Bacon County stretched its season-best winning streak to four games with wins over Brantley County and Telfair County.
The Class A D-I MaxPreps 15th-ranked Lady Red Raiders (6-3-1) notched an 8-2 road win Monday, August 29 in Caney Bay over the Lady Herons (5-7) The Lady Herons posted a 4-1 win in the season-opening August 2 scrimmage in Alma.
Bacon County slipped past visiting Telfair County (3-4) 2-1 Wednesday afternoon to complete the season sweep of the Lady Trojans. BCHS won the first meeting 8-0 in the August 4 season opener.
The Lady Red Raiders are off until Thursday, September 8 when they travel to Region 1 foe Pelham.
No. 15 Bacon Co. 8
No. 12 Lady Herons 2
CANEY BAY — The Lady Red Raiders plated three runs in the second inning in taking the lead for good in beating Brantley County.
Bacon County collected four of its 15 hits in the second against Kira Altman (4 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 K, 2 BB, 1 HBP) sending eight batters to the plate.
Cloe Pless (2-for-3) opened the frame with a single and moved to second on Jess Carledge’s (1-for-3) sacrifice bunt. An infield hit by Annakate Hollingsworth (2-for-4) and an error on a ball hit by Ava Conner loaded the bases.
Santana Green’s (2-for-2) ensuing sacrifice bunt scored Pless with the first run. Alexis Kirkland (3-for-4) followed two pitches later with a two-run double to left-center for a 3-0 lead.
The Lady Herons closed the deficit to 3-2 in their half of the third inning. Kelsi Bishop reached on a one-out, two-base error with Brooklyn Wildes (1-for-4) following with a single to center. Following Wildes’ theft of second, Maggie Crews (1-for-3) laced a first-pitch, two-out double scoring Bishop’s courtesy runner Alyssa Wilson and Wildes.
Bacon County got the two runs back in the top of the fourth on two-out RBI singles by Riley Andrews (3-for-5) and Ayla Dixon (1-for-4).
The Lady Red Raiders pushed home three runs in the seventh against Chelsia Turner (3 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 K, 0 BB) to open up a six-run advantage.
Kirkland’s one-out, two-run double followed a single by Hollingsworth and Green’s double. Andrews RBI single scored Kirkland with the final run.
No. 15 Bacon Co. 2
Telfair County 1
ALMA — A one-out, solo homer by Pless in the bottom of the fourth inning on the ninth pitch of the at bat broke a 1-all tie lifting the Lady Red Raiders.
Bacon County scored in its second at bat for the early 1-0 lead. Pless (2-for-3) lined a leadoff single, moved into scoring position on Carledge’s sacrifice bunt, and scored on Conner’s (1-for-2) two-out single ro right.
The Lady Trojans evened the score at 1-all in the top of the fourth on a one-out grounder off Pless (7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 K, 1 BB).
Pless, who fouled off five pitches in the bottom of the inning, launched a 3-2 pitch for her first homer of the season for the eventual game-winning run.
Telfair County stranded the potential game-tying run at third in both the fifth and sixth innings.
Brantley County hosted region foe Vidalia Thursday, September 1. The Lady Herons travel Tuesday, September 6 to Coffee.
