The Patrick County High Lady Cougar softball team showed great resilience, coming back from a run down twice in their April 14 match up with Chatham. The second time, in the bottom of the seventh, gave them the 3-2 walk off win, avenging a Chatham walk-off 2-1 win back on March 28.
After a Chatham solo home run put the visitors up 1-0 in the second, the Lady Cougars stormed back in the third. Taylor Lawless led off with a long hit to left-center for a stand-up double. A Lacey Sutphin sacrifice bunt moved Lawless to third, and after Chatham intentionally walked Journey Moore, Lauren Hazelwood drove in the tying run with a hard hit ground ball past through the infield.
Lady Cougar’s starting pitcher, Journey Moore, kept Chatham scoreless for the next three innings, allowing only an unearned run in the sixth. Moore would go six innings, giving up just three hits and striking out nine.
After the Lady Cougars stranded two base runners in the sixth, Taylor Lawless led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk. Once again, Lacey Sutphin came up with a sacrifice bunt to move Lawless into scoring position. With a line drive down the right field line, a Journey Moore stand up triple drove in Lawless and tied the game at 2-2 with one out. With two out and two strikes, Hayden Lawless drove in the game-winning run with an infield hit, giving the Lady Cougars the come from behind 3-2 win.
Besides the game winning RBI, Hayden Lawless went 2-4 and pitched the seventh inning, striking out two. Taylor Lawless went 1-1 on the night, with two runs scored and Lacey Sutphin had three sacrifice bunts, leading to two of the Lady Cougar runs.
“We’re playing really good defense for the most part,” said Lady Cougar head coach Ryan Pendleton. “We haven’t given up a lot of runs lately.” Since their 2-1 loss to Chatham, the Lady Cougars have won their last four games, allowing just four runs total in that span.
The victory gives the Lady Cougars 8-2 record in the season.
