ATHENS RIDES BIG INNING TO 18-8 WIN OVER WILLIAMSON
By: Tim Birney | AthensWildcats.com | April 26, 2021 | Photo courtesy Tim Birney
ATHENS — Athens erupted for 10 runs in the third inning to blow open a
tie game en route to an 18-8 five-inning win over Williamson here Monday
afternoon in NTL softball action.
The Lady Warriors struck for
three runs in the top of the first inning, thanks in part to a pair of
Athens errors, and RBI singles by Mikenna Buchanan and Skylar Smith, but
the Lady Wildcats answered with three runs in the home half of the
frame.
With two outs, Mallory Mummert one-hopped the right field
fence for a two-RBI triple, then scored on an RBI single by Addy
Repsher.
Ashlyn VanFleet drew a walk to lead off the bottom of the second, and later scored on a wild pitch to give Athens a 4-3 lead.
Skylar
Smith’s RBI single in the top of the third tied the game at 4-4, but
the Lady Wildcats blew the game open in the bottom of the frame.
Mummert
gave Athens the lead for good with a two-run home run to make it 6-4.
The rally also featured a two-run home run by Caydence Macik, a two-run
double by Harley Sullivan, a two-run single by Repsher, and a
run-scoring single by Megan Collins.
A solo home run by Audrey
Hatch put Athens ahead 15-4 in the bottom of the fourth. Moments later,
Sullivan tripled and scored on a throwing error on the play to make it
16-4.
Williamson scored four runs in the top of fifth inning to
trim the deficit to 16-8, but Athens scored two runs in the bottom of
the inning — on a sacrifice by Marissa Butler and an RBI single by Hatch
— to close out the game via the “mercy” rule.
Hatch had four
hits, including a home run, two runs scored and two RBI to lead Athens
at the plate, while Repsher stroked three singles, scored two runs, and
drove in three runs, and Aliyah Butler singled three times and scored
one run.
Mummert homered and tripled, scored three runs, and had
four RBI, and Sullivan tripled and doubled, scored three runs, and drove
in two runs for the Lady Wildcats, while Macik hit a solo home run,
Collins singled, scored one run, and drove in one run, VanFleet and Alli
Thoman each scored two runs, and Marissa Butler drove in one run.
Repsher
earned the win in relief for the Lady Wildcats. She allowed three runs —
all unearned — on two hits, while striking out four and walking two.
Athens, now 10-2, travels to Wyalusing Tuesday for the first of five road games in five days.
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