LONDON — North Laurel suffered its first loss of the season, a 6-5 setback in eight innings to Estill County.
“Estill County has a nice team,” North Laurel coach Chris Edwards said. “They are so fundamentally sound. The difference in the game tonight was we made two errors and they only made one.
“We battled from behind twice tonight and we had a couple of chances to take the lead,” he added. “Tonight we struggled to get the big hit with runners on. The credit for that goes to Estill. That’s the breaks sometimes. We will practice tomorrow and get ready for the end of the week before we go to Florida for spring break.
“Braylee Fawbush hit a huge home run for us to tie early in the game and then we had to score two in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings,” Edwards continued. “Very proud of my girls tonight for the fight they showed. These types of games, I hate losing, but they will help us in the long run.”
Braylee Fawbush finished the game with two hits, including a home run. She also drove in two runs, and scored once. Morgan Edwards finished with two hits while Katie Sams had two hits while Ellie Adams finished with a hit, and an RBI. Emily Sizemore, Saige McClure, single, Bella Finley each had a hit. Emma Carl finished with a run scored.
Reagan Isaac pitched five innings for North Laurel (6-1), allowing four earned runs while striking out three batters. Haley Cooper pitched an inning, allowing one hit, and no earned runs. She finished with one strikeout.
