Lady Tigers top Lady Bulldogs

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, March 23, 2016

The Straughn Lady Tigers forced their way past the Andalusia Bulldogs for a 15-4 win Monday night in Andalusia.

Straughn opened up the game with a with a pair of runs to take an early 2-0 lead on the Lady Bulldogs.

Colby Adams got the Lady Tigers started with a double to left and came around to score easily when Brently Armstrong ripped a triple to right.

Armstrong then came around to score on a single from Kristen Peavey.

Haley Harper picked up a walk to start the Lady Bulldogs’ half of the first and later came around to score on single from Zaria Jones to cut the lead down to 2-1.

Straughn opened up the flood gates in the top of the second inning, as they plated five more runs to take a 7-1 advantage.

Sarah Langford and Macy Matthews singled to start the top of the second inning for the Lady Tigers and they moved up to second and third on a sacrifice from Carolina Fussell.

Dallas Mackoff followed with a single to plate Langford and Molly Stewart plated Matthews and Mackoff to put Straughn on top 5-1.

Armstrong then drove in a pair of runs with rip to center for double.

In the bottom of the second, Olivia Amerson led off with a single and Haley Harper followed with a single of her own.

Amerson then came around to score when Millie Manring reached on an error. Harper scored off an error of the bat of Chloe Mikel and Manring scored on passed ball to make the score 7-4 heading into the third inning.

The score remained 7-4 until the top of the fourth when the Lady Tigers scored on wild pitch.

The Lady Tigers picked up three runs in the top of the fifth inning to go on top 11-4.

Armstrong continued her big night at the plate with a RBI single that scored Stewart.

Manring led the way for the Lady Bulldogs going 1-for-4 with one RBI.

Mikel added an RBI for the Lady Bulldogs.

Armstrong paced the Lady Tigers in the win going 3-for-4 with a single, double, triple and six RBIs. Armstrong also scored three runs in the win.

Stewart finished the night 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Adams, Langford and Mackoff each picked up two hits for the Lady Tigers and drove in one run for the Lady Tigers.0317-spt-Sarah-Langford