Gallatin softball girls stayed perfect on the season with a pair of victories over the past week, including a win in Tuesday’s conference opener. Saturday’s Albany Tournament has been postponed due to heavy rains last Thursday and Friday.
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Nicole Everman contributed two singles, a double and two stolen bases Tuesday as Gallatin sank Maysville, 5-0, to win their inaugural ‘07 Grand River Conference contest. Lacey Dixon drove in a pair of runs with a third-inning single to back her one-hit pitching effort.
Dixon struck out eight, walked a pair and hit two batters in earning her third victory of the season.
The Lady Bulldogs broke a scoreless tie in the third with Becca Mott, pinch running for Wren Tolen (walk), and Courtney Ray (single), scoring on Dixon’s drive to right-center. Shelby Chadwick led off the fourth with an infield single, moved to second on Kirsten Bowe’s sacrifice bunt, took third on Everman’s double and scored on Carly Boyd’s infield grounder.
Ashley Owens and Ray opened the fifth with singles. Maggie Strange and Dixon plated runs with groundouts.
Maysville twice moved runners to third base but could not score.
The Lady Bulldogs defeated Smithville, 3-1, last Thursday in a game that went right down to the wire in the seventh inning.
Gallatin led, 3-1, but Smithville loaded the bases by way of a pair of walks and a single to set the stage for an exciting finish.
GHS catcher Maggie Strange took a hard foul ball off her left shoulder and needed a couple of minutes to work out the soreness. On the very next pitch from Lacey Dixon, she rifled a throw to Courtney Ray at third that caught Smithville’s Beth Hammons scrambling to get back to the bag.
Ray recorded the out. Dixon retired Morgan Miller on a swinging strike and the game was over.
Ray went 3-for-3 at the plate, stole three bases and was part of a 1(Dixon)-5(Ray)-3(Wren Tolen) double play that killed a Lady Warrior threat in the fourth.
Ray and Nicole Everman each drove in runs with singles.. Chadwick went 2-for-3 with a single and double. The Lady Bulldogs also benefitted from singles by Owens, Dixon, and Carly Boyd.
Dixon capped another strong pitching effort with six strikeouts against four walks.
The Lady Bulldogs travel to Princeton on Thursday for a 5:30 league start. They come off the Labor Day break next Tuesday with an important (5:30) league tilt at home against South Harrison.