The Shadow
HOT SPRINGS — The Pocahontas County Warriors rode a four-spot in the fifth to an early-season softball win Wednesday.
The Warriors strung together four hits in the pivotal fifth and Bella Dean’s two-run single capped the uprising, as the Warriors downed Bath County, 7-3.
The loss dropped the Chargers to 0-3 on the season.
The game was tied at 3-3 before the Warriors sent eight hitters to the plate in the fifth. They capitalized on four hits, an error and six stolen bases in the inning. Dean’s two-out single scored Sienna Bircher and Emily Arbogast, giving the visitors a four-run lead.
Winning pitcher Charity Warder then took care of the rest. She retired the last nine Charger hitters she faced, preserving Pocahontas County’s 7-3 win.
Warner allowed five Bath County hits on the afternoon. She fanned nine and walked only two in going the distance for the win.
Selena Wolfe was tagged with the loss for the Chargers. She gave up 11 hits while striking out 13 and walking none.
Wolfe gave up just one earned run. She was hurt by five Bath County errors.
After the Warriors scored a run in the first, the Chargers struck for three in their half of the opening inning.
Gabbi Reed opened the Bath County first with a walk, and Faith May reached on an error.
After a strikeout, Hannah Pritt laced a one-out triple, scoring both Reed and May and giving the Chargers a 2-1 lead. Pritt then scored on a wild pitch, upping the early Charger lead to 3-1.
The Warriors came back to tie it with a pair in the second, and it stayed that way until the Pocahontas County fifth.
Pritt had two hits to lead the Chargers, while Chaya Offer, Wolfe and Riley McNeal had the other Bath County knocks.
“I’m very proud of my girls,”?said Bath County coach Carrie Pierce. “I?have seen a lot of improvement. We had a couple of errors, but not as many as in the last game. I?was pleased.”
The Chargers are back in action today, hosting the Alleghany Mountaineers.
