Pace Walk Off Single Lifts Knights Past Apaches
The Southwood Lady Knights got a walk off single from Makenna Pace to capture a 7-6 comeback win over county rival Wabash Wednesday.
Southwood grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first. Kassity Simpson led off with a double before advancing to third on a passed ball and scoring on an error.
Wabash would tie the score in the top of the third. Taylor Mettler singled and advanced to second on a one out error. The Apaches would then pull off a double steal to make it 1-1.
In the fourth Alivia Short led off with a single and was followed by a Sydnee Osborn double. Hannah Halverson was then hit by a pitch to load the bases when Tabby Wagner singled home Short for a 2-1 lead. With two outs Whitney Working would single home Osborn and Halverson for a Wabash 4-1 lead. The Knights would get a run back in the bottom of the inning. Erin McGouldrick would lead off with a single and was followed by a Makenkie Lambert walk. With one out McGouldrick would score on a Kassity Simpson fly out to make it 4-2.
Wabash would increase their lead in the fifth. With one out Short would single and scored on a Osborn double. A Halverson single would out runners on the corners. Osborn would then score on a fielders choice for a 6-2 lead. Southwood would get a run back in the bottom of the inning. With one out Keagan Simpson would single and was followed by a Kayla mays single. With two outs Simpson would score on an Apache error to make it 6-3.
The Knights would tie the game in the sixth. Kassity Simpson would walk before reaching third on a one out double from Pace. Tabitha Thomas followed with a single to score Simpson to make it 6-4. Keagan Simpson would follow with a single before a Mays single scored two runs for a 6-6 score.
In the bottom of the seventh Aaliyah Douglass would be hit by a pitch. With Douglass on first with two outs Maddie Turner would draw a walk before Pace single home Douglass for the winning run.
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| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kassity Simpson | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maddie Turner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MaKenna Pace | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tabitha Thomas | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mariah Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keagan Simpson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kayla Mays | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Erin McGouldrick | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Makenlie Lambert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Aaliyah Douglass | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makenlie Lambert | 7.0 | 87 | .621 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Working | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kylie Brumley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Renn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katie Newman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alivia Short | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Osborn | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hannah Halverson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tabatha Wagner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Mettler | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelsie Olinger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabatha Wagner | 6.0 | 122 | .500 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Whitney Working | 0.2 | 16 | .312 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
