Cleburne County, Weaver score walk-off wins; Lady Tigers go 11 innings to get theirs
HEFLIN – Carlee Hiett’s single with two outs in the bottom of the 11th brought home Makinzie Frames with the winning run in a 4-3 softball victory over Spring Garden Thursday.
The Lady Tigers were down to their last out when they started the winning rally. Winning pitcher Jayci Boozer got it started when she reached on an error and Frames went in to run. She moved to second when Allyssa Hunt reached on another infield error and rode home on Hiett’s game-winning hit.
Hiett went 4-for-6 in the game.
“This team has something special about it,” said Cleburne County coach Christina Ezell, who once played in a 14-inning game as a player. “A chip on their shoulder I can see. We have some unfinished business.”
The game lasted nearly two hours and 30 minutes, featured 95 batters, 20 hits and 306 pitches. Both pitchers – Boozer and Abbey Steward went the distance. Boozer struck out 15 and Steward fanned 13.
It was the second straight one-run game Spring Garden played in as many days that was decided in the last inning. On Wednesday, the Lady Panthers beat Cherokee County 1-0 with a run in the top of the seventh.
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Cleburne County 003 000 000 01 – 4 12 2
WP: Jayci Boozer. LP: Abbey Steward. 2B: Abbey Steward (S), Layla Ingram (S), Karley Boyd (C), Carlee Hiett (C), Kaley Harris (C). HR: Maggie Jarrett (S).
Weaver 5, Woodland 4: Kynlee Fulmer smashed a hard single to center on a 3-2 pitch with none out in the bottom of the seventh to bring Jadyn Smith home with the winning run.
Smith started the rally with a leadoff walk and moved to second on Alana Cooper’s second single of the game. Sydney Bitzer and Peyton Marvasty also had two hits for the Lady Bearcats and Madison Atchley drove in a pair of runs.
Fulmer also was the winning pitcher, giving up six hits over seven innings with seven strikeouts.
The Lady Bearcats fell behind 4-0 going to the bottom of the third. McKenzie McCormick hit a two-run homer for Woodland in the third.
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Weaver 001 120 1 – 5 11 1
WP: Kynlee Fulmer. LP: McKenzie McCormick. 2B: McKenzie McCormick (Wo), Jadyn Smith (We). HR: McKenzie McCormick (Wo). [*** read more]
