Lady Vikings get clutch performances everywhere to beat Lady Bulldogs

AID — If this was a tune-up for the postseason tournament, the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings are starting to click.

Brenna Tibbs pitched a 2-hitter and the Lady Vikings beat the Lawrence County Lady Bulldogs 4-2 on Tuesday.

“Lawrence County is one of the top teams in Eastern Kentucky, so that was a good win,” said Lady Vikings’ coach Jeff “Odie” Estep.

“Brenna pitched a great game, we got clutch hitting and we had two errors but for the most part we played good defense.”

Tibbs struck out 10, walked 2 and only one of the runs was earned.

The Lady Bulldogs (18-11) went up 1-0 in the second inning when Brinley Baisden walked, stole second, and scored when Gracie Woods reached on an error.

Symmes Valley (23-3) tied the game in the fourth when Kaycee Thompson led off the inning with a solo home run.

The Lady Vikings scored 3 runs in the fifth inning to take a 4-1 lead.

Lydia Saunders and Tibbs both walked and Marley Ferguson  doubled them home. Thompson singled and Natalie Simpson hit into a force out as Ferguson scored.

The Lady Bulldogs got a run in the sixth when Addalyn Woods doubled and scored on a hit by Emalynn Kitts.

Thompson went 3-for-3 with the home run, Ferguson was 1-3 with a double and 2 RBI, and Addi Ridenour was 1-3.

Woods and Kitts each went 1-3 to account for the Lady Bulldogs hits.

Lawrence Co. 010 001 0 = 2 2 0

Sym. Valley 000 130 x = 4 5 2

Brinley Baisden, Braylee Triplett (5) and Millie Sammons. Brenna Tibbs and Kaycee Thompson. W-Tibbs (IP-7.0, H-2, R-2, ER-1, K-10, BB-2). L-Baisden (IP4.1, H-5, R-4, ER-4, K-3, BB-4). Triplett (IP-1.2, H-0, R-0, ER-0, K-0, BB-1). Hitting–Lawrence County: Addalyn Woods 1-3 2B, Emalynn Kitts 1-3; Symmes Valley: Marley Ferguson 1-3 2B 2-RBI, Kaylee Thompson 3-3 HR RBI, Addi Ridenour 1-3.