Mount Gilead scores 48 runs to sweep Tygers
Many teams don’t score 48 runs in a month. The Mount Gilead softball team did it in a single day, a doubleheader sweep over the Mansfield Tygers.
The Indians had put only eight runs across the plate in their last four games. Sitting at 2-9 in the season, 2022 turned around with an epic onslaught April 30, when the Indians destroyed Mansfield 15-4 and 32-6 … yes, 32 runs in a single game. They had an inning for the ages in Game 2, when they came knocking for 29 runs in the second inning.
In the opener, Mount Gilead scored four in the first inning on a walk, three singles and two errors, and it gave it back in the bottom of the first when Mansfield tied it 4-4, but that was the last time Mansfield runners would cross the plate. Mount Gilead got the four it gave up right back in the second on an error, an RBI double by Molly Murphy, a single by Rezah Benson, a one-out, one-run single by Briana Zeger, followed by an error and a wild pitch.
The Indians presaged what was to come with a six-run fifth to put the game away. A walk, four consecutive singles and a triple to center by Benson made it 14-4, and a sacrifice bunt scored the 15th run.
The Indians outhit the Tygers 12-6, led by Benson’s 4-for-4 and Molly Murphy’s 3-for-4 and four RBIs. Mary Kelty drove in three.
The second game started in a similar fashion to the first. The Indians scored three in the first on a walk, a error, two singles and a double by Zeger. Then they gave it all back and then some, when Mansfield countered with five runs in the bottom of the first to take a 5-3 lead. Then came the second inning …all 29 runs of it.
The inning started with a walk to Savannah Wilt. Lexi Staats was hit by a pitch, and Kierra Main hit behind the runners and grounded out to advance both Lady Indians. Murphy followed with a two-run double to tie the score 5-5. Benson singled to give the lead to mount Gilead, 6-5, and Kennah Bump singled to make it 7-5. Singles by Zeger, Kelty and Trinity Schrote made it 10-5, and Wilt was hit by a pitch. With two outs and the score still 10-5, Main walked and Murphy was hit by a pitch. An error put runners at the corners, and Bump tripled in two, followed by an RBI single by Zeger. Kelty was hit by a pitch, and two walks and another HBP loaded the bases for Main, who singled in a pair to make it 20-5. An error, a three-run double by Benson, an error and a single by Zeger advanced the score to 24-5. Two errors, two hit batters and a walk put the score at 28-5 with the bags full. Murphy tripled to left to clear the bases, and Benson singled in Murphy to put the score at 32-5.
Mount Gilead scored 32 runs on 16 hits, eight walks, seven hit batters and nine Tyger errors. Benson had her second four-hit game of the afternoon, Zeger had four hits, and Murphy connected for three and drove in five runs, second on the team to Benson’s seven RBIs.
Asher throws another no-hitter as Highland tops Big Walnut, 11-1
Stevie Asher was in charge from the beginning and finished with another gem as she no-hit Big Walnut April 30.
Asher gave up an unearned run in five innings, striking out seven and walking none. Highland broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the second and scored in every inning thereafter to take an 11-1 victory over Big Walnut on April 30. The Lady Scots got on the board in the second with one out on an error, a hit by Audrey Robinson and an RBI single by Asher that made it 1-0, and an error made it 2-0.
The Scots kept adding from there, with two each in the third and fourth and a five-spot in the fifth to make it a 10-run rout. Asher had two hits herself as Highland put together a 16-hit attack. Six other Scots had two hit,s and Faith Geiger belted out three hits, including a double and triple, and drove in a pair.
Northmor Lady Knight split with South Central Lady Trojans
The Northmor Lady Knights split a doubleheader Saturday against the South Central Trojans talking the opener 8-5 and dropping the nightcap 9-6.
In Game 1, Northmor took a 3-0 lead in the second but lost the lead in the third to a four-run Trojan outburst. Down 5-3, the Knights scored five runs in the sixth to grab the win on the road. Northmor put together nine hits from eight players, with Raelynn Fulk connecting for two.
In the second game, the Knights again put up a five-spot, but it wasn’t enough. Down 1-0 in the second, Northmor scored five runs in the second to take a 5-1 lead, but it was all Lady Trojans after that. South Central scored three in the second, three in the third and two in the sixth, and Northmor added only a single tally in the fifth for the final to play out 9-6.
Fulk and Madison Simpson each had two hits for Northmor, who managed only six hits in the game.
