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BRADLEY CENTRAL centerfielder Allyissa Herbold hauls in a catch during the Bearettes 15-8 mauling of McMinn County Thursday, at Bob McKenzie Field.
For four innings, it looked as though Bradley Central's softball Bearettes would have an early evening against McMinn County, but the Lady Cherokees dropped a five spot in the fifth and knotted the score in the sixth before a second home team rally finally put a stop to the threat.
“Tonight was definitely a nail biter,” said Bearette assistant coach Dani Sowder after Bradley pulled off a 15-8 win, in a non-district softball matchup Thursday at Bob McKenzie Field.
“We capitalized whenever they made errors, but we made a lot of errors we had to work through to come back and get the outcome we did,” added Sanders, who is subbing for Bearette head coach Hallie Geren, who had a baby just two weeks ago.
Senior starter Madison Long went 4.1 innings in the circle, giving up just one earned run, fanning three and walked two.
Kaylee Callahan came on in relief to earn the victory as she also only allowed a single earned run, struck out three and issued a pair of free passes.
The Bearettes were in firm control early taking a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a Karly Farkas RBI single. Aliyssa Herbold scored the second Bradley run on a fielder's choice.
The Lady Cherokees made it a 2-1 game in the top of the second scoring one on a single and a Bradley error.
The Bearettes (2-1) picked up six runs the easy way in the bottom half of the fourth as Tori Cagle doubled to left field and Presleigh Sanders singled to center. Along the way, McMinn issued five walks, hit a batter and committed an error helping Bradley race to an 8-1 lead.
The Lady Cherokees headed into the top of the fifth trailing by seven runs. Four singles, two walks and an error later, McMinn County left the inning down by just two. The Tribe came back in the top of the sixth to tie the game at 8-8 on a pair of singles, a walk and hit batter.
Bradley came out on fire in the lower half of the inning as Addi Staton ripped a two-RBI single to left to break the deadlock. After a McMinn pitching change, the Bearettes reeled off five straight singles and a double by Farkas to retake the lead 15-8.
Callahan returned to the circle to shut down the Cherokees in the top pf the seventh to lock up the win for the Bearettes.
“We played when we had to and realized eight is not enough, two is not enough, four is never enough. We've got to keep going,” said Coach Sowders.
The Bearettes will be in tournament action this weekend at Warner Park in Chattanooga.
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