Lady Tigers edged in extra innings; Lady Canes shutout at home

The Lady Canes were shutout by visiting Chapel Hill Thursday night 11-0 behind a complete-game, two-hitter by Panthers’ pitcher Kira Morgan.

Morgan needed only 62 pitches in her six inning effort. She fanned six.

Chapel Hill led 5-0 through three innings, added two more in the fifth and four in the sixth inning.

Jazlyn Perry went 2-for-3 with a double and four RBI to pace Chapel Hill’s offense. Paige Vincent had two hits and seven other Panthers added one hit apiece.

AnnaKate McElhaney and Colbi Ballard had the only Cartersville base hits.

Ballard (3 IP, 5ER, 4H, 7BB, 2K) started in the circle and suffered the pitching loss. AnnaKate McElhaney (3 IP, 6R, 5ER, 7H, 3BB, 2K) worked the final three frames.

Chapel Hill improved to 6-2 overall and 2-0 in Region 5-AAAA.

Cartersville (5-3, 3-3) will play Pickens Friday at Hamilton Crossing Park at 8:30 p.m. as part of the Allatoona Buccaneer Bash. The Lady Canes are scheduled to face Union Grove and Alexander Saturday at Kennesaw Mountain High School in back-to-back games starting at 1 p.m.

MURRAY COUNTY 5, ADAIRSVILLE 4

The Adairsville Lady Tigers softball squad lost a fifth, one-run decision Thursday night falling to the visiting Murray County Indians, 5-4 in eight innings.

Adairsville led 4-2 through five innings, but Murray scored twice in the sixth to knot the score 4-4. A scoreless seventh frame sent the game to extra innings.

Three singles, including two hits after two outs plated the Indians game-winning run.

The Lady Tigers got a base runner to third in their half of the eighth, but were unable to push the run across.

Rileigh Morgan and Jordan Swanson combined for six of Murray County’s twelve hits. Natalie O’Neal (8 IP, 4R, 2ER, 5H, 2BB, 5K) pitched all eight innings for the Indians.

Taylor Rhoades (3 IP, 1R, 0ER, 3H, 0BB, 2K) suffered the pitching loss for Adairsville in relief of Victoria O’Neal (5 IP, 4ER, 9H, 0BB, 6K)

Sierra Tanner had two hits including a double for the Lady Tigers. Tori Lee, Natalie Burrow, and Chloe Souders added one hit apiece. Havyn Isaac forced in a run.

Murray County improved to 2-8 overall and 1-5 in Region 6-AAA.

Adairsville (2-9, 1-6) plays Sequoyah Saturday at 3 p.m. in a non-region game at North Cobb.