OC second baseman Morgan Bennett tags out a McLean County baserunner during the Lady Eagles' win over McLean County Monday evening.[/caption]
Ohio County High’s fast-pitch softball team saw their season record drop to 5-10 win a tough 6-5 home loss Tuesday to Caldwell County in a game that saw the Lady Eagles outhit their guests by a 15-4 margin.
On Thursday, April 17, the Lady Eagles traveled to Owensboro’s Shifley Park for a doubleheader at Owensboro High’s home field. The Lady Devils took the first game—a makeup of a game rained out March 27 at OCHS—by a score of 11-3 and then took the nightcap 4-2.
OHS pitcher Amber Strong struck out 10 OCHS batters in the first game while scattering eight Lady Eagle hits. Morgan Bennett led Ohio County’s offense with three hits while Katie Martin hit safely twice. Kayli Webb had four hits for the Lady Devils with Austyn Black adding three.
Owensboro (5-7) 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 — 11 14 0 Ohio Co. (4-8) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 — 3 9 4
WP-Strong. LP-St.Clair. 2B-Mor.Bennett (OC), Tutt, Strong (OHS).
The nightcap had much less offense, though Ohio County had 11 hits to the Lady Devils’ six. But Ohio County errors resulted in each of the OHS runs in the loss.
Madison Bennett’s three hits led Ohio County’s losing effort with Sarah Jones and Octaivia Brown each adding a pair of hits. Kennedy Calhoun had two hits for OHS.
Ohio Co. (4-9) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 — 2 11 3 Owensboro (5-8) 2 0 0 0 1 1 x — 4 6 0
WP-Abigail Strong. LP-St.Clair. 2B-Mor.Bennett (OC), Black (OHS).
Ohio County did have a good win Monday night, beating 10th District foe McLean County 11-6 at Jake Russell Field. Sarah Jones had three hits for the Lady Eagles with Maranda Stewart adding two more. Katie Martin drove in two runs for the winners with a double as four Lady Eagles had extra-base hits. Savanna DeYoung and Rileigh had two hits each for the Lady Cougars.
McLean Co. (6-10) 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 — 6 6 2 Ohio Co. (5-9) 0 4 1 1 2 3 x — 11 8 3
WP-Woolen. LP-DeYoung. 2B-Leach, Jones, Woolen, Martin (OC), Bobo, Arnold (MC). 3B-DeYoung (MC).
But Thursday’s game proves that sometimes it’s not how many hits you get, but when you get them. A hit batter, a single, and an OCHS error helped Caldwell County score three times in the top of the second inning to break a scoreless tie. Ohio County had seven hits in their first four at-bats but could not score a run. Sarah Jones’ single and Katie Martin’s RBI double finally produced a Lady Eagle run in the bottom of the fifth to cut the margin to 3-1.
Madison Bennett scored OCHS’ second run in the last of the sixth on a Jones single, making the score 3-2. But in the top of the seventh, the Lady Tigers pushed across three more runs on two hits on a pair of Oio County errors to move out to a 6-2 lead. Ohio County went down fighting, scoring three times on a Martin double, singles by Madison Bennett and Octaivia Brown, Maranada Stewart’s sacrifice fly, and a Caldwell County error. But the rally fell one run short.
Martin and Brown had three hits apiece for the Lady Eagles with Kelsey Leach and Morgan Bennett each contributing two.
Caldwell Co. (6-10) 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 — 6 4 2 Ohio Co. (5-10) 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 — 5 15 3
WP-Darnell. LP-St.Clair. 2B-Martin 2, Brown (OC).
Next game: 4/28 — Hancock Co. at Ohio Co. — 5:30 p.m.
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