Lady Bulldogs flood opponents

The Howe Lady Bulldogs, (10-11) were able to get two games in this week before the rain-laden spring break wiped out baseball and softball all across North Texas But it was Howe that flooded their opponents with 25 runs in two games on Monday

The Lady Bulldogs started with Gunter on Monday mid-morning with an 8-run second inning That inning saw Howe score on a passed ball, an RBI single by London Loftice, a two-run single by Peyton Streetman, a walk by Madisyn Hargrove, an RBI double by Kayla Anderson, an RBI single by Emily Sanders, and an RBI single by Payton Griffin.

Torrey Stubblefield held Gunter hitless over three innings, allowed no earned runs, walked one and struck out five

The Lady Bulldogs piled on three more runs in the bottom of the fourth A error scored Maddie Mullins to get the Lady Bulldogs

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on the board in the inning That was followed up by Sanders' triple, bringing home Anderson

Sanders, Streetman, Griffin and Loftice combined for nine hits and seven RBIs to lead the hitting assault iin the 12-0 shutout win

Coach Glenn Banker then turned to Hargrove to pitch versus Pilot Point later that afternoon She went six strong innings, allowing two hits, one earned run and fanning six in the 13-3 win

The Lady Bulldogs scored five runs in the fourth on an RBI double by Hargrove, an RBI single by Stubblefield, an RBI single by Sanders, and a two-run single by Griffin Griffin racked up six RBIs on three hits in the game

The Lady Bulldogs answered Pilot Point 's top inning with four runs of their own in the sixth Howe scored on a two-run double by Griffin, an RBI double by Maddie Mullins, and an RBI single by Erin Blackburn continued from Page #3 ball After getting a big strikeout of Balderas and throwing a runner out stealing third, Pilot Point scored the game winner when another runner attempted to steal third and Triston Matthews' throw kicked off the glove of Dyson Dillard and went into left field

"It was a rough way to lose a game, especially on an error and such a close call on the double down the line " said Ognoskie "It's a game I felt like we could have won had one or two things gone a little differently I was very proud of how our kids kept their composure and battled back after getting down four right away It takes some maturity to do that, and hopefully this is a game that can serve us well down the line Most games in our district will be close like this one was so hopefully we learned from it "

The Bulldogs will continue district play on Tuesday night at home versus S&S