Saturday February 20,2021
Softball: Meridian, MS
After nearly a three week lay-off due to COVID-19 and weather issues the Lady Bears were finally able to take the field, in the Rush Invitation, hosted by Meridian Community College this weekend. Unfortunately for the Lady Bears they were not able to knock of the rust and lose their opening round game to the Des Moines Area Community College 10 to 0. In their second game of the tournament versus Coastal Alabama North, a transformer blew, and the Lady Bears were unable to finish the game.
In game one, Des Moines scored early and often enroute to the 10-0 five inning mercy rule victory over Baton Rouge. The Lady Bears could not find any offense as they could only mustard one hit in the ball game. Des Moines would get on the board first with a solo homer by S. Maras. They would add to their lead with another run in the first inning. They would score 2 in the second, 4 in the fourth and 2 more in the fifth to secure the victory.
The only hit for the Lady Bears came off the bat of Freshman infielder Kaitley Fisher in th,e first inning, as she singled to the shortstop.
Alexis Lander earned the victory for Des Moines. She pitched five innings allowing zero runs on one hit, while striking out three. Leanne Lain earned the loss for the Lady Bears. Leanne pitched 4.2 innings allowing 10 runs on 9 hits, while walking 7 and striking out 1.
With the win, Des Moines improves to 1-1 while Baton Rouge falls to 1-4 on the young season.
Game 2: The Lady Bears were up 1-0 in the first inning when a transformer blew outside the field shutting down the lights. Both Baton Rouge and Coastal Alabama North waited for the lights to come back on and even tried to move fields but were unable to finish the game.
Baton Rouge would open the game with a walk by Kaitley Fisher and she would be driven in by Jodi Broussard single to centerfield for the games only run of the game.
The game will not be made up between the two schools.
Next up for the Lady Bears will be a Monday February 22, 2021 doubleheader versus the Mississippi Delta Lady Trojans. The games are scheduled for 1 and 3 pm at Traction in Baton Rouge.