Two runs in the first inning were enough for the Lady Marshals to hold off Ballard Memorial 2-1 to pick up a Senior Night win on Thursday. It was the 20th win of the season for the Lady Marshals with just five games left in the regular schedule before tournament play.
The bottom of the first inning scoring began on a single hit by Madyson Morton. A sacrifice by Marin Oakley moved Morton over to second base and a two out fly ball hit by Allicen Harris, who reached on an error, brought Morton in for the first run. Chevelle Henson hit a single out to right field that scored Harris for the early 2-0 lead.
Ballard threatened in the bottom of the fourth, putting two on off of singles by MacLaine Mathis and Serenity Owens. Pitcher Gracelyn Darnall induced a ground out to get the Lady Marshals out of the inning.
Ballard scored a run in the top of the fifth on a steal of home plate by courtesy runner Tessa Holman, running for Aubrey Alexander who hit her second double of the game. Holman advanced to third off a single by Trintiy Williams.
Darnall earned the win, giving up eight hits, one run and striking out five over seven innings.
Ballard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1 8 2
Marshall 2 0 0 0 0 0 x | 2 2 0
Marshall (20-10): Morton 1/2, Henson 1/3 (RBI)
Ballard (10-9): Alexander 3/3 (2-2B), Williams 1/3, Hargrove 1/3, Mathis 1/3, Owens 2/3
Marshall: Darnall (W) 7.0 (8 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 SO)
Ballard: Bohde 6.0 (2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO)
Last Thursday, the Lady Marshals dropped a 2-0 game to Lyon County (12-14). Two hits in the game came from Allicen Harris and Chevelle Henson. Lyon County tallied seven hits led by Emma Brasher who went 3-for-3. Lilly Perry earned the win for the Lady Lyons over seven innings, striking out five and giving up the two hits.
The Lady Marshals rebounded nicely from the loss to Lyon County on Friday with a 9-7 win on 10 hits over Graves County (17-13).
A three-run home run hit by Allicen Harris put the Lady Marshals up 4-1 in the bottom of the third but the Lady Eagles answered with six runs in the top of the fourth to take a 7-4 lead. The Lady Marshals added two runs in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 7-6.
In the bottom of the fifth, two runs crossed the plate off a single hit by Marin Oakley and a triple by Chloe Coursey brought in the third run of the inning for a 9-7 lead that held up for the win.
At the plate, Oakley went 3-for-3 with two RBIs. Madyson Morton and Trinlee Anderson each hit doubles. Coursey, Chevelle Henson and Macy McLeod all hit triples and Harris hit the three-run homer.
Harris earned the win from the circle, striking out seven, giving up five hits and two earned of seven runs.
