EVANS — Brantley County’s Lady Herons went 3-0 here during the two-day Greenbrier Invitational over the weekend.
BCHS (9-5 overall, 4-5 Region 1A) stretched its current winning streak to four games after turning back Lakesie-Evans 5-0 Friday (Septermber 6) on a six-inning no-hitter by Reagan Mclain.
The Lady Herons beat Evans High School 21-9 in five innings Saturday morning and followed with a 12-4 win over the host Lady Wolfpack.
Brantley County hosted Region 1 foe Fitzgerald (2-13, 111), Tuesday (September 10). BCHS visits the Lady Purple Hurricane, losers of eight straight, Thursday, September 12. Region foe Berrien follows hosting the Lady Herons Tuesday, September 17 with a twinbill scheduled for Caney Bay Thursday, September 19.
Lady Herons ...................5 Lakeside-Evans ..............0
Brantley County scored what proved to be the only run it would need in the first inning in knocking off the Lady Panthers.
McLain needed just 75 pitches in tossing the shutout against Lakeside-Evans. She finished with five strikeouts and issued two walks in the route-going performance.
Lydia Anderson (RBI), Chelsea Turner and Jayden Lewis (double, two ribbies) paced the Lady Herons at the plate with each going 2-for-3. Brooklyn Wildes (double), Kelsie Bishop (RBI) and Sydnee Davis added a hit apiece.
Brantley County doubled its margin with a run in the second. The Lady Herons used a two-run fifth to extend the lead to 4-0. An insurance run in the sixth finished out the scoring.
Lady Herons .................21 Evans .............................9
The Lady Herons scored crooked numbers in each of their five at bats to beat Evans.
The Lady Knights struck for two runs in the opening frame against Turner (4+ IP, 8 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 2 K, 2 BB, 1 HBP). Brantley County followed with the next 12 runs scoring four times in the bottom of the first for a 4-2 advantage.
BCHS plated five runs in the second and three in the third to open up a 12-2 lead. After each team scored twice in the fourth, Evans dented the plate five times in the top of the fifth to climb to within 14-9.
Brantley County responded with seven runs in its half of the fiifth for the final margin.
Anderson (3-for-5, RBI), Wildes (3-for-4, solo homer) and Turner (3-for-5, double, two RBI) led the Lady Herons at the plate. Bishop (2-for-4, homer, 5 RBIs), Rilee Story (2for-4, double, four ribbies) and Lewis (2-for-3, RBI) also had multi-hit games.
Rylee Smith (two RBI), Lexi Byrd and Davis (RBI) contributed a hit each.
Edie Lowther allowed two hits and a run in relief of Turner.
Lady Herons .................12 Greenbrier .....................4
Brantley County pulled away from a 2-all tie with a six-run second inning finishing off the scoring with a fourrun fourth in beating the Lady Wolfpack.
The Lady Herons struck for two runs in the first inning with Greenbrier responding with two runs in the second against Mary Hall (2.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0K, 1 BB, 1 HBP). The sixrun bottom of the second gave BCHS an 8-2 advantage.
The Lady Wolfpack chased home two runs in the third with Brantley County scoring four times in the fourth for the final margin. Mclain (2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BB) worked in relief of Hall.
Anderson (2-for-4, triple, three RBIs), Wildes (2-for-3, 2 doubles, RBI), Hall (2-for-2, RBI) and Turner (2-for-3, RBI) led BCHS at the plate.
Mclain (1-for-1, double, two runs batted in), Story (1-for-3, solo homer), Byrd (1-for-2) and Lewis (1-for-2, double, RBI) added a hit apiece.
