MANCHESTER — Just a day after being held scoreless against Somerset, South Laurel’s bats came alive to collect 11 hits during its 10-2 win over the Lady Briar Jumpers on Tuesday.
But the story of the game was once again the pitching performance of eighth grader Kenzie Williams.
Williams is dominating more and more after each appearance in the circle, and it wasn’t any different against Somerset.
She limited the Lady Briar Jumpers to seven base runners while tossing a no-hitter. She also struck out 11 batters to improve to 8-3 this season.
“Kenzie had another good outing and was able to get ahead early in counts and was able to be successful,” South Laurel coach Carly Mink said.
The game was scoreless until the fourth inning when Clay County (11-10) pushed across a run, but the Lady Cardinals answered for two in the bottom half of the inning. South Laurel wrapped up the win in the fifth inning after scoring eight runs to take a commanding 10-1 advantage.
The Lady Cardinals didn’t hit any home runs but did manage to finish with five doubles. Skye Lawson led the way with two hits, an RBI, and one run scored. Bailey Frazier and Aubree Last both followed with two hits, and a run scored apiece while Amara Horn, and Hannah Carnes both finished with a hit, two RBI, and one run scored apiece. Morgan Jackson had a hit, and scored twice while Addison Baker had a hit, and scored once. Emmi Rice finished with a hit, and an RBI.
“Really good win tonight,” Mink said. “Any time you can win against a regional opponent at this time of year, it’s a good win. We were finally able to get some hits in the fifth with runners on base and it went from there.”
Emi Reynolds scored twice in the loss for the Lady Tigers as Abby Bowling started the game in the pitcher’s circle, tossing three innings while only allowing three hits. She also struck out three batters. Alivia Hoskins pitched the final three innings, allowing eight hits, and two earned runs. She also struck out four batters.
