Lady Rockets thump Cascade for 1st 7-AA win

By Will Carter ~ Sports Writer
Posted 4/5/23

BELL BUCKLE — In their first District 7-AA game of the season, the Forrest Lady Rockets applied constant pressure offensively by scoring a slew of runs across six frames while Ella Clinton kept …

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Lady Rockets thump Cascade for 1st 7-AA win

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BELL BUCKLE — In their first District 7-AA game of the season, the Forrest Lady Rockets applied constant pressure offensively by scoring a slew of runs across six frames while Ella Clinton kept the Cascade Lady Champions at bay by allowing only one run on one hit in their 9-1 win on Tuesday night. 
Clinton struck out six batters in five full innings of work in the win before she was replaced by Emory Hall, who struck out one and didn’t allow a hit over the final two innings. 
Forrest (4-2, 1-0) opened the scoring in the top of the second inning with a pair of RBI single off the bats of Macyn Kirby and Maggie Daughrity to take a 2-0 lead, and Clinton followed it up by striking out three Lady Champions (6-7, 2-2) in the bottom half after walking the first batter she faced. 
Kirby and Daughrity both went 3-for-4 at the plate with one and three RBIs respectively. 
They added one run in the top of the third and fourth innings with a pair of sacrifice bunts from Jenna Goodman and Carli Warner respectively to extend their lead to 4-0. 
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Lady Champions starting pitcher Brianna Horn put one run on the board for her team with a solo home run over the left field fence to make it 4-1 heading to the fifth inning. 
Horn pitched the full seven innings for Cascade, giving up 12 hits while striking out five Lady Rockets. 
After giving up a single and a walk to open the top of the fifth inning, Cascade hunkered down and secured two straight outs, but couldn’t get out of the inning unscathed as Daughrity knocked a two RBI triple for a 6-1 game. 
Outside of Horn’s homer, Cascade couldn’t find their rhythm at the plate throughout the game, and only had one base runner over the final three innings. 
The Lady Rockets added to their total with an RBI double from Briley Burnham in the top of the sixth, and an RBI single from Taylor Moreland in the seventh after Kirby scored on a bases-loaded walk. 
Burnham went 3-for-3 at the plate with the one RBI. 
Cascade will try to regroup before their rematch with the Community Viqueens on Thursday night in Unionville while Forrest will be on their home diamond against the Grundy County Lady Yellow Jackets. 
Both games are set to begin at 5:30 p.m. 

Forrest 021 121 2 — 9 10 0
Cascade 000 100 0 — 1 2 3 

Forrest: Briley Burnham 3-for-3, Taylor Moreland 1-for-1, Macyn Kirby 3-for-4, Maggie Daughrity 3-for-4, Carli Warner 1-for-3, Sarah King 1-for-2. 
Cascade: Brianna Horn 1-for-2. 

WP: Clinton
LP: Horn