Carroll County softball edged Pulaski County early in the season up at Dublin but wasn’t as fortunate Monday night at Cavalier Park as the Cougars picked up key hits in five straight innings to earn an 8-2 non-district victory.
Carroll County (15-3) started out the game strong as Holly Miller picked up the first of her three base hits and eventually scored the game’s first run when Katherine Lindamood was issued a bases-loaded walk. The Lady Cavaliers did plate one run in the rally but left the bases loaded as Laken Greever struck out the side.
Carroll County doubled up their lead in the bottom of the second inning when Miller reached on a single with two outs. The sophomore promptly stole second base and came around to score on a RBI single from Emma Leath.
Following the Leath single, Greever would settle down and limit the Lady Cavaliers to just three hits over the final five innings. The streak of consecutive batters retired reached 14 and was matched by the 14 strikeouts.
Leath stranded three base runners over the first two innings but the Cougars played small ball to scratch out their first run in the top of the third inning. Sara Ritter singled for the first of her three base hits and was bunted to second before stealing third base. Greever helped her own cause with a RBI single to make the score 2-1.
Morgan Vest followed with a double to give the visitors two runners in scoring position before Leath stopped the potential big inning with a strikeout and a foul out.
Vest and Ritter each finished the contest with three base hits for the Cougars while seven different players scored the eight runs and six different players collected the RBIs.
The top four in the Lady Cavalier lineup finished 7-of-15, led by Miller with three hits and Leath with two singles but Greever held the rest of the order to 0-for-14 on the night.
Leath finished the night with seven strikeouts and now sits just three shy of tying the school record of 694 held by Sydney Nester. Four more in her next game will create a new mark of 695.
Despite the setback, Carroll County still controls its own destiny in regards to the Three Rivers District regular season championship. CCHS sits at 8-2 with home games with Radford (2-9) and James River (2-9) remaining while Patrick County is 8-3 with one game to play versus Floyd County (5-6).
Alleghany has dropped three straight and finished in a tie for third with Glenvar at 7-5.
Carroll County holds the tiebreaker with Patrick County after sweeping the season series, which allows the Lady Cavaliers to host the District Championship game with one more victory.
Mother Nature might play a role in when the games are going to be played. The schedule as of now is to host Radford on Tuesday and James River on Thursday, weather permitting.
Carroll County Softball has planned a pre-game ceremony before the Radford contest to honor the four Seniors who are set to graduate holding school records. Leath - pitching victories, Jabin Talley - tennis victories, Ashlyn Newman - soccer career goals. and Alyssa Ervin - basketball career points at 2,111.
Pulaski 001 221 2 - 8 13 1
Carroll 110 000 0 - 2 7 2
Greever and Dean (PC); Leath and Burress (CC). WP - Greever. LP - Leath. 2B - Legg, Vest (PC).
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