By Andrew Cato, ShowMe Times Sports Editor

The Lady 'Bearcats kept their win streak alive on Friday afternoon when they downed the Doniphan Donettes with a 9-4 final score.

Becky Anderson took the start and the win for the Lady Bearcats; the senior right hander fanned 11 batters, walked four, and gave up two hits.

The Donettes plated just one run in the top of the first inning, while the Lady 'Cats were retired in order in the home half.

Anderson froze the first two batters she faced for strikeouts, gave up a walk, and forced a pop-up to center in the top of the second. The Donettes tacked on three runs in the third inning to take a 4-0 lead.

Ashley Brown led off with a single in the bottom of the third inning; Kendra Stevenson followed up with a single of her own. Both runners scored on errors to cut Doniphan's lead in half. Whitney Layton smacked an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth inning to move the score to 4-3.

Anderson faced four batters in the fourth and fifth innings to keep the Donettes in check. The Lady 'Cats struck for two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and four runs in the bottom of the sixth to take a 9-4 lead.

The Donettes were three up, three down - the last two were strikeouts - to close out the game with a 9-4 Lady Bearcat victory.

The Lady Bearcats even their record at 5-5 with the victory; the team will be back in action next week, when they compete in the SCAA Tournament, held at Bloomfield High School.

Photo Above:
Ashley Brown looks on from second base during Friday afternoon's 9-4 victory over the Doniphan Donettes. Brown was 1-4 at the plate with a stolen base and a run scored in the game. (Submitted photo by Kay Stevenson; thanks Kay!)