Lady Tigers fall to Hillcrest
Demopolis (8-11-1) fell 7-0 to Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa Monday after playing a scoreless game into the sixth inning.
The Lady Tigers surrendered four runs in the sixth and three in the seventh despite allowing just seven hits in the contest.
Free passes proved detrimental to Demopolis in the sixth as three Hillcrest batters walked and two were hit by pitch.
Hillcrest pitcher Allison Freeman started the sixth-inning rally by getting plunked. She later scored when Ashley Hixon drew a bases-loaded walk. Lyndsey Vaughan absorbed a pitch off the foot to force home Hannah Payne. The big blow of the sixth came off the bat of Anna Blake Barnette when she roped a two-run single to plate Hixon and Bree Fornis.
Freeman ignited another rally in the seventh when she opened with a leadoff double before giving way to courtesy runner Ashley Sassamaa. Fornis later stroked a single to score Sassamaa and Karley Sanders before Kailyn Dunn reached home on a passed ball.
The Lady Tigers struck out 15 times in the contest and saw their best scoring opportunity come in the third when Cameron Thomason drew a walk and Victoria Washburn reached on an infield single with only one out.
Washburn had the only other Demopolis hit in the game when she laced a single through the right side in the sixth inning.
Demopolis is scheduled to play again Thursday at home against Greenville.
