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- Updated: April 8, 2017
Transfer Phillips makes successful debut at Alexandria; Oxford wins two games in Showdown at Choccolocco; White Plains continues to pound the ball
By East Alabama Sports Today
MADISON – Maggie Phillips’ debut with the Alexandria softball team Friday was a successful one as she pitched the Lady Cubs to an 8-4 victory over host Bob Jones.
Phillips transferred from Ohatchee at the start of spring break and, having not played for the Tribe this season, became eligible for the Lady Cubs in the middle of this week. Alexandria coach Brian Hess held her until the tournament and Phillips delivered a complete game in the circle, giving up six hits in six innings, two earned runs and striking out three. She also had an RBI single in the game’s decisive sixth inning.
Her arrival proved quite fortuitous for the Lady Cubs as Leighton Sparks has been taken out of the rotation due to an injury. Sparks still plays, just doesn’t pitch. She ripped a double that got their big inning started.
The Lady Cubs snapped a 3-3 tie with five runs in the sixth. L Irwin scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball and later that at-bat Timberlyn Shurbutt ripped an RBI double. Two more runs scored when Madi Snow’s grounder was misplayed into an error and Mattie Wade singled home the final run.
Shurbutt led off the game with a home run and finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs.
In their other game in the tournament, the Lady Cubs lost to Madisonville-North Hopkins (Ky.) 12-3. Shurbutt went 3-for-3, while Allison Bonds and Leighton Sparks each had two hits.
Oxford 5, Pleasant Valley 3: Haley Lyner’s two-run double with two outs in the fourth inning snapped a 3-3 tie and propelled the Lady Jackets to victory in PV’s inaugural Showdown at Choccolocco. Lyner went 2-for-3 with three RBIs in the game. Ashlyn Miller also had two hits for Oxford. Kara Perry’s two-run homer helped stake PV to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. McKinley Parris drove in a run and Savannah Williams went 2-for-3.
Oxford 1, Cleburne County 0: JoJo Skinner allowed one hit over five innings and Haley Lyner drove home the game’s only run with a fifth-inning fielders choice. The only hit Skinner allowed was Tatiana Ervin’s two-out single in the fifth.
Oxford 5, Pleasant Valley 3
Pleasant Valley 300 00 — 3 5 0
Oxford 003 2x — 5 8 2
WP; Rylee Waldrep. LP: Alisa St. John. 2B: Haley Lyner (O(, Ashlyn Miller 2 (O). 3B: Kaylynn Garrett (O). HR: Kara Perry (PV).
Oxford 1, Cleburne County 0
Cleburne County 000 00 — 0 1 0
Oxford 000 01 — 1 5 3
WP: JoJo Skinner. LP: Kiara Akles. 2B: Sarah Howell 2 (O).
Cleburne County 7, Spring Garden 1: Caitlyn Caffee and Chelsea Parker homered for the Lady Tigers and Amber Parker allowed three hits over five innings and struck out six. Caffee was 2-for-2 with a three-run homer in the third inning. Chelsea Parker hit a two-run homer in the first. Tatiana Ervin had two hits.
Cleburne County 7, Spring Garden 1
Cleburne County 203 20 — 7 9 0
Spring Garden 000 10 — 1 3 0
WP: Amber Parker. LP: Bryant. 2B: Reedy (SG). HR: Caitlyn Caffee (CC), Chelsea Parker (CC).
Pleasant Valley 11, Weaver 1: Mikayla Kendrick, Savannah Williams and Kara Perry all had a pair of hits for the Lady Raiders. McKinley Parris drove in a run and Olivia Jones pitched. Weaver bounced back from the loss and later defeated Spring Garden 5-2.
White Plains 12, Sylacauga 1: The Lady Wildcats scored five runs in each of the first two innings. Lucy Medders highlighted the first-inning outburst with a two-run double. Lauren Dodson had a two-run triple and Aillee Martin had a two-run double in the second. Martin went 2-for-2 with three RBIs, Lucy Medders and Lauren Dodson had two hits and two RBIs, and winning pitcher Ashlyn Hinton drove in two runs. Savannah White hit a solo homer.
White Plains 12, Sylacauga 1
Sylacauga 000 01 — 1 5 2
White Plains 551 1 — 12 11 1
WP: Ashlyn Hinton. LP: Ansley Brown. 2B: Aillee Martin (WP), Lucy Medders (WP). 3B: Lauren Dodson (WP). HR: Kaleigh Smith (S), Savannah White (WP).
White Plains 13, Leeds 3: Carley Wood smashed two homers and drove in five runs and winning pitcher Katy Roszell drove in three runs with two hits. Wood had a three-run homer in the first inning and a two-run homer in the third. Isabella Pinto went 2-for-3 and stole two bases for the Lady Wildcats.
White Plains 13, Leeds 3
Leeds 003 0 — 3 4 6
White Plains 463 0 — 13 10 2
WP: Katy Roszell. LP: Abby Thomas. 3B: Kaci McClendon (L). HR: Carley Wood 2 (WP).
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