Coming off a walk off win Thursday night against Hopkinsville, the Todd County Central Lady Rebels headed to Saturday to the Butler County Round Robin, where they went 1-2 for the day. The Lady Rebels lost to Meade County, and to host Butler County, but came away with the win over Hickman County.
In the opening game of the day, Meade County used a ten run explosion over the final two innings to come away with the 12-6 win. The game started off as a low scoring affair, with Meade County putting up two runs in the top of the second, while the Lady Rebels came back with one in the bottom of the inning. The game stayed at 2-1 until the top of the 6th inning.
Meade County scored seven runs in the top of the 6th to push the lead to 9-1. Todd Central tallied a run in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 9-2. Meade County added three insurance runs in the top of the 7th to extend the lead to 12-2. The Lady Rebels scored four in their last at bat, but the deficit was too much to overcome.
Addye Sawyers went 3-4 in the game. Sam Case was 2-4, while Emma Harris was 1-2 with 2 RBIs.
In the second game of the day, the Lady Rebels used a six run 5th inning to rally from a 5 run deficit and pick up the 9-8 win over Hickman County. Hickman County scored 3 runs in the first and three runs in the second to jump out to a 6-0 lead.
The Lady Rebels got a run in the bottom of the second to trim the lead to 6-1. Todd Central added two more in the bottom of the 3rd to get within 6-3. Hickman County added two runs in the top of the 4th, and appeared to take control of the game at 8-3.
In the bottom of the 5th, Todd Central began their rally with a single from Michaela Robertson. After a pair of walk, Rachel Bilyeu smashed a two run double to center field to cut the lead to 8-5. Maddie Williams singled to right field to cut the lead to 8-6. Sam Case followed with an RBI double to make it an 8-7 game. Jordan Weathers tied the game with a sacrifice fly. Todd County then scored the go ahead run on a Hickman County error.
Hickman County got a one out single in the top of the 7th but could not make anything more out of it.
Sam Case went 3-3 with an RBI. Michaela Robertson was 3-3 in the game. Emma Harris and Rachel Bilyeu were each 1-3 with 2 RBIs.
In their final game of the day, the Lady Rebels ran into a buzzsaw in the form of the host Buter County Lady Bears. Butler County scored four runs in the first inning and three runs in the second, on their way to a 12-0 win in five innings.
The Lady Rebels were limited to five hits in the game.
Emma Harris, Paige Rager, Michaela Robertson, Jordan Weathers, and Maddie Williams all had a hit in the game for the Lady Rebels.
Todd County’s record now stands at 5-5 on the season after the round robin.