STAFF REPORT
CORNERSVILLE — The Cornersville Lady ‘Dawgs certainly have a flair for the dramatics.
After being held scoreless through the first six innings, Cornersville rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to force extra innings against Richland on Monday night.
Having forced extra innings, it was a walk-off RBI double by Abbi Storey that landed the Lady ‘Dawgs the come-from-behind, 4-3 win over the Lady Raiders on Monday night.
Cornersville certainly didn’t play poorly through the first six innings, but just couldn’t solve Richland pitcher Ava Shrader.
Shrader went the distance for Richland and recorded 10 strikeouts.
It wasn’t until the Lady ‘Dawgs whipped up some two-out magic in the bottom of the seventh that Cornersville was able to string together enough consecutive hits to tie the game.
With two outs, Zoe Blackwell singled to left, scoring Carmen Ward for the first run of the night.
In the next at-bat, Alex Cardin connected on a ground ball single and beat the throw to first, scoring Molly Wells to pull Cornersville within a run.
With Blackwell having moved to third, she eventually saw her opening and stole home to tie the game at three.
Having pitched seven strong innings so far, Lady ‘Dawg starter Jayli Childress gave her team one more inning and despite a single and an error, kept Richland scoreless in the eighth.
With momentum having shifted in favor of the home team, Childress helped her own cause in the eighth with a leadoff double to right.
The double train kept going as Abbi Storey stepped to the plate and mashed a second-straight double to center field, scoring Childress for the walk-off victory.
Of the seven total Cornersville hits, four went for doubles, with Emma Ward, Molly Wells, Childress and Storey all connecting on two-baggers.
In the pitcher’s circle, Childress was electric, going the distance and scattering three runs on seven hits with 11 strikeouts.
Richland 100 011 00 — 3 7 0
Cornersville 000 000 31 — 4 7 2
Cornersville: Anna Wood 1-for-4, Jayli Childress 1-for-4, Abbi Storey 1-for-3, Molly Wells 1-for-3, Emma Ward 1-for-2, Zoe Blackwell 1-for-2, Alex Cardin 1-for-2.
WP: Childress
LP: Shrader