Alexandria’s Gattis spins perfect game against Lincoln; White Plains, Weaver, JCA score wins over county foes, and more
TUESDAY SOFTBALL
Alexandria 14, Lincoln 0
Childersburg 7, Wellborn 4
Jacksonville Christian 5, Saks 3
Piedmont 10, Pleasant Valley 4
Ragland 6, Gaylesville 3
Spring Garden 8, Ragland 2
Weaver 9, Ohatchee 6
White Plains 8, Oxford 2
LINCOLN – Rylee Gattis was on top of her game during Alexandria’s run to the Final Four of the Gulf Coast Classic II last week in Gulf Shores and she was delivering more of the same Tuesday.
To put it simply, she was perfect.
The Lady Cubs’ senior threw a seven-inning perfect game in a 14-0 area victory over Lincoln. She threw a perfect game against the Lady Bears last year in the area tournament, too.
“It felt good to have my sister (Chloe) behind the plate and the defense behind my back,” Gattis said. “I didn’t strike everybody out; of course, I had to have everybody’s effort behind me.”
Gattis needed 92 pitches get through the 21 batters she faced. She struck out 12. She went to 3-2 counts on two batters. One she retired on a fastball away that was hit back to her and the other she struck out with a curve, a pitch she throws “more often than you’d think” in that situation.
“I was confident in the fastball so I threw it,” she said. “I have a lot of confidence in my curveball as well. My pitching coaches have made me confident in all of my pitches, but I also have confidence that whatever I throw my defense will back me up no matter what.”
And the defense made two nice plays to preserve the gem. On one, Gattis took a comebacker off her calf but shortstop Ashley Phillips collected the carom and threw on to first. On the other, Christian Hess made a leaping grab on a liner above her head.
The lineup supported her with an 18-hit attack. Hess homered, had four hits and drove in five runs. Phillips also homered and had three RBIs. And Pressley Slaton went 4-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs. Jill Cockrell, Rylee Gattis and Addie Jennings had two hits apiece.
Alexandria 014 012 6 – 14 18 0
Lincoln 000 000 0 – 0 0 4
WP: Rylee Gattis. LP: Mya Skinner. 2B: Christian Hess (A), Pressley Slaton 2 (A), Chloe Gattis (A). HR: Christian Hess (A), Ashley Phillips (A).
White Plains 8, Oxford 2: Callie Richardson homered and drove in three runs, Courtnee Masson had two hits and Cooper Martin had three RBIs. Richardson’s homer, a two-run shot, gave the Lady Wildcats a 3-0 lead in the third inning.
Leighton Arnold scattered four hits and struck out 10 in a complete game. Matti Sprawberry had two hits for Oxford.
White Plains 012 120 2 – 8 8 1
Oxford 001 000 1 – 2 4 6
WP: Leighton Arnold. LP: Berkley Mooney. 2B: Camden Wilson (W), Courtnee Masson (W), Ashlyn Burns (O). HR: Callie Richardson (W).
Piedmont 10, Pleasant Valley 4: Emily Farmer pitched six strong innings and her three RBIs were a big part of the heart of Piedmont’s order that drove in nine runs.
Piedmont scored five in the first inning and opened an 8-0 lead after two. Emma Grace Todd, Casey Brothers and Ava Pope had two hits apiece. Cayla Brothers, Casey Brothers and Zhayla Walker each had two RBIs.
Macey Roper had two hits and Gracee Ward had two hits and two RBIs for PV.
Piedmont 530 101 0 – 10 11 4
Pleasant Valley 000 010 3 – 4 6 6
WP: Emily Farmer. LP: Morgan Blohm. 2B: Emma Grace Todd (P), Zhayla Walker (P), Gracee Ward (PV).
Weaver 9, Ohatchee 6: Winning pitcher Kynlee Fulmer and TiAna Lawrence drove in runs in the fourth quarter to snap a 4-4 tie and give the Lady Bearcats the lead for good. Sydney Bitzer went 3-for-4 to lead Weaver’s 15-hit attack. Lawrence, Madison Atchley, Taylor Lawrence, Hannah Hise and Alana Cooper had two hits apiece.
Whitney McFry went 2-for-3 with three RBIs for Ohatchee. Kylee Barnes had a pair of hits.
Weaver 400 203 0 – 9 15 1
Ohatchee 202 001 1 – 6 6 3
WP: Kynlee Fulmer. LP: Kylee Barnes. 2B: Alana Cooper (W), TiAna Lawrence (W), Whitney McFry (O).
Childersburg 7, Wellborn 4: Jahdyn Haynes’ two-run triple in the fifth inning snapped a 3-3 tie and gave Childersburg the lead for good. Morgan Townsend went 4-for-4 for the Tigers.
Immarieen Singleton and Destiny Benefield both went 3-for-3 for Wellborn, which had leads of 2-0 and 3-2 in the game. Delana Stephens had two hits for the Lady Panthers.
Wellborn 020 101 0 – 4 12 3
Childersburg 002 131 x – 7 12 3
WP: Madison McGowan. LP: Gracie Lewis. 2B: Destiny Benefield (W), Kennedy Burnette (C), Madison Brooks (C). 3B: Jahdyn Haynes (C).
JCA 5, Saks 3: Addy Lee had two hits for the Lady Thunder, while Erin Prater, Rebecca Carter, Jacie Brackett and Kara Grace all had a hit and scored. Krymson Clay was strong in the circle, giving up four hits, one earned run and striking four two.
Ragland 6, Gaylesville 3: Addie Campbell broke a 3-3 tie with an RBI single in the fourth and Sammie Day-Jones singled home two more behind her. Campbell and Day-Jones both had two hits in the game.
In their second game of the day, the Lady Purple Devils were held to three hits by Abbey Steward and fell to Spring Garden 8-2. Steward also had two hits and two RBIs. [*** read more]
