Riley Ridge led Worth County past a rapidly improving Maysville squad, getting two hits, a double, a stolen base, and two RBIs. The Tigers overcame a week-long layoff due to the rain along with two cancelations and hung by their fingernails to win 5-4. Maysville is continuing to fight for a winning season despite the loss with a record of 12-11.
Ridge, Kristen Tracy, Audrey Runde, and Rayleigh Smith all got two hits for the Tigers and Rylee Ruckman added one. Runde and Ridge doubled while Runde, Keira Hardy, and Riley Ridge stole bases.
Gentry Sweiger and Sophia Redman singled to lead off the Maysville first. Savannah Moyer singled home Sweiger to put Maysville in front 1-0 before left fielder Addison Gray snagged Skylar Nalle's fly ball to get the Tigers out of the inning.
Riley Ridge led off the Tiger first with a hard ground ball to center. She stole second and took third on Kambree Briner's groundout. Audrey Runde doubled her home to make it 1-1. Worth County would have done more damage, but Gray's line drive was snagged by pitcher Ellyette Sobotka (a niece of Bryan Sobotka and a granddaughter of Ron Sobotka of Ravenwood) to end the inning.
Both teams went scoreless in the second and third. Second baseman Kambree Briner pulled off a double play when she caught Gentry Sweiger's pop fly and doubled Aurora Sweiger off second to end the Wolverine fourth.
Worth County started getting good swings in the fourth inning and Rylee Ruckman singled with one out. She took second on a passed ball and Keira Hardy reached first on an error as Ruckman took third. Hardy stole second, and Riley Ridge doubled them both home to put the Tigers in front 3-1.
Sophia Redman turned on the first pitch she saw and tripled to center to start the Maysville fifth. Ellyette Sobotka grounded out to score her to cut the Wolverine deficit to 3-2.
Kristen Tracy singled to left and the ball got away, allowing her to take second. Audrey Runde beat out an infield hit to third as Tracy held up. Megan Tracy flied out to right; Kristen tagged up and took third. Runde stole second. Addison Gray grounded out to score Tracy and put Runde on third to make it 4-2. After a long battle at the plate, in which she fouled off three straight pitches, Rylee Ruckman reached second on an error to score Runde to make it 5-2.
But an error by the Tigers let Maysville creep closer as Ashlyn Clark reached. Aurora Sweiger forced her at second. Jasmine Marcott walked. Gentry Sweiger singled to score Clark to make it 5-3 and the ball got away, allowing Paisley McClamroch (running for Aurora Sweiger) to reach third and Gentry Sweiger to reach second with one out. But Sophia Redman could not get them home as she popped out to Megan Tracy and Ellyette Sobotka grounded out to pitcher Kristen Tracy to end the threat.
Madi DeShon walked to start the Maysville seventh. Third baseman Keira Hardy made a catch in the field while Skylar Nalle grounded out to pitcher Kristen Tracy to move DeShon to second. Ashlyn Clark crushed a double to right to score DeShon to make it 5-4, and the tying run was in scoring position. But pitcher Kristen Tracy struck out Aurora Sweiger on three straight pitches to preserve the win.
At the game, three Tiger seniors, Rylee Ruckman, Riley Ridge, and Rayleigh Smith were honored for their contributions and hard work.
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