Worth County's softball team finally got on the field Monday night after the Abany Tournament got rained out over the weekend and they overcame a pair of freshman mistakes and a suddenly solid East Harrison team to take a 6-3 victory.
The Tigers got on the board in the second inning when Kynah Steele got plunked by a pitch and stole second. Brylee Rush reached on an error as a grounder rolled between the third baseman's legs to score Steele, and Kambree Briner was hit by a pitch. Rylee Ruckman hit a shot off the bag at third for a base hit and went second on the throw home as Rush scored and Briner took third.
It all looked set up for a big inning, but then Riley Ridge hit a screamer but right at the third baseman; Briner wandered too far off third and was doubled off. That play gave East Harrison hope, and a different orange squad took the field for the next two innings. Their pitcher, #20, started throwing more drop balls and kept the Tigers off the board.
Brooklyn Richardson started strongly for the Tigers and kept East Harrison off the board for the first three innings, but gave way to Kristen Tracy to start the fourth. With one out, #7 reached on a tricky grounder that took a bad hop and rolled between Kynah Steele's legs for a scratch hit. Karlee Crouse forced her at second, but stole second and came home as #20 grounded to right field and was safe at first on a close play to make it 2-1.
For East Harrison in the fourth, Bree Vaughn walked and #3 singled before Richardson came back to pitch for the Tigers. #9 bunted them over to second and third as the heart of the Bobcat lineup was coming up. #14 struck out, but #7 hit a shot to short that Kynah Steele sold herself out and knocked down, but she didn't have a play as a run scored. Karlee Crouse hit a grounder to third; Addison Gray didn't realize there were two outs and hesitated as a run scored to give the Bobcats the 3-2 lead.
But that play seemed to wake up the Tigers as Brooklyn Richardson and Kristen Tracy both beat out scratch hits as the Tigers were finally coming up to put the ball in play instead of hoping to draw a walk. Kynah Steele then crushed one to the left field corner to bail out the Tigers with a three run shot. Autumn Cousatte reached on an error by the third baseman and made it all the way to third after the cutoff throw got away. Brylee Rush grounded out to score Sumer Riley (running for Cousatte) to make it 6-3.
Brooklyn Richardson shut down the orange shirts the rest of the way. In the sixth, Worth County worked around a hit batter as right fielder Rylee Ruckman made a catch to end the inning. In the seventh, Richardson won a long battle with #20 for the final out after plunking Crouse to keep the game going.
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