The Lady Cats traveled to River Ridge High School on Wednesday for a 7 PM region game against the Knights. Having suffered two last inning losses in the last 2 games, the Lady Cats were on the prowl and hungry for a win.
Lead off batter Jayd Hamby would be the first base runner for the Lady Cats. With an excellent eye at the plate, Hamby coaxed a walk and immediately advanced to second on a wild pitch from Gracie Hughes in the circle for the Knights. Mallory Kiser would be sat down looking at strike three on the sixth pitch of the at bat with Hamby staying at second base. Getting the only run on the board, Jasmine Staley hit a pop up to right field that was mishandled allowing her to reach base and Hamby to cross the plate for the unearned run. Taylor Elliott, in her only hit of the day shot a groundball to shortstop reaching first safely and advancing Staley to second. Both runners were left there at inning’s end.
Making the start for Gilmer in the circle was Jaylin Vick. She threw 43 pitches with 24 being strikes and giving up three hits and two runs both earned. Vick walked two Knights batters and struck out one. Coming in relief, Hanna Bennett let 31 pitches leave her hand with 21 being strikes. Bennett gave up two runs with one earned. She had no walks and one strikeout. Vick took the loss to the Knights of River Ridge despite pitching a very good game. The defense behind Vick and Bennett committed 4 errors aiding in the four runs put up by River Ridge. Getting the hits for the Lady Cats were Emily Dale and Taylor Elliott with one each and Mallory Kiser putting two hits in the books.
With the Lady Cats on a four game skid after the loss to the Knights and looking to get back on track, Heritage came in on Thursday. The game was postponed in the top of the fifth with Heritage up 6-1 on the board. There has not been any updates for the completion of the game at the time of this article.
Next up for the Lady Cats of Gilmer will be September 4, 2018 at home as they welcome Southeast Whitfield for a 5:55 start time.
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