North Harrison continued their mastery of Worth County in the fall portion of softball season as Carly Rinehart shut out the Tigers 2-0. Rinehart was at top form, striking out four Tigers in the first two innings and only allowing Morgan Beagle’s scratch hit in the first inning.
Meanwhile, the Shamrocks broke through in the second when Rainey Fordyce singled just past second and Baily Briggs whistled one into right with one out. Trendi Johnson got in the hole 0-2, but got hit by a pitch to load the bases. Ruby Heintz struck out for the second out and Camden Castleberry got down 0-2 in the count. She spoiled a change, and reached on pitcher Braidy Hunt’s throwing error as Fordyce and Lola Breshears (running for Briggs) crossed the plate.
With one out in the third, Worth County nearly got the runs back as Rinehart nearly caught Allison Larison’s pop fly down the first base line, but it dropped in and rolled away for the scratch hit. Braidy Hunt laid down a perfect sac bunt that died right in front of the plate, and Larison made it all the way to third. Hunt stole second, but then Rinehart, like in the South Harrison game, tightened up. She got Aivry Griffin looking, and then this time, Rinehart hung on when Morgan Beagle hit a carbon copy of Larison’s pop fly down the first base line for the third out.
The bottom of the third was just for practice, since North Harrison didn’t need any more runs. Worth County survived Kami Gibson’s one out triple with a pair of outstanding defensive plays. Morgan Beagle snagged Carly Rinehart’s line drive in center that was too shallow to advance Gibson, and catcher Megan Cassavaugh alertly tagged out Rainey Fordyce for the third out when Hunt’s pitch hit her bat and the ball rolled into fair territory.
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