The Lady Rockets softball team is on fire. Bella Andrews came out firing for another shut out and 16 KOs to lead the team to a 7-0 victory.
Top 1st 3 up 3 down as Andrews struck out the first three batters.
Bottom 1st Kali Walker walked. Lyla Keepes hit to third base. Thrown out at first. Bella Andrews hit to short. Madison Stevens hit over the short stop. Walker scored. Cortney Jones walked. Elizabeth Hefner to center. Andrews and Stevens scored. Hazel Earnest struck out. Riley Gill struck out but with a drop third she was thrown out at one. SCORE 3-0
Top 2nd Batter hit to first but Stevens scooped it up and tagged the runner for the out. Andrews struck out two more.
Bottom 2nd Ella Turner walked. Walker hit to center field. Keepes hit up first baseline but was tagged at first. Bella Andrews also walked. Stevens struck out. Jones was walked and Turner scored. Hefner hit over short. Walker scored. Earnest hit to third and was barely thrown out at first. SCORE 5-0
Top 3rd Andrews walked first batter. However she was called out on first leaving early to steal. Andrews followed up with two more KOs.
Bottom 3rd Gill connected and hit to second but thrown out at first. Turner struck out. Walker hit a line drive to third that was caught. SCORE 5-0
Top 4th Andrews started with a KO followed by a pop up. Andrews with the catch. Next batter hit to short. Keepes fielded to Stevens at first for the out.
Bottom 4th Keepes hit down the third base line for a double. Andrews hit to short and thrown out at first. Stevens hit to center. Keepes scores. Stevens was tagged out at 2 on the throw down. Jones hit to right. Hefner popped one over second baseman. Earnest had a pop to first but it was caught. SCORE 6-0
Top 5th Andrews came out firing strikes for 3 more KOs.
Bottom 5th Gill hit to pitcher but thrown out at first. Turner also hit to the pitcher but couldn’t beat the throw to first. Walker hit a bomb to center followed by one to third by Keepes. Andrews hit to left field but with a spectacular play by the short stop it was caught. SCORE 6-0
Top 6th Andrews followed up with a strike out, a walk and then another strike out. Last batter would hit to short. However, Hefner would field to Keepes for the out at second.
Bottom 6th Madison hit a nice ball to center that was unfortunately caught out. Jones hit to third but thrown out at one. Hefner whose bat was rattling all night would hit to left field for a double to add to her three singles of the night. Earnest would connect again hitting to second and advance to second off an error at first allowing Hefner to score. Gill was walked and Turner would strike out.
Top 7th Andrews was chasing more strike outs to follow up yesterday’s total of 15. She’d start with 2 to match yesterday’s total. The third batter of the inning would hit between pitcher and short and get on base denying Andrews a no hitter. She’d finish the game however with her 16th KO for a final of 7-0 vs Clay City.
Coach Walker, Coach Keepes, and Coach Andrews are proud of this team’s 4-0 start to the season. It has been a great blend of older experienced girls leading, encouraging, and teaching the younger girls.
The team is off tomorrow for some well deserved rest but will be back at home again on September 1st for another WEAA matchup against Jasper-Geff at 4:15 pm on 4th street field. Go Lady Rockets!! Photo credit: Bonnie Keepes
