The Christian County Lady Colonels finished their weekend trip to Tates Creek for the 2nd Annual Spring Break Tournament with a split of games on Saturday. The Lady Colonels finished the weekend at 3-1.
In the first game of the day, the Lady Colonels never got the bats going as they dropped a 4-0 six-inning decision to East Jessamine.
The Lady Jaguars got a run in the bottom of the first and three in the bottom of the second, and then turned the game over to sophomore pitcher Hillary Stansbury. Stansbury gave up just four hits in the game and set down the last seven batters she faced. She finished the game with 12 strikeouts and no walks.
For Christian County, BB Rodriguez, Talyn Ezell, Jordan Turner, and Katie Smith all had one hit each.
Jordan Turner had a solid relief effort for the Lady Colonels, going the final 3 1/3 innings, giving up no runs on two hits, striking out five, and walking none.
Up next was a game against the Bowling Green Lady Purples. The Lady Colonels got a solid combined pitching effort from Jordan Turner and Alyssa Petterson and got a big game at the plate from Chloe Almy as Christian County got the 6-1 win in six innings.
The Lady Colonels took the lead for good in the top of the first with a three-run inning. The big blow was a two-run double from Jayda Turner.
Bowling Green scored its only run of the game in the bottom of the first to cut the lead to 3-1.
Christian County then put the game away with three runs in the top of the fifth. BB Rodriguez had an RBI double and Chloe Almy added an RBI triple.
For the game, Almy finished 3-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Alexis Epps was 2-4 with a run scored. BB Rodriguez ended up 2-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Jayda Turner was 1-3 with two RBIs.
In the circle, Jordan Turner started and went four innings, giving up one unearned run on two hits, striking out four, and walking one. Alyssa Petterson pitched the final two innings, giving up no hits and striking out two.
