Union eliminates West Lincoln

Published 12:50 am Sunday, April 24, 2016

Daily Leader / Teresa Allred / West Lincoln third baseman Anna Brooke Davis tags out an Union runner sliding into third as teammate Hanna Moak looks on Friday night.

Daily Leader / Teresa Allred / West Lincoln third baseman Anna Brooke Davis tags out an Union runner sliding into third as teammate Hanna Moak looks on Friday night.

A five-run rally in the bottom of the seventh was enough for West Lincoln to claim the first game in a best-of-three series with Union Friday. But the Lady Yellowjackets won the second and third games Saturday to end the Lady Bears’ season.

The Lady Bears, coached by Andrew Redd, finished their season with a 12-9 record.

Lady Bears 7, Lady Jackets 6 

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West Lincoln and Union scored two runs each in the first two innings, before settling down in a defensive contest.

The score remained the same until the top of the sixth, when Union plated four runs to secure a 6-2 lead.

In the bottom of the seventh, the Lady Bears exploded with a five-run surge to defeat the Lady Jackets 7-6. WL was led by Hanna Moak’s two run homerun, Makennah Redd’s two RBI double and Megan Gerald’s RBI sacrifice fly to right field.

“The girls played a great game,” said West Lincoln coach Andrew Redd. “We hit the ball really well, but our defense was a little off. The girls did a great fighting hard to stay in the game.”

Gerald was the winning pitcher for the Lady Bears with one strikeout and two walks.

Anna Rigdon suffered the lost for Union with three strikeouts, no walks and hit three batters by pitch.

Millane Lewis provided a double and a single for West Lincoln. Peyton White had two singles. Hitting safely were Anna Brooke Davis, Jana Case and Layton Sills.

Kristen Kennedy was the top hitter for Union with a triple and single. Ashlyn Jenkins and Parker Breland provided a double and a single each. Lilly Burton and Maloree Rigdon had a single each.

Union 3, West Lincoln 2 

Anna Raydon pitched the win in the second game for Union with two strikeouts and one walk.

Megan Gerald suffered the setback on the rubber for the Lady Bears with five strikeouts and no walks.

Peyton White directed the Lady Bears with a triple. Megan Gerald and Layton Sills provided a double each. Anna Brooke Davis, Millane Lewis and Skylar Hall had a single each.

Union 6, West Lincoln 3 

Rigdon pitched win for the Lady Jackets in the third game with no strikeouts and three walks.

Gerald absorbed the setback for West Lincoln with three strikeouts and two walks.

Sills led the Lady Bears with a double and two singles. Davis had two singles. Hitting safely were Redd, White, Gerald and Moak.