Highlanders end season with loss to McCook
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6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 3 |
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The McLennan Highlanders run at the NJCAA Division I Softball Championship in Yuma, Arizona came to an end tonight with an 11-6 loss to the McCook Lady Indians. Kynlei Chapman took the loss in the circle.
McCook scored six in the top of the first inning. Paige Warren singled and Laila Gutierrez walked. Payton Kinsley then single to score Warren. Lexi Knapp singled, and Gutierrez scored on the throw. Sadie Kahl reached on a n error, scoring Kinsley. Anna Elliott was hit by the pitch, and Audrey Reeves singled to score Knapp. Kahl then scored on an error, and Warren singled to score Elliott.
McLennan responded with five runs in the bottom of the inning. Tehya Pitts reached on an error and advanced on a passed ball. Mickayla Tosch also reached on an error, scoring Pitts, and Tosch scored on a ground out by Trinity Allen. MJ Nicholson also reached on an error, and Lilli Piersons singled. A fielder's choice by Ally Thompson put Nicholson out at second. Aynsli Lawson followed with the three-run homer.
The Lady Indians added three runs in the second. Kinsley reached on an error, and Knapp and Kahl both singled to load the bases. Kaliyah St. Amand walked, scoring Kinsley. Elliott singled to score Knapp, Kahl was out at the plate, and St. Amand scored on an error.
The Highlanders scored their final run in the bottom of the inning as Pitts reached on an error, stole second, advanced to third on a fly out by Tosch and scored on a sac fly by Allen.
McCook rounded out the scoring with two runs in the sixth. Kahl led off with a single and was replaced by pinch runner Kashlin Beck. Beck advanced on a ground out by ST. Amand, and Elliott followed with the two-run homer.
McLennan ends the season with an overall record of 52-8
McCook 11, McLennan 6
McCook 630 002 0 – 11 13 6
McLennan 510 000 0 – 6 5 4
Sadie Kahl, Kaliyah St. Amand (4) and Payton Kinsley. Kynlei Chapman, Natalie Klenda (1), Cydney Whitacre (6) and Lilli Piersons. WP: Kahl; LP: Chapman. Leading hitters – McCook: Paige Warren (2-5, RBI), Payton Kinsley (2-5, 2B, RBI), Lexi Knapp (2-4, RBI), Sadie Kahl (2-4, RBI), Kaliyah St. Amand (0-3, RBI), Anna Elliott (3-3, HR, 3 RBI), Rocio Mascorro (1-3, 2B) and Audrey Reeves (1-4, RBI); McLennan: Trinity Allen (0-3, 2 RB) and Aynsli Lawson (2-3, HR, 3 RBI). Record: McLennan 52-8 (30-2).