Off to a 2-0 start in the Lady Marshals Slugfest, the girls picked up wins Friday 3-2 over Daviess County and 12-1 over Paducah Tilghman. They will play two games on Saturday at 2:00 against Goreville and take on Union at 4:00.
The Lady Marshals defeated #13 Daviess County in the first game on Friday. They took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a 2-run single by Gracey Murt, then added another run in the fifth on a single by Addie Young, holding onto the 3-0 lead until the top of the seventh inning.
With two outs, Daviess County scored two runs on a Emma Young single and Kelsey Whistle single, leaving two base runners stranded with the final out.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Daviess | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Marshall | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 3 | 8 | 1 |
HITTING
Daviess: Newman 1/4, Stanley 1/3, Young 2/3 (2B, RBI), Whistle 1/1 (RBI)
Marshall: Pursley 3/3, Murt 1/2 (3B, 2 RBI), Young 1/3 (RBI), Jezik 1/3, Conner 1/2, Swoope 1/3 (2B)
PITCHING
Daviess: Simmons (L) 4.0 (5 hits, 2 runs), Clark 2.0 (3 hits, 1 run)
Marshall: Kemp (W) 5.2 (1 hit, 0 runs), Lovett 2.0 (3 hits, 1 run)
Marshall County followed the win over Daviess County with a 12-1 win over Tilghman. The Lady Marshals scored three runs in the second inning on a wild pitch, single by Zoie Swoope and bunt by Charley Pursley. They added three more runs in the fourth inning on a single by McKenzie Elkins, single by Pursley and sacrifice hit by Layne Pea.
Two runs scored in the fifth on a single by Cayson Conner and an error and their 4-run sixth inning came on Young’s single and a big 3-run double by Riley Piercefield for the 12-1 win on 16 hits.
Shelby Wadkins pitched six innings for the win, allowing five hits, one run and striking out two.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Tilghman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Marshall | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | x | 12 | 16 | 2 |
HITTING
Tilghman: Myers 1/3, McCoy 1/2 (2B), Belt 1/2, Minter 1/2, Clark 1/1 (RBI)
Marshall: Pursley 2/3 (2 RBI), Murt 2/4 (2B, 3B), Young 1/3 (RBI), Jezik 2/3 (3B), Conner 3/4 (RBI), Piercefield 1/1 (2B, 3 RBI), Swoope 2/2 (RBI), Elkins 3/3 (RBI)
PITCHING
Tilghman: Pugh (L) 5.0 (14 hits, 11 runs), Myers 0.0 (2 hits, 1 run)
Marshall: Wadkins (W) 6.0 (5 hits, 1 run)
