Pierce County Middle school lost its lone Southeast Georgia Middle School Athletic Conference game of the week with another rained out.
The Lady Bears suffered an 11-3 defeat Monday, September 9 at Ware County Middle School. Thursday’s (September 12) home game against Appling County Middle School was canceled due to weather. No makeup date has been announced.
PCMS was scheduled to travel Monday (September 16) to Jesup to face Wayne County. The Lady Bears wrap up the season Thursday, September 19 going to Bacon County Middle School.
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WAYCROSS — Homestanding Ware Middle took advantage of seven Lady Bear errors to pull away for the win keyed by a seven-run third inning.
Each team recorded just four hits in the matchup. The Lady Gators committed two errors.
PCMS plated a run in the second inning for the early 1-0 lead. Miranda Howard (1-for-3) blooped a leadoff single, moved to second on a Sophia White (1-for-3) sacrifice bunt, stole third and scored on Kabela Reddick’s (1-for-2) sacrifice bunt.
The Lady Gators evened the score in the bottom of the second against White (2.2 IP, 2 H, 8 R, 0 ER, 4 K, 6 BB, 1 WP) with the run racing home on a twoout, bases loaded passed ball.
Ware County sent 11 batters to the plate in the third inning in scoring seven times to open up an 8-1 advantage. Three runs scored on passed balls and three came on a bases clearing double.
The Lady Gators added a run in the fourth against Sadie Warren (3 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 4 K, 4 BB) off an error with Pierce Middle responding with a run in the fifth cutting the margin to 9-2.
Reddick singled, advanced to second on a passed ball, moved to third on Kinsey Reddick’s sacrifice bunt and scored on Caitlyn Hinnant’s (1-for-2) single.
Two errors by Ware Middle helped the Lady Bears score a run in the sixth. Warren reached on an error, was sacrificed to second by Cadence Coldren, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and scored when White’s grounder was misplayed.
The Lady Gators scored twice in the bottom of the inning to have the “mercy rule” enforced.
