Gallatin’s Lady Bulldogs find themselves running out of chances for a home field softball victory after suffering an 11-3 loss to Maysville
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Gallatin’s Lady Bulldogs find themselves running out of chances for a home field softball victory after suffering an 11-3 loss to Maysville on Tuesday. The Lady Bulldogs hope to gain a win at home on Thursday when they host the Tri-County Lady Mustangs. Gallatin will also host Worth County next Tuesday in a makeup game from a rain-out on Sept. 11.
The Lady Bulldogs will participate in the district tournament held at Trenton High School, beginning on Wednesday. Tournaments seeds will be drawn tonight (Wednesday). Also in the 5- team field are Hamilton, South Harrison, Trenton and Maysville.
Maysville locked up a share of the GRC softball title with Tuesday’s victory as the Lady Wolverines moved to 7-1 in the league and 14-3 overall. With the loss, Gallatin falls to 6-12 overall and 2-5 in the conference. The Lady Wolverines broke open Tuesday’s game with 6 runs in the top of the 5th inning making full use of 2 singles, 4 walks and a pair of Lady Bulldog errors.
Maysville scored twice to open the game but Gallatin came back with a run in the bottom of the 1st inning when Brittney Hixson singled, moved to second on a Lindsey Robertson sacrifice, and came home on a Lindsey Love 2-out single. The Lady Bulldogs tacked on lone runs in each of the 5th and 6th innings. Trisha Sprague reached on an error and eventually scored in the 5th. Back- to-back doubles by Robertson and Love accounted for the final GHS tally.
Each team reached base on 5 hits but Lady Wolverines were able to use 10 walks in producing 21 baserunners in the contest.
Results from other GHS games follow.
East Buchanan 9, Gallatin 4
East Buchanan led, 3-0, before the Lady Bulldogs got on the board in the 3rd inning when Lindsey Love drove in Brittney Hixson, who reached base on a fielder’s choice. East Buchanan scored 2 more runs in the 4th, but Gallatin answered in the 5th with a pair. Robertson singled to right and stole second. Love’s hit to left field drove her home. Sheila Smith’s hit to center sent Love to third. Cori Nichols followed with an rbi-hit to center.
Smith’s triple in the bottom of the 7th inning plated Hixson, who singled and stole second, but East Buchanan held on to win, 9-4.
King City 3, Gallatin 1
Robertson and King City’s Paige Law battled, in a pitchers’ duel, for a GRC victory. King City broke out on front with a run in the 1st inning after a 2-out walk and a hit past Nichols at third base. The Lady Wildkats tallied 2 more runs in the bottom of the 5th. The Lady Bulldogs’ lone run came in the 6th inning when Love singled past first and stole second. Consecutive walks issued to Robertson, Trisha Sprague and Nichols brought Love home.
Robertson struck out 4 batters and successfully pitched out of jams in the 1st, 3rd and 4th innings. Law struck out 10 Lady Bulldogs.
Tourney action at Hamilton
Wind, rain, blowing dust and a number of collisions marked the day for the Lady Bulldogs on Saturday. Gallatin finished 1-2 and in 3rd place at Saturday’s Hamilton Tournament. LeBlond won the championship by way of a victory over Hamilton. North Platte finished 4th.
Lindsey Love threw a complete game but the Lady Bulldogs could not make up for a lone LeBlond run in the 2nd inning as they fell, 1-0, in their first game. Sheila Smith’s 3rd inning single was the lone hit for Gallatin, which put only one other runner on base. Despite taking the loss, Love struck out 8 and scattered 4 hits.
GHS batters pounded out 17 hits in a 12-4 win over North Platte in the second game. Lindsey Robertson struck out 7 and took the win on the mound. Cori Nichols went 3 for 4 at the plate, scored twice and survived a violent crash against the left field fence. Shortstop Lindsey Love, who stayed in the game after a collision at second base, doubled, tripled, drove in a run and scored a run. Kelsie Parker singled, tripled and drove in 3 runs. Katie Ward singled twice, drove in 2 runs and scored. Brittney Hixson went 3 for 5 with a run scored and rbi. Kate Jarboe doubled twice and drove in a pair of runs.
Hamilton drilled the Lady Bulldogs for 8 runs in the 6th inning and won, 17-2, in the final game of the day for the GHS girls. Parker went 2 for 2 but left the field by ambulance in the top of the 3rd, with the score tied, 2-2, when a pitched ball bounced off the plate and got under her catcher’s mask. She was examined by a doctor and released but missed early action this week with a sore neck. Gallatin scored lone runs in the 1st and 2nd innings. Hixson, Love, Ward and Trisha Sprague each hit safely for the Lady Bulldogs.
The GHS junior varsity girls finished 0-3 but lost a pair of games by one-run margins. Freshman Jamie Tummons pitched all 3 games for Gallatin.
Hamilton’s jayvee won the opener, 9-1, after scoring 5 runs in the final inning. Ayrica Batson went 2 for 2 with a run scored. Alyssa Strein and Denelle Rhoades each had hits for Gallatin.
Both Gallatin and LeBlond scored their only runs in the 4th inning but it was the Lady Eagles who came away 2-1 winners. Tummons, Rhoades, Kinsey Batson and Samantha Mott each hit safely for Gallatin’s jayvee.
Ayrica Batson went 3 for 3 at the plate with 3 runs scored but Gallatin fell to Hamilton again, 6- 5, in a rematch. Tummons, Kinsey Batson and Melissa Everman each had a hit for the Lady Bulldogs. Kate Jarboe substituted into the game and had a pair of hits and 2 runs scored.