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Penney rallies for season’s first win, scoring 2 in 7th for 4-3 win over Trenton

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The Penney Lady Hornets rebounded from a go-ahead single off the bat of Madi Moore in the Trenton 7th inning, scoring two runs in the bottom of the 7th, defeating THS 4-3 for the first victory of the season for Hamilton, in a softball battle broadcast Monday night on Hot Country Z 101.7.

Trenton, with momentum coming off of Saturday’s championship at the Maysville Tournament, jumped in front with a pair of runs in the top of the 4th inning, with a Chandler Lynch lead-off triple followed by a successful squeeze bunt by Mirena King.  Teya Cooksey, with two outs, reached second base on a fielding error, and scored on a looping single by Morgan King.

Penney’s bats came alive late against Trenton starting pitcher Emma Roberts, with the Hornets cutting the lead to 2-1 in the 5th inning as Izzy Baker stole third base and scored on a throwing error.  In the 6th inning, Hamilton tied the score at 2-2, with a two-out single by Hannah Nixdorf scoring Rayne Gray.

Trailing 3-2 in the 7th, Penney got a lead-off walk by Jade Gray, who stole second and reached third on a wild pitch.  A sacrifice bunt by Aniston Houghton scored Gray, with the throw going home, instead of first, allowing Houghton to reach base with the potential game-winning run.  Rayne Gray was hit by a pitch, moving Houghton to second.  Penney winning pitcher Amelia Pingleton rapped a hard single up the middle to end the game. 

The loss drops Trenton’s record to 5-9, with Penney moving to 1-4.

Elsewhere in high school softball from Monday night, September 13, 2021, scores were:

Princeton 7, Mercer 5 (Princeton had home runs by Faith Siemer and Carsey Brown)

South Harrison 15, Plattsburg 0

Albany 8, East Harrison 2

Lathrop 5, Benton 1

Pattonsburg 10, Stewartsville/Osborn 3

North Harrison 10, Gilman City 6

Milan 9, Brookfield 8 

Putnam County 8, Scotland County 3

East Buchanan 14, King City 9 

Macon 8, Kirksville 0 

 


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