Two days after setting a school record for home runs in a game, Trigg County relied on its pitching and defense to defeat Lyon County 1-0 on Monday in Eddyville.
Trigg’s Tember Oliver and Lyon’s Lilly Perry hooked up in a pitcher’s duel that saw the game’s only run cross the plate in the sixth inning.
Veyda Grinols led off with a line drive single that was played into a two-base error. Livia Breckel followed with a walk, and Kady Fuller dropped in a bloop single just under the outstretched glove of center fielder Maddie Perry to score Grinols.
Fuller finished 2-for-3 and raised her season batting average to .473. The sophomore is batting .650 (13-of-20) over her last six games.
Lyon County’s best chance to score came in the fourth inning when Courtney Collins reached on an error and Jenna Coursey walked. Oliver induced three ground balls to the left side of the infield to escape the jam. She retired the final 12 batters and struck out six.
How many hits she allowed depends on whose stat book you looked at. At issue is a second-inning hard grounder off the bat of Olivia Moore that Grinols tried to backhand and got past her into left field. The home book scored it a hit. Trigg’s book scored the play an error.
Regardless, Oliver improved to 16-3 and Trigg County won its program-best ninth straight game and stands at 17-6, including 4-1 in the district. It was Trigg’s second 1-0 win in four days.
Perry had one of her best outings of the season for Lyon, scattering six hits and striking out seven while walking just two.
Lyon County stands at 5-8 with a 1-4 district mark. However, their last three district games were a 5-2 win over Crittenden County, a 4-2 loss to Livingston Central, and Monday’s loss to Trigg County. The Lady Lyons will host Christian County on Tuesday and play at Marshall County on Thursday.
Trigg County has won five straight games against the Lady Lyons, but Lyon still leads the all-time fast pitch series 63-10.
On Tuesday, Trigg County travels to Henderson County to play the Lady Colonels for the first time on their home field. Trigg lost two previous matchups in Cadiz.
