ELIZABETHTOWN –Pitcher Kayleigh Raynor and catcher Abigail Madden belted 3 hits each to lead Elizabethtown to a 12-0 Bladen Five Middle School Conference softball victory over Tar Heel Thursday.
Raynor scored 3 runs and Madden scored twice. Teammate Katlynn Tatum batted 2-2, and Cheylee Mathis finished 2-3 at the plate. Lainey Hughes smacked a single for the Lady Cougars.
Mathis and Alyssa Suggs scored 2 runs each for Elizabethtown. Tatum, Carlie West, and Alexus Mitchell scored one run each for the winners.
Madden, Hughes, Raynor and Mathis started the Lady Cougar first-inning with consecutive singles that produced one run. Tatum knocked in Raynor and Mathis with a single that put Elizabethtown ahead 3-0.
West was hit by a pitch to begin the second inning, and Madden, Raynor and Mathis cracked back-to-back-to-back singles that scored West and Raynor. Suggs walked and Tatum delivered a single that scored Mathis and Suggs. Tatum raced home on a fielder’s choice for an 8-0 lead.
Madden led off the Lady Cougar third inning with a single and scored on a Raynor single. Suggs reached base on an error, and Raynor and Suggs both scored to pad the lead to 11-0.
Mitchell was hit by a pitch and scored the final Elizabethtown run in the fourth inning.
Nykia Lewis and shortstop Emily connected for one hit each for Tar Heel.
Raynor pitched the first two perfect innings for Elizabethtown and struck out 5 of the 6 batters that she faced. Suggs relieved and pitched the final 3 innings, striking out 3 batters and giving up two hits.
Coach Tarrah Woodruff’s Lady Cougars remained unbeaten at 2-0, while Tar Heel dropped to 0-3.
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