Lady Hornets, Bare knock off Minford to pick up first win of year

COAL GROVE — You could almost hear Phil Harris singing the first part of this Jungle Book song:

“Look for the Bare necessities, the simple Bare necessities

Forget about your worries and your strife.”

With Rylee Bare on the mound, the Coal Grove Lady Hornets had no worries as she pitched her team to a 6-1 win over the Minford Lady Falcons on Thursday.

Bare went the distance to get the win as she struck out 11, walked one and gave up just two hits. Bare also went 3-4 with two runs batted in.

Coal Grove (1-2) got a run in the first inning when Kendall Taylor reached on an error, stole second and scored on Bare’s double.

The Lady Hornets made it 2-0 in the third on hits by Taylor, Bare and Mia Haynes.

Coal Grove made it 5-0 in the sixth inning.

Braelie Hitchcock singled, moved up on a ground out, took third on a wild pitch and scored on a wild pitch.

Shay Collins walked, Taylor was safe on an error and Izzy Kitts had a two-run single.

Harlie Lenegar hit a one-out home run in the sixth for Minford (0-2).

The Lady Hornets had 11 hits with Kasey Vanderhoof going 2-3, Hitchcock 2-3 with an RBI, Tayler Endlich and Haynes 1-3 and Taylor and Kitts 1-4 with Kitts getting 2 RBI.

Coal Grove played at Greenup County, Ky., on Friday and will host Raceland, Ky., at 5:30 on Monday.

Minford 000  001  0  = 1    2  3

Coal Grove 101  103  x  = 6  11  1

Carlee Reynolds, Brynlee Lemon (1) and Harlie Lenegar. Rylee Bare and Addi Wilson. W-Bare (IP-7.0, H-2, R-1, ER-1, K-11, BB-1). L-Lemon (IP-5.2, H-11, R-6, ER-2, K-2BB-1) Reynolds (IP-0.1, H-0, R-0, K-0, BB-0). Hitting­–Minford: Harli Lenegar 1-3 HR RBI, Brynlee Lemon 1-3; Coal Grove: Kendall Taylor 1-4, Izzy Kitts 1-4 2-RBI, Rylee Bare 3-4 2-RBI, Mia Haynes 1-3, Kasey Vanderhoof 2-3, Braelie Hitchcock 2-3 RBI, Tayler Endlich 1-3.