FLOYD, VA – Playing for the first time since April 6th, the Alleghany Lady Mountaineers (7-1) needed late inning heroics to push their win streak to six in a row following a 9-4 victory over the Floyd County Lady Buffaloes Monday evening.
The Lady Mountaineers had never trailed in this one, but the team did see a four-run lead be chipped away after two-run innings from the Lady Buffaloes in the fourth and six innings.
After seeing their four-run lead dwindle following Kyra Vaughn’s (2-for-3) game-tying RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Lady Mountaineers rallied around one-another for a five-run seventh inning to put away the Lady Buffalos.
It all started with a two-out single by Abbie Fridley (2-for-4). A fielding error would put Savannah Cash (0-for-3) on base and moved Fridley into scoring position. Kinsley Middleton (1-for-4) would save her only hit for the biggest moment in the game that put her team back in front following a go-ahead RBI single. Kelsey Nicely (3-for-4) would follow with a two-run single, and three batters later Bryce Leitch (3-for-5) drove in the fifth run of the inning on an RBI single.
Kendell Keene (W/2-for-5) who went the distance on the mound retired the final three batters in order in the bottom of the seventh inning to seal the victory for the team. Keene, in her sixth win of the season allowed four runs on seven hits, walked four, and struck out five.
Leitch and Kel. Nicely led the team with three hits each, while Kel. Nicely had a game-high three RBI’s. Fridley and Leitch had a pair of RBI’s.
Vaughn led her Lady Buffaloes with a two-hit day at the plate, while Allison Hodge (1-for-2) had two RBI’s to lead the team. Emma Biesterveld (L/1-for-3) suffered the loss after allowing nine runs (three earned) in seven innings.
The Lady Mountaineers will look to make it seven in a row on Wednesday when the team plays at Glenvar.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
AHS 1 0 2 1 0 0 5 9 12 1
FHS 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 7 3
Lady Mounties Box Score
Player AB R H RBI BB SO
Leitch, CF 5 1 3 2 0 0
Keene, P 5 2 2 0 0 1
Kay. Nicely, C 4 0 0 0 0 1
Fridley, 1B 4 1 2 2 0 0
Cash, SS 3 1 0 0 1 1
Middleton, LF 4 1 1 1 0 1
Kel. Nicely, 3B 4 2 3 3 0 0
Rice, RF 4 1 1 0 0 0
Skidmore, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0
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TEAM 36 9 12 8 2 4
PITCHING
Player IP H R ER BB SO
Keene (W) 7 7 4 4 4 5
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TEAM 7 7 4 4 4 5
Lady Buffaloes Box Score
Player AB R H RBI BB SO
M. Thompson, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0
C. Thompson, CF 2 1 0 0 2 1
Dejesus, 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0
Hodge, 3B 2 0 1 2 1 0
Hylton, 1B 2 1 1 0 1 1
Robertson, C 3 0 0 0 0 2
Biesterveld, P 3 1 1 0 0 0
Vaughn, LF 3 0 2 1 0 0
Harris, RF 3 0 1 0 0 1
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TEAM 26 4 7 3 4 5
PITCHING
Player IP H R ER BB SO
Biesterveld (L) 7 12 9 3 2 4
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TEAM 7 12 9 3 2 4