Hewitt softball drops second straight in lowscoring loss to Pell City

By Johnny Sanders Sports Editor

PELL CITY – After a 3-1 start, the Hewitt Trussville Lady Huskies softball team find itself in the midst of a 2-game skid with losses to Hoover and Pell City this past week. Tuesday’s game against Pell City was what many would passionately refer to as a pitcher’s duel with the Panthers pulling out the 3-2 win in dramatic fashion, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the eight inning.

Hewitt struck first blood in the opening inning of the game after Hannah Dorsett was on third as the result of a stolen base and Olivia Faggard hit a single to left field, driving in the runner and putting the Huskies up 1-0 in the first.

Both teams would hold serve for the next two innings, but in the fourth, each team would get some offensive traction. Hewitt’s Zaylen Tucker would get on base after a ground ball single to shortstop and she would advance to second base after a Pell City error. After the next two batters were struck out