SOUTH POINT — Pitchers get a big part of the attention, but the spotlight in this game shined on the battery mate.
Coal Grove catcher Rylee Black went 3-for-4 with a double, home run and 5 runs batted as the Lady Hornets beat the South Point Lady Pointers 10-5 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Wednesday.
The game was tied after 5 innings when the Lady Hornets scored 4 times to take control of the game.
Braelie Hitchcock began Coal Grove’s big sixth inning rally with a walk and Abbie Deeds got a one-out walk. Shay Collins reached on an error as Hitchcock scored and Izzy Kitts doubled home 2 runs.
Kitts moved up on a wild pitch and scored on a hit by Black to make it 9-5.
The Lady Hornets added an insurance run in the seventh when Hitchcock led off the inning with a home run to center field.
Coal Grove (9-7, 7-2) went up 1-0 in the top of the first when Collins walked, stole second, took third on a wild pitch and scored on a hit by Black.
South Point (4-15, 1-9) came right back and scored 3 runs in the bottom of the inning.
Kaylee Stidham led off the inning with a home run, Adyson Copley tripled and scored on an error and Maddy Evans reached on an error, moved up on a wild pitch and a jot but Gracie Carmon and scored on a passed ball.
But Coal Grove scored 3 runs of its own in the third to lead 4-3 on a home run by Black after Travis walked and Kitts was hit by a pitch.
The Lady Hornets made it 5-3 in the fourth inning when Deeds singled, stole second and scored on a hit by Collins.
South Point tied the game with 2 runs in the fifth inning.
Stidham and Copley singled, pulled off a double steal and then scored on back-to-back squeeze bunts by Alli Stidham and Evans.
Travis got the win in relief as she worked the final 4 innings giving up 3 hits 3 runs with only 2 earned, and she had 3 strikeouts and one walk.
Kitts was 1-3 with a double and 2 RBI, Hitchcock 1-3 with a home run and RBI, Collins 1-4 with an RBI and Deeds 1-4.
The Lady Pointers had 6 hits with Copley 2-4 with a double and triple, and Carmon and Jackson 1-3.
Coal Grove 103 104 1 = 10 7 2
South Point 300 020 0 = 5 6 3
Abbie Deeds, Kassidy Travis (4) and Kasey Vanderhoof. Kaylee Stidham, Maddy Evans (2) and Jaidyn Malone. W-Travis (IP-4.0, H-4, R-3, ER-2, K-3, BB-1, WP-2). Deeds (IP-3.0, H-2, R-2, ER-2, K-4, BB-0). L-Evans (IP-5.2, H-5, R-6, ER-6, K-5, BB-4, HBP-1, WP-3). Stidham (IP-1.1, H-2, $-4, ER-3, K-1, BB-2). Hitting-Coal Grove: Abbie Deeds 1-4, Shay Collins 1-4 2-RBI, Izzy Kitts 1-3 2B 2-RBI, Rylee Black 3-4 2B HR 5-RBI, Braelie Hitchcock 1-3 HR RBI; South Point: Kaylee Stidham 2-4 HR RBI, Addison Copley 2-4 2B 3B, Maddy Evans RBI, Gracie Carmon 1-3, Saratina Jackson 1-3.
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