A large, supportive crowd saw Gallatin score four runs with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning and go on to hold off Maysville, 4-3, to earn a victory in the home and Grand River Conference opener.
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Sami Boyd threw a one-hitter through five innings before Lady Bulldog bats awoke with three singles and two doubles in the fifth.
Courtney Shubert singled and later scored on a single by Kelsie Huggins. Tristyn Siegel smashed an rbi double. Bailey Maxwell doubled off the second baseman’s glove. Aubrey Burns kept the hit parade moving with a single that plated Maxwell with what would prove to be the winning run.
Maysville added to a first inning run with two more in the sixth inning on a walk, single and double.
Boyd finished with eight strikeouts.
Freshman Karley Salmon also struck out eight in earning the victory on the mound for Gallatin in the jayvee game, won by the Lady Bulldogs, 6-2.
3-2 in tourney
The Lady Bulldogs have become accustomed to a spot in the championship game of the Albany Tournament, but this time a first place trophy eluded them against top-seeded and unbeaten North Harrison.
Gallatin took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning but the Lady Shamrocks tied the score with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth. The Lady Bulldogs could not produce a threat in the final four frames and North Harrison claimed a 3-2 win with a lone run in the sixth.
Bailey Maxwell’s triple accounted for one of only two GHS hits.
Gallatin edged Stanberry, 3-1, in the semifinal round. Maxwell and Karley Salmon each contributed a pair of hits for the winners. Tristyn Siegel and Sami Boyd each doubled for Gallatin. Boyd earned the victory on the mound.
Gallatin jumped out to a 6-0 lead over Albany in their tournament opener but the Lady Warriors came back their half of the third with five runs. An 8-run Lady Bulldog outburst in the bottom of the fourth accounted for a 14-5 GHS win.
Kelsie Huggins drove in four runs for Gallatin with three hits. Aubrey Burns plated three runs with a pair of hits. Salmon took the win on the mound.
6-5 over Milan
A four-run fourth inning gave Gallatin its first victory of the season last Thursday in Milan. The jayvee Lady Bulldogs moved to 2-0 on the season with a 4-2 victory.
Burns paced Gallatin’s varsity with two hits and a run batted in. Huggins walked twice. Maelea Coulson drove in two runs. Siegel also had an rbi.
Boyd scattered seven hits to earn her first win of the season.