Saturday January 29, 2022: Softball
Madison, MS
The Lady Bears traveled to Mississippi to open the 2022 season with a doubleheader with Holmes Community College at Germantown High School. The Lady Bears fall in game one 11-1, in five innings, and lose game two 10 to 7.
Game One:
The Lady Bears could not control the high-powered offense of the Holmes Community College Lady Bulldogs. The Lady Bulldogs scored at least one run in four of the five innings played, in game one. Holmes would win game one 11 to 1, in a five inning run rule.
The Lady Bulldogs would get on the board first via an error by the Lady Bears and back-to-back doubles. After the first inning, the Lady Bulldogs would lead 2-0. Holmes would load the bases, in the second inning, and scratch across two more runs to take a 4-0 lead. The Lady Bears found a bit of life, in the third inning, with a single by Isabella Landeche and a double by Kristyn Lormand, but both would be stranded. In the bottom of the third inning, the Lady Bulldogs would open the frame with back-to-back doubles scoring another run. After three the Bulldogs led 5-0. The Lady Bears would get on the board, in the fourth inning, when freshman infielder Alara Taylor would hit a lead off homer to left field. After four innings, the Lady Bears trailed 5-1. The Lady Bulldogs would open the game wide open, in the fourth inning, with 6 runs to take a commanding 11- 1 lead and the game one victory.
K. Travis would earn the victory for the Holmes Lady Bulldogs. She pitched a complete game, five innings, allowing 1 run on 5 hits while striking out 6. Kelsie B. Etheridge would earn the loss for the Lady Bears. KB pitched one inning allowing 4 runs on 4 hits. Aleigha Fussell and Sophia Tanner both pitched in relief for the Lady Bears.
Game 1 Lady Bears Highlights:
Kristyn Lormand went 1-2 with 1 BB
Morgan Alleman went 1 for 3
Alara Taylor went 1 for 3 with 1 RBI and 1 Homerun
Montana Smith went 1 for 2
Isabella Landeche went 1 for 2
Game Two:
Game two was more of a competitive game between the Lady Bulldogs and the Lady Bears. The Lady Bears found a bit of rhythm at the plate with 14 hits but only 7 runs. The Lady Bulldogs continued their hot streak at the plate pounding out 10 runs on 11 hits to earn the game two, 10-7 victory.
In the first inning, the Lady Bears would get some traffic on the base paths when Morgan Alleman and Alara Taylor would hit back-to-back infield singles. Adelyn Fisher would then hit a double to left field to drive in the Lady Bears first run of the ball game. Holmes would respond and tie the game at 1 in the bottom of the first. The Lady Bears would load the bases, in the third, via a single by Kristyn Lormand, a single by Morgan Alleman and a walk by Kylie Lormand. Ryen Lawrence would then single to right field driving in another Lady Bears run. The Lady Bears would pick up another run in the inning to take a 3 to 1 lead. Holmes would score three runs, in the bottom of the third, to regain the lead, 4 to 3. Holmes would add two more runs to their lead, in the fourth inning. After four, the Lady Bulldogs led the Lady Bears 6 to 3. Freshman Morgan Alleman would strike again in the fifth inning with a lead off double to center field. Morgan would score on a double by Alara Taylor to inch the Lady Bears closer;6-4. In the bottom of the fifth, the Lady Bulldogs would explode for 4 runs to take a 10 to 4 lead over the Lady Bears. The Lady Bears would not quit as they would scratch across three runs, in the sixth, to inch closer;10-7. In the sixth inning, the Lady Bears would load the bases via a hit by pitch and two walks. Morgan Alleman would strike again with another single to drive in a run. Alara Taylor would follow with another double scoring Morgan. Unfortunately, that was all the Lady Bears could drive across as they would fall in game two;10-7.
Enmagail Kelley would earn the victory for Holmes. She pitched five innings allowing 4 runs on 11 hits while striking out 2. Marley Olivier took the loss for Baton Rouge. Marley allowed 10 runs on 9 hits in four and two-thirds innings. She also struck out 4 Lady Bulldogs. Kelsie B. Etheridge pitched in relief for the Lady Bears.
Game 2 Lady Bears Highlights:
Kristyn Lormand went 1 for 4
Morgan Alleman went 4 for 4 with 1 RBI and 3 Runs
Alara Taylor went 3 for 3 with 3 RBIs and 1 Run
Isabella Landeche went 1 for 3
Emma McCormick went 1 for 2 with 1 Run
With the pair of victories Holmes Community College improves to 2-0 while Baton Rouge falls to 0-2 on this young season.
The Lady Bears will open their home portion of their 2022 schedule this Tuesday February 1, 2022, with a 1 pm doubleheader versus the Mississippi Delta Lady Trojans.
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