The Batesville Lady Bulldog Softball team defeated Rushville on Friday night by a score of 14-0 in 5 innings.
The Bulldogs earned their 2nd win of the season behind the pitching of Abby Westerfeld. Westerfeld struck out 9 of the 18 batters she faced with zero walks. She gave up only 2 hits on the evening.
Offensively, the Bulldogs lived up to their potential as they batted for 12 hits (11 singles, and 1 home run). The Bulldogs also walked 5 times, and stole 11 bases. The Bulldogs scored 2 in the 1st, 3 in the 3rd, and 9 in the fourth.
Kylie Laker led the team in hitting with 2 singles and a home run, Obermeyer, Huffner, and Wilson all had 2 hits each. Laker and Wilson both racked up 3 RBIs each.
A quiet night for the defense due to Westerfeld’s pitching gave the majority of the putouts to Cornn. She ended the game with 9, while Waechter finished with 3.
‘This was a much needed win for us as we were 1-11 coming into this game playing some very good competition all season. Our conference is loaded this year and we have really struggled to find our game. This game proved to the girls that have the tools necessary to win. It’s a great time for us to get into a rhythm.’ Bulldogs Coach Randy Obermeyer.
Next up – East Central away on Tuesday with a 5:30 game time.
The JV Lady Bulldogs lost a tight one Friday evening to the Rushville Lady Lions. The final tally was 11-9.
The JV Lady Bulldogs were balanced on offense scoring in every inning. The Bulldogs put one on the board in the first, two in the second, one in the third, four in the fourth, and added another in the fifth inning but came up just short in the end result.
The JV Lady Bulldogs pounded out 11 hits at the dish with Hannah Nunlist leading the charge with three hits in four plate appearances. Gwen Martin and Chloe Saler each had two hits a piece while Kate Burkhart, Paige Oldham, McKenzie Laker, and Zoe Peters collected one each.
Oldham went all five innings on the bump in the loss striking out six Lady Lion hitters.
The loss drops the JV Bulldog record to 5-6 on the season.
Batesville JV Softball will next be in action Tuesday evening against the East Central Lady Trojans immediately following the varsity game.
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Stacey Kessens.