The Latta Lady Vikings handed the Carvers Bay Lady Bears a 12-2 loss in the run-ruled, 5-inning varsity softball playoff game held in Latta on Friday, May 8.
Carvers Bay led off with 2 runs in the top of the first inning. Latta responded with 2 runs in the bottom of the first inning to tie the score at 2. Latta added a run in the bottom of the second inning, 6 runs in the bottom of the third inning, 2 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, and a run in the bottom of the fifth inning to claim the win.
Latta managed 10 hits in the game while holding Carvers Bay to 2 hits.
Carvers Bay’s Savannah Miller and Sydney Matthews each had a single.
Carvers Bay committed 5 errors in the game, and Latta committed 3 errors in the game.
The Lady Bears’ Baylee Owens pitched1.2 innings and allowed 6 hits of which one was a home run, 8 runs of which 3 were earned, walked 3, and struck out 1 of the 16 batters she faced. Ada Brooke Davis pitched 3 innings and allowed 4 hits, 4 runs of which 1 was earned, walked 3, and struck out 1 of the 16 batters she faced.
