GENTRY -- Big third and sixth innings gave the Lady Pioneers plenty of runs to defeat Providence Academy in six and a half innings on Thursday at the Merrill Reynolds Memorial Complex in Gentry. Providence Academy scored a run in the first and fifth and three in the top of the seventh, but Gentry's six runs in the bottom of the sixth gave the girls the margin of their 11-5 victory.
Down by one, the Lady Pioneers scored four runs in the third when Meledy Owens reached on a shortstop error and scored on a Carissa Goosens ground out to first. Avani Edwards, Mandy Barber and Randi Jo Bolinger walked; and Edwards and Barber scored on a line-drive double into center field by Raegan Jude.
Owens tripled to right field in the fourth inning and made it home on a catcher error.
Then, in the bottom of the sixth, Lynzey Sikes, Owens and Edwards walked, loading up the bases. All three scored on a catcher's error before Harley Stanfield tripled on a fly ball into center field. Goosens then walked, and both Stanfield and Goosens were brought home by an inside-the-park home run to right field by Bolinger, to make the score 11-2 in favor of Gentry.
Providence Academy managed three runs in the top of the seventh on a walk, a sacrifice fly and three doubles, but it wasn't enough to take the win away from the Gentry girls.
Gentry had six hits and 11 runs in the game and no errors. Providence Academy scored five runs on seven hits but was charged with seven errors in the game.
Jude pitched all seven innings in the game and struck out eight Providence batters.
Batting
2B: Raegan Jude
3B: Meledy Owens, Harley Stanfield
HR: Randi Jo Bolinger
TB: Randi Jo Bolinger 4, Raegan Jude 2, Meledy Owens 4, Harley Stanfield 4
RBI: Randi Jo Bolinger 3, Carissa Goosens, Raegan Jude 3
ROE: Carissa Goosens, Raegan Jude, Meledy Owens
SB: Mandy Barber, Avani Edwards, Carissa Goosens
Elkins 20
Gentry 8
The earlier part of the week wasn't as pretty for the Lady Pioneers, who picked up losses to Pea Ridge on Monday (April 9) and to Elkins on Tuesday (April 10).
In a home game against Elkins, the Lady Pioneers were down, 5-0, before they scored their first runs in the bottom of the third on a Carissa Goosens double which brought in Lynzey Sikes and Meledy Owens. Sykes had singled and Owens walked.
The Lady Pioneers picked up another run in the fourth, two in the fifth and three in the sixth; but the Lady Elks answered with four runs in the top of the fourth, two in the fifth and nine in the sixth to take the game, 20-8, in six innings.
Makayla Case pitched five innings in the game and Allee Sweeten, one. Case struck out seven.
Batting
2B: Carissa Goosens
TB: Mandy Barber, Randi Jo Bolinger, Avani Edwards 2, Carissa Goosens 3, Taylor Norman, Meledy Owens, Lynzey Sikes, Harley Stanfield
RBI: Mandy Barber, Carissa Goosens 4, Harley Stanfield 2
ROE: Carissa Goosens, Harley Stanfield
HBP: Raegan Jude, Meledy Owens
SB: Cali Stevens
Pea Ridge 10
Gentry 0
The Lady Pioneers were shut out in six at-bats in Pea Ridge on April 9. The Lady Blackhawks picked up three runs in the first, one in the third, three in the fourth, another in the fifth and two in the sixth for the 10-run victory.
Gentry managed four hits in the game, including a sixth-inning double by Harley Stanfied. Pea Ridge had 11 hits, including four doubles and a home run. Gentry was also charged with three errors.
Raegan Jude pitched for the Lady Pioneers.
Batting
2B: Harley Stanfield
TB: Alexis Droddy, Avani Edwards, Meledy Owens, Harley Stanfield 2
Sports on 04/18/2018