Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Dexter, Missouri – The Lady ‘Cats won their home opener despite the wind, rain and cold temperatures. It felt more like football weather than spring softball weather. Dexter overcame a 5-1 deficit to win 6-5 in the seventh inning. The girls owned the 6the inning when they scored four runs.
Dexter jumped out with a 1-0 lead, but the Hornets fought back and scored 5 runs.
“We were down 5-1 going into the bottom of the 6th,” commented head softball coach Chris Bolin. ”The girls put together a great comeback and had some really good at bats in that inning to tie the game up.”
Kendra Stevenson was credited with her second win of the season. The Lady ‘Cats defeated Bloomfield on Tuesday by a score of 20-6 in Bloomfield.
“Kendra did a great job,” continued Bolin. “She had a really good command and as the game went on she seemed to get stronger. She was able to work out of some of the situations which helped keeping us in the game early on.”
The final inning had Ashley Brown hitting a single putting her in the perfect spot to bring home the winning run. Kendra Stevenson hit a single, advancing Brown to second base. Amber Spence grounded out,but advancing the girls to second and third. With the first out of the inning Dakota Silliman hit a ground ball just shy of the outfield allowing Brown to score getting their second win of the season.
“We executed very well in the bottom of the seventh by getting the first two girls on and then Amber Spence had a great at bat by moving the runners over to second and third,” stated Bolin. “Dakota came up with 1 out and did exactly what we had talked about as a team and she hit a hard ground ball to score Ashley, which was the game winner.”
Kendra Stevenson had 12 strike outs and gave up 5 hits. She is 2-0 on the season.
Halley Sielert has a great game at bat. She finished 3 for 3.
The Lady ‘Cats will travel to Woodland on Friday. Game time 4:30 p.m.
Final Score Dexter 6 Advance 5
Advance 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 - 5 6 5
Dexter 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 - 6 9 0
WP - Kendra Stevenson. LP - Hannah Clark. 2B - Clark (A). Multiple hits - Dexter: Ashley Brown 2-4, Halley Sielert 3-3; Advance: Clark 3-3.
