The Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriot softball team defeated the
Marcellus (NY) Mustangs 10-4 Tuesday morning in the opening game of a
five-game, three-day appearance at the Cal Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina.
Lady Patriot Allie Byrn led AC-S with a double and three singles with
Jae McReynolds adding a double and two singles. Taylor Stamps, Kassi
Bullington, and Jordan Anderson added two hits.
AC-S plated five runs in the top of the first. Triples by Bullington and
Madi Gregory were followed by a two-run homer by eighth-grader Bailey
Ausbrooks---the first varsity home run of her career.
Marcellus closed to with two after a three-run third inning before the
Lady Patriots responded with three runs in the top of the fourth. A RBI single
by Anderson and a two RBI hit by Byrn lifted AC-S to an 8-3 lead. AC-S added
runs in the fifth and seventh innings to secure their fourth win of the season.
The Mustangs finished with 13 hits off the AC-S pitching tandem of Kris-Anne
Pardue and Karley Burchett. Pardue recorded the win despite giving up 10 hits
in her five innings of work.
SECOND GAME
The Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriots picked up their second win of
the day with a 5-1 victory over St. Francis DeSales (PA) at the Cal Ripken
Experience in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Taylor Stamps reached base four times and drove in two, Allie Byrn was
two-for-three at the plate, and Jae McReynolds also collected two hits to help
AC-S post the win. Karley Burchett recorded the win on the mound, allowing one
run on four hits. Burchett also notched four strikeouts and walked two batters.
St. Francis scored a run in the top of the second and maintained a 1-0
lead until the bottom of the fifth. Consecutive one out singles by Jae
McReynolds, Jordon Anderson, and Taylor Stamps ignited the AC-S offense. After
a ground out forced McReynolds at the plate, Madi Gregory walked to allow
Anderson to score the tying run. Allie Byrn followed with a two-run single to
plate Stamps and Gregory and lift the Lady Patriots to a 3-1 lead.
The Lady Patriots added a pair of insurance runs in the home half of the
sixth. After reaching on singles, KayLee Stafford and McReynolds scored on a
triple by Stamps.
AC-S (5-1) is scheduled to play the Academy of Notre Dame at 8 a.m. and
Chesterfield at 10 Wednesday morning.