Lady Bulldog Softballers Lose To Davis,
Tecumseh In Close Game Thrillers

 

Sulphur third baseman Madison Wolf waits for a throw from the catcher and tagged out a runner at third base in the Lady Bulldog's loss to Tecumseh last Thursday.

 

by Heather Boggs, Times-Democrat staff

 

After last week's improvements both offensively and defensively, the Lady Bulldogs softball team set out this past week to show more consistency on the diamond.

The week got off to a bumpy start Tuesday against town rival Davis.

The Lady Bulldogs were down 4-0 at the start of the third inning, but responded with two runs to bring the score 4-2 Davis.

After a scoreless fourth inning, the Lady Bulldogs scored an additional two runs in the fifth inning, but Davis responded with two more in the sixth to bring the final score to 6-4 Davis.

The Lady Bulldogs made progress on offense. Chelsea Reeves went 3-4, had two RBIs and scored one run. Ashley Hughes went 2-3, had one RBI and scored one run. Harlee Griffis went 2-4 and scored two runs. Taylor Edgar went 2-3.

The Lady Bulldogs had 10 hits for the game, but four defensive errors led to the loss.

"Costly errors keep haunting us," head coach Blake Crawford said. "Four of the six runs were unearned."

After a rough start, the Lady Bulldogs set out for a win at home Thursday against Tecumseh.

The Lady Bulldogs were down 1-0 at the start of the fifth inning, and responded with eight runs in the fifth, but it proved to not be enough.

The final score was 9-8 Tecumseh.

Hughes went 3-4 and scored one run for the Lady Bulldogs. Destiny Rodgers went 2-4, had one RBI and scored one run. Shelbie Kirk went 2-3, scored one run and had two RBIs.

Although the Lady Bulldogs had 11 hits and only three errors for the game, they had several opportunities offensively, but didn't pull though.

"We had our chance to put the game away in the 5th when we had bases loaded with no outs and my three, four and five hole hitters up," Crawford said. "We let a good ball club hang around too long and they came back and beat us."

The Lady Bulldogs will return to action Tuesday at home versus Marietta, Thursday at Ardmore, Friday and Saturday at the Plainview Tournament, Monday at Madill and Tuesday at home versus Bethel.

Monday's game versus Plainview, which was set to be played on Labor Day, has been moved to Thursday.