Tiny Day tournament where scoring runs was a challenge the South Greene softball team came back on Monday and put 21 runners on base and scored 15 runs in a 15-4 win over Chuckey-Doak.
“I think we played pretty solid and we hit the ball well all the way through the lineup,” South Greene coach Amy Hawk said. “We took advantage of opportunities that they gave us. We did not hit the ball well over the weekend, and then we added some errors to that to make it worse. But to come back today, I felt like the girls were more determined and more focused, and they did not take this one lightly.”
More importantly than getting the offense going again, the Lady Rebels picked up a road win in District 1-2A play, improving to 6-0 in league play.
“This one was a conference game, and it matters more, and the girls played like that,” Hawk said. “So far, we have played pretty well in conference. Some of the scores may not look close, but the games were played closer than the final score indicates. We have had some tough conference games, but today I felt like we got in front early and were in control of this game.”
South Greene used seven hits, seven walks and seven hit baters to score its 15 runs.
Madison Hensley was 2-for-2, with two walks, an RBI, and four runs scored. Paisely Brobeck was 2-for-2 with two RBIs. Kortnei Bailey went 1-for-1 with a walk, a double, three RBIs and three runs scored. Whitney Reaves was 1-for-2 with a walk, a double, two RBIs and three runs scored. Hailey Williamson walked twice and scored three runs.
Hensley got the day the started with a five-pitch walk and quickly reached third after a steal and passed ball. Bailey sent a sacrifice fly to centerfield to knock home the day’s first run.
The Lady Rebels earned five runs on just two hits in the second inning to go in front 6-0. The first run scored when Reaves worked a bases-loaded walk, and on the next at bat Bailey was hit by a pitch to score another run.
Brobeck put a line drive into center field for an RBI single. Another hit batter and ground out scored two more runs before the Lady Black Knights could get out of the inning.
A single by Jade Foreman and three consecutive walks got Chuckey-Doak on the board in the bottom of the second. Saniah Atchison then hit into a fielder’s choice that scored Kendra Percell and closed the gap to 6-2.
South Greene extended its lead to 11-2 in the top of the third inning. Williamson was walked to start the side and Hensley put her on third when she smacked a single by the shortstop. Bailey worked a bases-loaded walk to score the first run of the side, and Brobeck was hit by a pitch to score another.
Reagan Arrowood dropped a fly ball into centerfield that scored two more runs, but Brobeck was thrown out at second on the play. Arrowood went on to score when Neveah Davis skipped a groundball down the third-base line.
The Lady Rebels stretched their lead to 15-2 in the fourth inning. Williamson got the side started by working a walk and quickly made it third on a steal and error. Hensley fired a single into left field for an RBI single, and Reaves followed with a run-scoring double to center field.
Bailey then sent a fly deep to the right-center gap for another run-scoring double. Bailey scored from second on a fly out by Brobeck.
In the bottom of the fourth inning Chuckey-Doak found two more runs. Emmie Tipton and Jayden Myers each sent a single through the right side and a walk loaded the bases. Atchison knocked in both runs with a line drive up the middle.
Chuckey-Doak was held to four hits on Monday. Atchison had a single and two RBIs. Myers had an RBI and a single, while Tipton and Foreman each had a single.
In the circle Bailey threw four of five innings for South Greene. She walked six and allowed one hit.
Myers took the loss for Chuckey-Doak in 2 1/3 innings she struck out one, walked four, hit two batters and allowed one hit.
