A pair of freshmen hit home runs and the Christian County Lady Colonels completed a come-from-behind rally to stay unbeaten Wednesday afternoon. The Lady Colonels scored the final 8 runs of the game to take a 10-4 home win over the Union County Bravettes and improve to 3-0 on the young season.
The Lady Colonels took the early lead in the game when Jazzy Tejada powered up for a 2-run homer to right to put Christian County ahead 2-0 after two innings.
A Christian County error in the top of the third opened the door for Union County to score three runs to go up 3-2. The big hit in the inning was a two-run double from Ava Arnett.
After a one-out walk in the top of the 4th, Union County got an RBI double from Aspen Davis, extending the lead to 4-2.
The Christian County bats then got revved up in the bottom half of the inning. Jordan Turner blasted a one-out homer to center to trim the lead to 4-3.
In the bottom of the 5th, Christian County scored two runs as the first three batters all reached safely. The big blow came in the form of a two-run single off the bat of Gracie Harned. The inning ended with Christian County up 5-4.
The Lady Colonels then put the game away with a 5-run outburst in the bottom of the sixth. Gracie Harned drove in two runs with a single to right. Jazzy Tejada doubled to score another run and then Harned scored on the throw. The rally ended with an RBI single from Jordan Turner to run the lead out to 10-4.
Union County had runners on base in the top of the 7th with an apparent threat building after a couple of singles. That threat ended when the Bravettes were doubled up on a fly out to right field.
The Lady Colonels rapped out 14 hits on the afternoon. Haley Petterson finished 4-4 with a double. Jazzy Tejada was 3-4 with a home run, a double, and four RBIs. Jordan Turner was 3-4 with a home run, and 2 RBIs. Gracie Harned ended up 2-4 with 4 RBIs.
In the circle, Gracie Harned picked up the win in relief, pitching the final three innings, giving up no runs on two hits, striking out 6 while walking two.
