Cowgirls Split With Grayson County
DENNISON, TEXAS – Connors State Cowgirls softball team traveled across the Red River Monday and earned a split with the Grayson County Vikings losing the opener 8-5 and taking the nightcap 6-5 on the international tie breaker.
The Cowgirls are now 9-11 on the season as they return home to play Northern-Tonkawa, in a double header Tuesday, beginning at 2 p.m.
Connors pounded out 15 base hits in the opening game of the twin bill, as four players had multiple hits. Shasta Blake went 2-for-4; Hanna Hamilton collected 3 hits in 3 at-bats, with a home run, her first of the season, Laruen Pitman, who was 4-for-4 at the plate, which included her fifth home run of the season. Rachel Criner was 3-for-4 at the plate.
Only three of the Vikings 8 runs were earned as they took a 5-0 lead in the first inning against Hayley Jaynes, who took the loss and is 4-5 for the year.
In the second game the Cowgirls came back to get the win as Lauren Robertson was inside the circle to get the win, her second win of the season against four defeats. Robertson scattered 8 hits, struck out 3 and walked 5 in going the distance.
Connors held a 5-1 lead before Grayson came back to score four runs in the seventh inning. Using the international tiebreaker with Julie Neal at second base, she was sacrifice to third base and then Jessica Dacius hit a deep fly plating Neal with the winning run.
Blake pounded out 2 hits in 4 trips to the plate, while Hamilton went 2-for 3 and was 1-for-3 to finish 5-for-7 for the two games at the plate.
In the fourth inning Paige Boling connected for her fifth homer, a 3-run shot to tie the game.
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