The Lady Warriors (30-10) committed 11 errors against East Limestone in a Class 4A first round substate series, and those mistakes were a major factor in the Lady Indians’ 5-0, 2-1 sweep in Centre.
By comparison, the visitors went both games without an error.
CCHS committed eight of its errors in the opener, as East Limestone scored errors off its first four runs en route to the shutout.
The hosts’ defense tightened up in the game 2, but the Lady Warriors failed to generate sufficient offense against East Limestone starter Kayla Snead.
In 14 innings, Snead struck out 19 while allowing one earned run, six hits and two walks.
“Sometimes it just isn’t your day, and today wasn’t ours,” said CCHS head coach Travis Barnes. “We can’t have that many errors and expect to win. Lauren [Millsaps] and Kara [Bomain] hit their spots and pitched well, but we just couldn’t make the plays or get a hit when we needed to. East Limestone is very quick defensively, and they weren’t going to beat themselves."
In game 1, Millsaps struck out four while allowing four earned runs, eight hits and one walk in seven innings.
Bomain fanned one while allowing one earned run, five hits and one walk in game 2 in seven innings.
At the plate for the Lady Warriors, Kaitlyn Griffith went 5-for-6 with a run scored.
Millsaps had a double and an RBI, while Ashley Justice had a double.
Snead allowed only Griffith’s two-out single in the bottom of the third on the way to her game 1 one-hitter.
CCHS managed just two other baserunners during the game, and Snead sent the Lady Warriors down in order in the final two innings.
Snead’s score off an error in the top of the second provided the Lady Indians with the winning run, while four straight CCHS errors in the bottom half of the fourth resulted in three scores.
The visitors tacked on an additional run in the sixth when Jessica Peppers came home on Cassandra McKinney’s base hit.
East Limestone went ahead in game 2 on Morgan Franks’ RBI single in the bottom of the third.
Griffith’s run off Millsaps’ double tied the score in the top of the sixth, but McKinney led off the bottom of the inning with a single and later scored on an error.
The Lady Warriors failed to rally in the top of the seventh, as Snead retired the side in order.
“I told the girls that we have to take what we learned from this year and apply it to next year,” said Barnes. “We won our first-ever area championship and the county championship, so we had a good season. We have everyone coming back next season, and a few girls from the JV team should be ready to contribute.”
At the plate for East Limestone, Snead went 2-for-6 with a run scored, while Franks went 2-for-7 with an RBI
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