Pierce County split a pair of Region 3 matchups winning on the road and falling at home.
The Lady Bears (9-8 overall, 3-2 region) completed the season sweep Tuesday, September 17 of homestanding Tattnall County posting a 110 victory in five innings. PCHS posted a 10-0 victory at home in the August 27 matchup.
Top-ranked and defending state champ Appling County (14-1, 4-0) stretched its winning streak to six games completing the season sweep Thursday, September 19 of PCHS notching a 5-0 victory. The Lady Pirates won the August 29 meeting 13-0.
Pierce County traveled Monday, September 23 to Lyons to face Class A DI fourth-ranked Toombs County. The Lady Bears go to region foe Crisp County Thursday, September 26.
Lady Bears.............................11 Tattnall County.......................0
REIDSVILLE — Carley Sloan twirled a two-hit shutout with the Lady Bears breaking open the game with a seven-run fourth inning.
PCHS scored twice in the first, added single runs in the second and third, and exploded in the fourth in recording the victory.
Della Delaney (1-for-2, four stolen bases) drew a leadoff walk to start the game, stole second and third, and scored on Alyssa Crump’s (2-for-4) one-out grounder. Taylor Tomlinson (1-for-3) reached on a two-out error, stole second and raced to third when the throw to second was misplayed. She scored on Kaylee Figeuroa’s (1for-3) RBI single for a 2-0 advantage.
Sloan (1-for-2) led off the second with a walk and was removed for courtesy runner Eva Horne, who stole second with one out. After being sacrificed third by Maelee Childers, Horne scored on Delaney’s infield hit for a 3-0 lead.
Crump started the third inning with a leadoff single and was removed for courtesy runner Caren Drew. Figueroa reached on a one-out fielder’s choice scoring from first on a three-base error on a ball hit by Gracie Corbitt for a 4-0 advantage.
PCHS sent 11 batters to the plate in the fourth with eight batters reaching (four hits, two walks, a hit batter and an error) and seven scoring.
Lanie Mai (1-for-3) opened the inning with a single followed by Childers being hit with the next offering. Following the first out, Olivia Bennett (2-for-4) singled plating the first run for a 5-0 lead.
Crump’s ensuing single to center scored Delaney. After Crump was replaced by Drew, a passed ball allowed Bennett to score ahead of a Tomlinson walk putting runners on the corners.
Following a stolen base by Tomlinson, Drew raced home on a passed ball. Tomlinson, who moved to third on the play, scored on the ensuing passed ball for a 9-0 lead.
After Figueroa walked, Sloan laced a two-out, run-scoring double driving home Figueroa. Horne, running for Sloan, moved to third on the third passed ball of the inning and scored the final run on an error on a ball hit by Mai for an 11-0 advantage.
No. 1 Appling County ..............5 Lady Bears..............................0
BEARVILLE — Presly Harrison fanned 15 batters while tossing a four-hit shutout for the Lady Pirates.
Appling County gave the University of Georgia commit all the runs she would need with a three-run first inning against Sloan (7 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 K, 4 BB).
The Lady Pirates opened the game with four consecutive singles, the last two each driving home a run. A fielder’s choice grounder plated the third run for a 3-0 lead.
A two-out, run-scoring double plated a run in the second inning extending the margin to 4-0. A leadoff error set up a sixth inning run on a one-out sacrifice fly.
PCHS’s hits off Presley, who fanned the side three times and recorded at least one strikeout in the other four inninngs, came in the second inning with a leadoff single by Tomlinson (1-for-2), a two-out single in the fourth off the bat of Figueroa (1-for-3) and consecutive singles by Bennett (1-for-3) and Crump (1-for-3) to start the sixth.
