The JV Lady Bulldogs traveled to Shelbyville on Saturday to compete in the Golden Bear Invitational. First game up was the Greensburg Lady Pirates.
The Lady Bulldogs were up the entire game and lost in heart breaking fashion in the bottom of the seventh as the Lady Pirates came back and scored five runs to defeat the Lady Bulldogs. The final tally was 7-6. Batesville played very well the whole game but the Lady Pirate bats came alive in the seventh as they pounded out five hits and took a walk to complete the comeback.
Paige Oldham and Hannah Nunlist led the JV Lady Bulldogs in hitting as each collected two hits a piece. Abby Westerfeld, Chloe Saler, Ainsley Phipps, and Anna Gerth all chipped in with one.
Westerfeld was solid on the mound going all seven innings for the Lady Bulldogs punching out nine Lady Pirate hitters.
Next up for the Lady Bulldogs was the Milan Lady Indians.
The Lady Bulldogs started quickly as they put up three in the bottom half of the first after shutting down Milan. Westerfeld, Nunlist, Saler, and Gerth all had hits in the inning to put the Lady Bulldogs ahead early. The Lady Indians responded with one in the second and three more in the third to put the Lady Indians in front 4-3. In the bottom half of the third, Gwen Martin knotted up the score with a solo homerun that was crushed over the left-center field fence. Milan, however, responded with one run in the fourth and pushed across two more in the fifth to regain the lead at 7-4. The Lady Bulldogs would respond. They exploded for six runs in the fifth inning and added another for good measure in the sixth. Westerfeld shut the door in the seventh striking out three Lady Indians hitters to secure the victory.
Martin led the offensive attack for the Lady Bulldogs going 3-3 with the homerun, a double, a single, and a walk. She came around to score four times in the game to lead the team. Westerfeld and Gerth added two hits a piece while Oldham, Saler, McKenzie Laker, Zoe Peters, and Phipps all had one. It was a well balanced attack as every starter for the Lady Bulldogs had a hit in the game.
Oldham picked up the win on the bump going five innings for the Lady Bulldogs striking out four Lady Indian hitters. Westerfeld came in for the save pitching the remaining two innings punching out five Lady Indian hitters.
Batesville JV softball will next be in action Tuesday evening as they will once again square off against the Milan Lady Indians at home. First pitch will be immediately following the varsity game.
Courtesy of Bulldogs Coach Stacey Kessens.