Wins over Graves County and Goreville, IL Monday and Tuesday improved the #16 Lady Marshals record to 19-6 before heading to Buchanon Park in Bowling Green for the Best of the West for three games against top 10 teams, starting Friday against #10 Holy Cross (Louisville) and Saturday against #3 Ballard and #8 Apollo.
The Lady Marshals hosted Graves County (14-7) Monday, defeating the Lady Eagles 7-2 on seven hits. Sarenna Tomassi wasted no time at the plate, hitting a lead-off home run to start the game, followed by a double by Charley Pursley, single by Cayson Conner and double from Presley Jezik to put the Lady Marshals up 4-0 in the first inning.
Graves County scored their first run of the game in the fourth inning on a sacrifice bunt by Kristen Wimsatt.
A run in the fifth on a sacrifice by Conner put the Lady Marshals up 5-1, followed by an RBI double by Graves County’s Chloe Grover to cut the lead to 5-2.
The Lady Marshals put up two runs in the sixth inning, scoring both on a single by Riley Piercefield for the 10-2 win. Aubree Jo Kemp earned the win in three innings, allowing no hits and no runs.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
Graves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Marshall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | x | 7 | 7 | 1 |
HITTING
Graves: Wilson 2/3 (2B, 3B), Grover 1/3 (2B, RBI), Wimsatt 1/2 (RBI), Travis 1/3 (2B)
Marshall: Tomassi 1/2 (HR, RBI), Pursley 1/3 (2B), Piercefield 1/1 (2 RBI), Murt 1/4, Conner 1/1 (2 RBI), Jezik 1/3 (2B, 2 RBI), Pea 1/1
PITCHING
Graves: Wimsatt 6.0 (7 hits, 7 runs)
Marshall: Kemp (W) 3.0 (0 hits, 0 runs), Lovett 4.0 (5 hits, 2 runs)
Gracey Murt hit a 3-run triple in the second inning and 2-run homer in the sixth, scoring half of the Lady Marshals runs in their 10-3 win Tuesday over Goreville, IL. Playing at John A. Logan Community College in Carterville, IL, their 6-inning win came on 10 hits and the win was earned on the mound by Kemp who allowed six hits, three runs and struck out four.
An early 2-0 lead came on an error and ground out by Piercefield. Goreville scored a run in the first inning to get on the board before the Lady Marshals put together a 6-run second inning, scoring on a bunt by MacKenzie Tack, Tomassi single, Pursley single, Murt’s 3-run triple and passed ball by the catcher.
Goreville scored runs in the bottom of the second and bottom of the fifth to cut the Lady Marshals lead to 8-3 before Murt’s 2-run home run in the sixth put the game away.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
Marshall | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | x | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Goreville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 3 | 6 | 1 |
HITTING
Marshall: Tomassi 2/4 (RBI), Pursley 1/3 (RBI), Murt 2/4 (3B, HR, 5 RBI), Young 1/2, Piercefield 1/4 (RBI), Jezik 1/3, Swoope 1/2, Tack 2/3 (RBI)
Goreville: Schuetz 1/2, Ray 1/1, King 1/3 (RBI), Goins 1/3 (3B), Sopczak 1/3 (2B), Walker 1/1 (RBI)
PITCHING
Marshall: Kemp (W) 6.0 (6 hits, 3 runs)
Goreville: King 1.0 (6 hits, 8 runs), Ray 5.0 (4 hits, 2 runs)