After only managing 6 runs over their last four games, the Lyon County Lady Lyons put up 22 in two wins in the Marshall County Slugfest on Saturday, edging Daviess County 5-4 and blowing out Murray High 17-2. The Lady Lyons finish the weekend 3-1, and improve to 6-7 on the year.
The Lady Lyons got on the board first with an RBI double by freshman Calista Collins in the bottom of the first inning, but Daviess County tied the game in the top of the second. With the Lady Panthers leading 3-1 in the bottom of the third, Collins struck again with a triple to bring in freshman Sydney Melton.
Daviess County restored its 2-run lead in the top of the fifth, before Lady Lyon freshman Kyra Craft doubled to bring in 2 and tied the game at 4. Freshman Kerstin Craft followed her sister’s lead, doubling to score senior Sophie Bingham with the game-winning run.
Bingham earned the win, going 6.0 innings and allowing 4 runs, 2 earned, on four hits with ten strikeouts and two walks. Collins led the Lady Lyons at the plate, going 3-3 with 2 RBI and a run scored, followed by Kyra Craft with a hit and 2 RBI. Melton had a couple of hits and crossed the plate 3 times, and Kerstin Craft had a hit and an RBI.
Junior Hannah Clark took the loss for Daviess, pitching 3.1 innings and allowing 3 earned runs on five hits with four strikeouts and two walks. Junior Emily Stanley had 3 RBI, posting a hit, drawing a walk, and scoring a run.
Lyon County scored 9 runs in an opening-night win over Paducah Tilghman, its largest output of the season until posting 17 in their second game on Saturday. They scored a run in the first inning, before erupting for 10 in the bottom of the second, more than they had scored in any game this season. Collins had two RBI singles, Bingham singled to bring in 2, and freshmen Kaelyn Conger and Rachel Coursey both singled-in a run.
Murray got a run back in the top of the third to trim the lead to 11-2, but Lyon added 4 in the third and 2 in the fourth to end the game at 17-2. Collins had two RBI singles, Conger knocked-in 3 with a double and a single, and sophomore Allye Culp brought home a run with a single.
Bingham got her second win of the day on the mound, pitching all four innings while allowing 2 unearned runs on three hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Collins and Conger each had 4 RBI, with Collins going 4-4 and Conger 3-4. Culp and Coursey had a hit and 2 RBI each, and Bingham was 2-3 with 2 RBI. Melton collected two hits and an RBI, 8th grader Jaiden Capello knocked-in a run, and sophomore Taylyn Sutton got a hit.
Sophomore Brooklyn Feagin took the loss for Murray, lasting 2.0 innings and giving up 12 runs, 6 earned, on seven hits with two strikeouts and two walks. Senior Brittany Tipton had a hit and 2 RBI.
After beating the Blue Tornado 3-1 on Friday, the Lady Lyons travel to Paducah on Monday to face Paducah Tilghman again.