LIMA — The Lincolnview Lancer softball team traveled to Lima Perry Tuesday evening to face the Abbie Patton led Commodores.\u00a0 Patton, the fireball hurler, was sporting a perfect 4-0 pitching record coming into the contest.\u00a0 Lincolnview put a notch in their win column while ending Patton\u2019s perfect mark season to date.<\/p>\n
The Lancers wasted no time as Jodie Doner ripped a triple down the line to start the top of the first.\u00a0Doner scored on a Macey Ashbaugh fielder\u2019s choice and Lincolnview led 1-0 early.\u00a0Lima Perry tallied a quick two in the bottom half as Patton reached on an error and Flower and Rehig laced a couple of RBI singles to give the home squad a 2-1 advantage.<\/p>\n
Patton again got things started as she tripled to right center to lead off the bottom of the third.\u00a0She scored on a single by Baugh to increase the lead to 3-1 after three.\u00a0The Lancers answered in the top of the fourth as Kelsey Mohr ripped a triple to the 245-foot left center field gap and scored on a double to the same area by Carly Springer.\u00a0Patton pitched herself out of the jam and still held a 3-2 advantage after four innings of play.<\/p>\n
The fifth inning provided some scoring by both teams, as Lincolnview’s Morgan Peel led off the inning with a shot up the middle.\u00a0 Baylee Neate followed with an infield single to put runners at first and second.\u00a0 Jodie Doner promptly deposited a two-RBI double to the gap in left center.\u00a0Doner swiped third and scored on a single from Ashbaugh.\u00a0Springer blooped a double to right center with Patton striking out two to end the inning as Lincolnview took a 5-3 lead into the bottom half of the fifth.<\/p>\n
Perry answered with three runs of its own as Patton again led off with an opposite field single.\u00a0An error provided runners at second and third, with Rehig delivering a two-run single.\u00a0Rehig scored on a sac fly to center to retake the lead 6-5 through five.<\/p>\n
Both pitchers set down the lineup in the sixth and that set up the final inning, which Lincolnview took advantage of.<\/p>\n
In the top of the seventh, Ashbaugh battled through a 3-2 count for a single to lead off the inning.\u00a0 Mohr followed with a hard shot to center, while Springer collected her third hit of the day with an RBI single.\u00a0 Lauren Calvert collected a hustle infield single, while Devann Springer collected a two-RBI clutch single to right.\u00a0In total, Lincolnview plated four big runs to take a 9-6 lead to the bottom.<\/p>\n
Ashley McClure induced a ground out to second, a walk, and a smooth double play ball to Morgan Peel to finish off the game for the win.<\/p>\n
With the win, Lincolnview goes to 3-2, while Perry drops to 4-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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