By JAMES BROWN
WCLU Sports
Glasgow opened strong and finished strong, but between the first and seventh innings, couldn’t keep Russell County off the base paths. In the end, the Lady Scotties fell by a run, 5-4, in Russell Springs on Monday.
In the first inning, Kayla Kirkpatrick hit a one-out double to get things started for Glasgow. Jakylie Green followed with a single that moved Kirkpatrick to third. Green stole second before Kirkpatrick scored on a ball hit by Kinley Stephens that was misplayed. Green moved to third on the error and Stephens took second.
Green eventually scored on a catcher’s error to give the Lady Scotties a 2-0 lead. That lead held until the bottom of the second inning when the Lady Lakers slapped a two-run homer that tied the game.
Russell County added two more runs in the bottom of the third and did not trail again in the game.
The lead was 5-2 headed into the top of the seventh inning where Glasgow scored its other two runs and had a shot at tying the game.
Reece England led off the seventh with a single. After a fly out, England was thrown out going to second on a fielder’s choice ball hit by Gracie Walker.
Kerrigan Hagan followed with a two-run homer that scored herself and Walker.
Kirkpatrick kept the two-out rally alive when she reached base on an error, but a strike out ended the game.
Hagan went the distance in the circle. She allowed nine hits, struck out five and walked none.
Hagan, Green, Kirkpatrick, England and Walker each had a hit in the game.
Glasgow returns to action Tuesday at Barren County at 5 p.m. in a 15th District showdown.
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