Huntland's Jocy May swings at a pitch in this file photo from earlier in the season. May had four hits, including two home runs, six RBIs and four runs scored for the Lady Hornets Tuesday in their 17-4 win against Fayetteville City High School.
Huntland's Jocy May swings at a pitch in this file photo from earlier in the season. May had four hits, including two home runs, six RBIs and four runs scored for the Lady Hornets Tuesday in their 17-4 win against Fayetteville City High School.
The Huntland High School Lady Hornets beat the Fayetteville Lady Tigers 17-4 at home Tuesday for their second win of the season.
The Lady Hornets scored multiple runs in every inning as they steadily pulled away for a blowout victory to open their district schedule.
The Lady Tigers were the first team on the board as they scored a pair of runs in the top of the first.
However, the Lady Hornets countered with three runs in the bottom half of the inning as Bailey Morris scored off of an error on a ball hit by Bella Smith, Jocy May hit an RBI triple and Blair Finchum followed with an RBI groundout.
The Lady Tigers briefly tied the score at 3-3 after pushing a run across in the top of the second, but the Lady Hornets then put up six runs in the bottom of the second to create some major separation.
Huntland’s scoring in the second inning included Emily Stewart crossing home plate off of an error on a ball hit by Analyn Riddle, Smith hitting an RBI single, May contributing a two-run double before scoring off of an error on a ball hit by Finchum and Stewart coming through with an RBI single to put the early lead at 9-3.
The Lady Tigers scored their final run of the day in the top of the third to make it a 9-4 game.
The Lady Hornets then continued to add to their lead in the bottom of the third as an RBI double from Smith, an RBI triple from Hadley Gardner, a two-run home run from May and an RBI groundout from Stewart pushed the deficit up to 14-4.
The last three runs of the day for Huntland came on consecutive home runs in the bottom of the fourth as a two-run shot from Gardner was followed by a solo home run from May.
The Lady Tigers weren’t able to make a dent in the deficit in the top of the fifth with the game ending from there due to the mercy rule.
Smith pitched a complete game for the Lady Hornets with four strikeouts, six hits, one walk and four runs allowed.
With the win, the Lady Hornets improved to 2-2 on the season and 1-0 in district play.
They will next play on April 1 at home against Grundy County High School. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
