North Harrison’s softball team gained a split with South Harrison in the nightcap, tying them 3-3. Games were three innings with three outs or five runs in an inning.
South Harrison, in all three of their games, started off slowly, but then got better as the game progressed in all three of their games. In the top of the first, Camden Castleberry singled for the Shamrocks and Jayliegh Robins doubled to the wall in right, putting runners on second and third. Carly Rinehart singled them home to make it 2-0.
Emma Craig popped out and Kami Gibson struck out, but Rainey Fordyce beat out a grounder in the hole to short to keep the inning alive. Baily Briggs hit a slow roller down the third base line and everybody was safe. Trendi Johnson singled to center to score Amber Wilson (running for Rinehart), but Fordyce was thrown out at the plate for the final out to keep it at 3-0.
South Harrison chipped away for the rest of the game, getting two back in the bottom of the first as Rinehart got behind in the count and South Harrison used a two run double to cut it to 3-2.
The Bulldogs got a single and a double with nobody out in the third to tie it at 3-3, but then Rinehart fought back, getting a groundout, a strikeout, and a popout to get out of the inning and save the tie.
The Shamrocks also beat a vastly improved Mercer squad 3-1 in their second game. Emma Craig pitched the first two innings and freshman Erika Gerken pitched the third and shut down the Cardinals in order to preserve the win. North Harrison got their runs in the first as their first six batters saw six pitches.
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