MONROE — The PCM softball team scored all the runs it needed to win in the first inning during its Class 3A Region 2 quarterfinal matchup with Greene County on Thursday.
The 3A No. 8 Mustangs led 3-0 after one inning and coasted to a 10-2 home win over the Rams. PCM led 5-1 after two and added three runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth.
PCM out-hit Greene County 7-5, but three of those seven hits were doubles and the Mustangs drew six walks and were hit by three pitches.
The victory advances the Mustangs to the regional semifinals. They’ll face Clarke (7-17) at 7 p.m. on Saturday in Monroe.
The Mustangs (22-4) outscored the Rams 34-3 in three meetings this season.
Greene County (4-20) scored one run in the second and added another in the third.
Addison Steenhoek and Libby Winters had two hits each, Tori Lindsay and Holly Wood both reached base three times and Camden Webb tossed four innings of relief in the circle to improve to 6-1 on the season.
Winters doubled, scored two runs, had one RBI and stole one base to lead the offense. She leads the Mustangs with a .390 batting average and has a team-best 29 RBIs.
Steenhoek doubled and added two RBIs, Lindsay doubled, walked twice and scored two runs and Wood finished with one hit, one walk, one run and three steals and she was hit by one pitch.
Lindsay moved into a tie for the team lead with an on-base percentage of .467. She’s also collected a team-best 29 runs, eight doubles and 50 total bases.
Addi Hudnut tallied one hit, one run, one RBI and one steal, Lillian Humpal walked once, was hit by one pitch and scored one run and Ryan DeVore scored one run and stole one base. Humpal leads the Mustangs with 12 steals.
Lark Drake and Webb both walked once, Peyton Lathrum and Carly Wilkerson each scored one run and Ila Keuning was hit by a pitch.
Webb earned the win in the circle after allowing no earned runs on two hits and one walk. She struck out four in four innings and lowered her earned run average to 1.17.
Rylee Parsons started and tossed the first three innings. She surrendered one earned run on three hits and struck out two. Her ERA is now 1.28.
Gilbert 8, PCM 1
A tough night at the park for the Mustangs resulted in an 8-1 non-conference home loss to 4A Gilbert on Tuesday.
PCM fell behind early and never recovered in its regular-season finale. The Tigers led 1-0 after one, 4-0 after two and 5-0 after three. They out-hit the Mustangs 13-4. Neither team had an error.
Lindsay led the Mustangs with two doubles and one run, Webb tallied one hit and one RBI and Humpal had the other hit. Drake was hit by a pitch.
Parsons (14-2) started in the circle and took the loss after allowing five earned runs on seven hits and one walk in two innings.
Webb tossed five innings and surrendered three earned runs on seven hits and two walks. She fanned two.
Emma Latterell homered for Gilbert (17-16) and Zoey Jones and Taylor Puck each had three hits. Jones tallied two RBIs, Puck scored two runs and Clara Newton needed just 70 pitches to get through seven innings in the circle.
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