Woodland beats Hiram; Late inning runs top Cass
Woodland softball defeated visiting Hiram Tuesday night 9-1 in six innings.
Sarah Baynard (6 IP, 1ER, 5H, 1BB, 4K) tossed a complete-game, five-hitter to pick up the win.
Hiram scored a single run in the top of the first, but Woodland took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the inning.
The Lady Cats added five more runs in the fourth inning and ended the game in walk-off fashion with a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth with only one out.
Ansley Evans (RBI), Caroline Higdon (2 RBI), Morgan Cooper, and Kendyl Hardin (RBI) had two hits each for Woodland. Bella Carnes, Morgan Bailey (RBI), and Hannah Miller (RBI) added one hit apiece.
The loss drops Hiram to 11-10-1 overall and 6-9 in Region 7-AAAAA.
Woodland (18-6, 12-2) closes out the regular season on the road Wednesday at Rome (5:30 p.m.) and plays at Paulding County Thursday (5:55 p.m.). The Lady Cats can clinch no worse than a No. 2 seed for the region playoffs with a pair of wins.
EAST PAULDING 7, CASS 2
Visiting East Paulding scored seven runs in the top of the sixth inning Tuesday night to defeat Cass in a Region 7-AAAAA game, 7-2.
Cass scored two runs in the top of the first inning on four walks and a wild pitch to take an early 2-0 lead and maintained that advantage until the big inning by the Raiders. The Lady Colonels loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh, but failed to push across a run.
The final inning was reflective of an entire evening of offensive woes for Cass. The Lady Colonels managed only one hit. It was a fourth inning single by Kaila Carson.
East Paulding pitcher Maggie O’Kelley walked eight, but fanned 12 in a complete-game win.
Rachael Lee (6 IP, 7R, 6ER, 14H, 1BB, 2K) went five shutout innings for the Lady Colonels until the fateful sixth. Macenzie Dougharty (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB) worked a scoreless seventh inning.
Adalyn Heal and Lexi Matthews both had three hits for East Paulding.
The Raiders wrapped up the regular season schedule with their win. East Paulding moves into the region playoffs with a 19-7 record overall and 13-3 in Region 7-AAAAA.
Cass (4-21, 4-11) wraps up the 2018 season Thursday at home against Carrollton at 5:55 p.m.
