An inside the park home run by Madyson Morton and home run by Tia Thorpe helped fuel a 6-run top of the third inning on the Lady Marshals way to an 11-3 district win over Calloway County. Earlier this season, the Lady Marshals lost 2-0 to the Lady Lakers, the win now giving them the district split.
Friday, the Lady Marshals will play Murray, a team they beat in the first district contest this season 8-0. Murray is 0-3 in district play. A win for the Lady Marshals would set up a tie at 3-1 with the Lady Lakers and a tiebreaker would determine the #1 seed for the district tournament.
Charley Pursley led the game off against Calloway County on Wednesday with a double, followed by hits from Anna Vasseur and Chloe Coursey who brought in the Lady Marshals first run. The Lady Lakers took a 2-1 lead in the second inning on a homer hit by Preslee Phillips.
The 6-run third inning began on Morton’s home run. Gracelyn Darnall drew a walk and came to the plate on Thorpe’s 2-run homer. Chevelle Henson walked, Marin Oakley’s sacrifice moved Henson over to second, a hit by Pursley put two base runners on and Vassuer’s double brought both of them to the plate. That was followed by a double from Coursey that brought in Vasseur for the 7-2 lead.
They stretched the lead to 10-2 in the fourth inning, the runs coming in on a double by Henson and 2-run single by Pursley. Coursey scored on an error for the final run of the night.
The Lady Marshals had 15 hits, led by Pursley who went 4-for-5 with a double and brought in two runs. Vasseur had three hits including a double and two RBIs and Coursey had two doubles and plated two runs among her three hits. Thorpe pitched the win over seven innings, allowing eight hits and three runs.
Marshall 1 0 6 3 0 0 1 11 15 0
Calloway 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 1
Marshall: Pursley 4/5 (2B, 2 RBI), Vasseur 3/4 (2B, 2 RBI), Coursey 3/5 (2-2B, 2 RBI), Morton 1/3 (HR, RBI), Darnall 1/3, Thorpe 1/4 (HR, 2 RBI), Henson 2/2 (2BRBI)
Calloway: Phillips 2/4 (2 RBI), E. Grogan 1/3 (RBI), Housden 1/1, McReynolds 1/4, Hicks 2/3, Settle 1/2
Marshall: Thorpe 7.0 (8 hits, 3 runs)
Calloway: Housden 2.2 (10 hits, 7 runs), E. Grogan 4.1 (5 hits, 4 runs)
The week began for the Lady Marshals with a 9-2 loss to Christian County. The Lady Colonels scored five runs in the first inning and finished with 12 hits to earn the win after five and a half innings. Pursley, Darnall and Trinlee Anderson had the three hits in the game for the Lady Marshals. Gracie Harned went 3-for-3 for Christian County with a double and home run. Pitcher Riley Hancock got the win, striking out eight while giving up three hits and two runs.
The Lady Marshals beat Livingston Central 6-5 on Tuesday. A 6-0 lead heading into the seventh inning nearly vanished when the Lady Cardinals scored five runs in the top of the seventh. Morton had two of the Lady Marshals nine hits. Darnall hit a double in the first inning and Thorpe a solo home run in the sixth inning. Allicen Harris pitched six and a third innings for the win, striking out two, allowing six hits and three runs.
