Picture 📷 photo : Donna Nester
Dublin – The New look Carroll County Softball team combined strong pitching, great defense and timely hitting to pull out a 2-1 victory over Pulaski County Friday night in Dublin to move to 3-0 on the season.
CCHS plated the games first run in the top of the third inning when Freshman Natalie Burress doubled off the fence and was advanced to third base by a well placed bunt from Holly Miller. Burress scampered home for the 1-0 lead after the Cougars catcher could not coral a pitch.
Burress flirted with a Home Run on the drive but the team took the lead by executing Small Ball.
Emma Leath did her best to make the 1-0 lead stand up but the Cougars plated the equalizer in the home half of the fifth inning on one of the three base hits allowed. Leath went the distance, finishing with seven strike outs while allowing one earned run against a very talented squad.
Head Coach Rick Nester was ecstatic about his team picking up a hard fought victory after plating the game winner in the top of the seventh inning. The score remained tied 1-1 heading into the final inning in part because of a diving catch in left field by Brooke Webb.
” We scored one in the top of seventh to win and our defense for played flawlessly to back a very strong pitching by Emma Leath with 7 strikeouts,” Nester said. ” After the girls seen the pitcher their second time they hit the ball hard some fell other right to them. Multiple girls with long at bats to make their pitcher throw lot more pitches helped us out later in the game. “
Emma Harman plated the game winning run in the top of the seventh after collecting one of the seven Lady Cavalier base hits. More small ball allowed the run to score in a game that full of sevens,
Leath pitched seven innings and recorded seven strike outs and the offense generated seven base hits. Senior Katherine Lindamood was the only Cavalier to record two base hits.
It is way too early to declare a victory as a key one but this one was a huge step forward for this group. Going on the road against a solid opponent and scratching out a victory will do nothing but give the young team more confidence. Especially when the game was a Team Win as all three components contributed.
Timely hitting, strong pitching and tremendous defense should equal a victory and it did without the team even recording a RBI.
Pending weather early next week might force more juggling of the schedule for both of the Softball teams. Mondays scheduled Junior Varsity contest has already been moved.
From here, Allen Worrell will take the story and add a score line and possibly make some tweaks but hopefully it will end up on line there as well.
Mrs. Coleman captured Coach and Mrs. Coach in between innings and sent it in.
Thank You Mrs. Coleman !
There’s still so much to get too and I will see what I can accomplish before heading out to Tazewell.
A.S.P.N on The Hill 