The Dillon Lady Wildcats won 9-6 over the Silver Bluff Lady Bulldogs of Aiken on Friday, May 8.
Dillon scored a run in the top of the first inning. Silver Bluff knotted the score at 1 in the bottom of the first inning. Dillon placed 3 runs onto the scoreboard in the top of the second inning. Silver Bluff responded with a run in the bottom of the second inning. Dillon led 4-2 after 2 innings of play. Dillon added 2 runs in the top of the third inning to go up 6-2. Silver Bluff tied the game at 6 with 4 runs in the bottom of the third inning. Neither team could muster a score in the fourth inning. The Lady Wildcats added a run in the top of the fifth inning to go up 7-6. In the top of the sixth inning, Dillon added 2 runs to take a 9-6 lead which would be the final score of the 7-inning game.
Dillon connected for 18 hits in the game while holding Silver Bluff to 3 hits.
Dillon committed 5 errors in the game while Silver Bluff committed 3 errors.
Dillon’s Makeena Meekins had a double, 3 singles, 3 rbi, scored 2 runs, and had 3 stolen bases in her 5 at-bats. Ashlyn Wallace had a double, a single, a sac fly, and a rbi in her 4 plate appearances. Zoee Chavis had 2 singles and a rbi in her5 at-bats. Kanyla Tanksley had a single, a fielder’s choice, scored a run, and had 32 stolen bases in her 5 at-bats. Jayla Wright had a single and 2 fielder choices in her 5 at-bat.
Dillon’s Zoee Chavis pitched 2.2 innings and allowed 2 hits, 6 runs of which 1 was earned, walked 9, and struck out 7 of the 21 batters she faced. Jayla Wright pitched 4.1 innings and allowed 1 hit, no runs, walked 1, and struck out 7 of the 16 batters she faced.
Dillon Wins 9-6 Over Silver Bluff
