Prestonsburg, Ky. — Brinley Baisden, Taylor Blevins and Addalyn Woods homered to lead Lawrence Co. to a 12-1 mercy rule victory over Belfry in the semi-finals of the 15th Region tournament at Stonecrest Wednesday.
These three ladies homered off Division 1 East Tennessee State Commit Molly Fahm
The Bulldogs scored seven runs in the 5th inning behind a two run home run from Brinley Baisden ( 5 ) a solo shot from Taylor Blevins ( 2 ) and a three run homer from Addalyn Woods ( 4 ) to blow the game wide open.
Blevins went five innings, allowed two hits, struck out four, walked none and gave up one run to get the win. Emalynn Kitts had two hits including a triple, two runs batted in and scored a run, Ella Smith had two hits including a double, drove in two runs and scored a run, Aleaha Gillispie had two hits and scored a run, Woods homered, drove in three and scored twice, Baisden homered, two runs batted and scored a run, Blevins homered, scored a run and had one RBI, Jada Patton singled and scored two runs, Skyler Horn singled and had one RBI, Braylee Triplett, Lexi Crum and Kyla Bragg scored a run each.
The Bulldogs ( 22-12 ) will be playing for their third consecutive 15th Region championship against Johnson Central ( 22-16 ) on Thursday at 6:00 after the Golden Eagles beat Floyd Central 11-3 in the second game on Wednesday. The two teams met one time in the regular season with the Golden Eagles coming out 9-6 winners in Louisa on May 5th.
Bulldog Head Coach Sam Sparks
COACH’S COMMENTS“… It was a big inning for us, but I was really glad that we were able to put something up every inning and keep the pressure on them. We manufactured runs every inning like Jada getting on after a dropped third strike, stealing two bases and scoring on a wild pitch. And then the second and third time through the lineup against a good pitcher they put the big inning together.”
“ We chipped away and chipped away and got the lead and Taylor was Taylor and just like tonight she always gives us a chance to win. Her last at bat we thought about letting her rest but she wanted to hit and she came through and really proud of her.”
