Weather wrecked havoc for the Region 3AAA two-game series between Brantley County and sixth-ranked Pierce County with the week ending with a Lady Herons’ victory over Camden County.
The Tuesday, August 25 date in Caney Bay was rained out. The teams met Thursday, August 27 in Bearville playing one inning before play was halted by rain with the Lady Bears (7-1) holding a 2-1 lead over BCHS (41).
No dates have been announced for the series makeup.
Brantley County played host Saturday, August 29 to Class 6A Camden County. The Lady Herons notched a 9-2 victory in their first real action since an August 20 matchup with Bacon County.
A two-game Region 3AAA series is scheduled this week. BCHS hosted Islands Tuesday, September 1 at 5:30 p.m., before make a trip Thursday, September 3 to Savannah for a 5:30 p.m. date with the Lady Sharks.
Brantley County is scheduled to host Jeff Davis Tuesday, September 8 at 6 p.m.
PCHS.....................2 Lady Herons ..........1
BEARVILLE — The Lady Bears’ Riley Chambliss lifted a one-out, sacrifice fly to left scoring Harper Larson breaking a 1-all tie in the bottom of the first inning with the game being stopped one batter later.
Brantley County got on the board first. Lydia Anderson (1-for-1) greeted PCHS’s Bailey Barboza (1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 K, 0 BB) with a first-pitch, infield hit. Anderson swiped second and third on consecutive pitches, and scored on Rilee Story’s (1-for-1) base hit.
The Lady Herons added two more singles on base hits by Caiden Jones (1-for-1) and Addisyn Grafford before the inning ended.
PCHS responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning taking advantage of a fielding error.
Lanie Mai dropped down a leadoff bunt and raced to second on the miscue. After tagging and moving to third on Kaylee Figueroa’s fly out to right, Mai scored on Larson’s (1-for-1) infield hit off Mary Hall (1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 1 BB).
Leeanna Davis was hit by the ensuing pitch ahead of a four-pitch walk to Parker Sinclair loading the bases. Chambless followed was a sacrifice fly to left that scored Larson with the go-ahead run.
Following the final out of the inning one batter later, the game was stopped by the umpiring crew.
Lady Herons..........9 Camden Co............2
CANEY BAY — Brantley County used a fiverun first inning en route to scoring the final nine runs of the game in turning back the Lady Wildkittens.
The visitors struck for two unearned runs in the first inning against Edie Lowther (7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 1 BB). BCHS committed two of its three errors helping Camden County, which scored on a one-out, bases loaded walk and a sacrifice fly to grab a 2-0 lead.
The Lady Herons came right back to take the lead for good in the home half of the first. Lydia Anderson (3-for-4) lined a leadoff single, stole second and third base, and scored on a Sydnee Davis (2-for-2) two-run homer to left off a 3-2 pitch tying the score at 2-all.
Jones followed with a walk, moved up on a wild pitch and advanced to third on a single by Grafford (2-for-3). Both runners scored on Madison Walker’s (2-for-4) single to center giving Brantley County a 4-2 lead. Hali Knox, who replaced Walker as a courtesy runner, scored two batters later on Kynslea Garrion’s (1-for-4) twoout, run-scoring single.
The Lady Herons padded the margin with a three-run third inning extending their advantage to 8-2. Kynli Flowers (1-for-4) opened the inning with single and stole second ahead of a walk to Lowther (1-for-2).
Anderson followed with a single scoring Flowers with the first run extending the lead to 6-2. A two-out walk plated Lowther’s courtesy runner, Palmer Woods, from third. A second wild pitch scored Anderson from third with the final run.
BCHS was unable to push home Grafford or Walker, who led off the bottom of the fourth with consecutive base hits.
Brantley County’s final run came in the bottom of the fifth. Anderson beat out an infield hit, stole second and scored when the ball was mishandled.
Comments