On Monday, April 21, the Lady Bears were dressed in Blue and ready for their Giving Fore Living ball game! The Green Ridge Lady Tigers would be coming into town on the day to take on the Bears. The Lady Tigers brought with them a record of 6-5, the Bears sat at 9-6 heading into the contest.
The matchup was very defensive, early on especially, as the score was 0-0 through the first 2 and a half innings. In the bottom of the 3rd the Bears would draw first blood as the home team tallied a run when Kylee Dubrary doubled, plating Sydney Davis. The Bears took the first lead with a 1-0 score after 3.
However, Green Ridge answered back in the top of the 2nd, not only matching the Bears one run, but double them up with a score of 2-1 after 4 innings. The Lady Tigers would continue to pour it on in the 6th, with Green Ridge leading 6-1 heading into the final inning.
In the bottom of the 7th, the Bears searching for 5 runs to keep playing, and 6 to win it. Sydney Davis got the Bears off to the right start with a lead off single. The Bears were continuing to play small ball with Cook singling, and moving Davis up a base. Following a strike-out, Dubray would draw a walk to load the bases with power threat Taylor Hudson stepping to the dish. Hudson drilled a double into center recording 3 RBIs as Davis, Cook, and Dubray all crossed the plate. Just like that the Bears found themselves down just 6-4 with a runner in scoring position and just one out. Brooke Miller, who represented the tying run, stepped up the plate and knocked a double of her own that also saw Hudson move up to 3rd. After Avery Eldred took a base on balls to land them up, Carmichael was the 3rd Bear to join the 7th inning double club and score Hudson and Miller to tie the game up at 6-6. Senior Ella Ragan stepped up the plate and was able to walk it off with the game winning RBI! The Bears won 7-6.
Kylee Dubray was at work on the bump for the Bears, she recorded 10 strike outs and gave up just 2 earned runs.
Taylor Hudson was perfect on the evening, going 2 of 2 with 3 RBIs. Cook was the other Bear with multiple hits on the night. The Bears as a team swung the ball well 8 different ladies combined for 10 hits and 5 extra base hits.
photo by Carmen Behringer
