Guerin Catholic’s Ava Augustinovicz got the pitching win for the Golden Eagles during their 10-3 victory over Heritage Christian. Augustinovicz threw 12 strikeouts in six innings. (Richie Hall)
The REPORTER
The Hamilton Heights softball team improved to 2-0 after taking care of Anderson 14-1 Thursday in a five-inning away game.
The Huskies scored in all five innings, including four runs in the second and fourth. Kamryn Rhoton led the RBIs by driving in four runs, including a three-run home run in the second inning. Rhoton scored three runs in total
Lily Cash was perfect at the plate, going 3-for-3, including a double, and batting in two runs. Olivia Turner smacked two triples, while Hannah Dent and Heather Crays both hit one triple. Crays scored three runs. Jayda Morris hit one double.
Cash pitched all five innings, striking out 10 and allowing three hits.
The Huskies play a home game at 5:30 p.m. today against Taylor.
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Guerin Catholic also had its bats going Thursday, collecting nine hits en route to a 10-3 home win over Heritage Christian.
Kate Brady scored the Golden Eagles’ first run in the first inning after Jillian Davis reached on error. Heritage tied the game in the top of the third inning with an RBI double, but Guerin Catholic exploded for six runs in the bottom of the third.
Emily Powers singled in the go-ahead run, scoring Aggie Waymouth, who led off the inning with a double. The Golden Eagles kept going: Powers scored on an error, then Izzy Phillips sent a two-run single into right field, bringing in Davis and Ava Augustinovicz. Gia Crishon cracked a triple to score Phillips, then got home on Halle Hunter’s RBI groundout.
Augustinovicz hit a two-run single in the fourth inning, sending Waymouth and Brady home and putting GC ahead 9-1. Powers drew a bases-loaded walk in the fifth inning that scored Sophia Nicely for a 10-1 Guerin Catholic lead. Heritage added two runs in the seventh inning, but Crishon got a strikeout for the second out, then Hunter caught the final out in left field.
Brady, Augustinovicz and Waymouth all had two hits. Augustinovicz pitched six innings for the win, striking out 12 against three hits.
The Golden Eagles are 3-1 and host Lawrence Central on Wednesday.
