SPARTANBURG, SC - The High Point Academy softball team jumped ahead early against the visiting St. Joseph's Knights and never looked back as they captured an 11-1 victory on Tuesday afternoon.
The Grizzlies scored at least one run in each inning that they came to bat and took advantage of the Knights mistakes, including five errors, to capture the victory. It was the second big victory for High Point this month as they also picked up a 10-5 victory over Spartanburg High School on March 5th. High Point got a solid performance from the pitching circle from Julie Raines as she went five innings allowing one run on four hits while striking out seven batters. She also had a stellar night at the plate going two of three with two RBIs and two runs scored. The Grizzlies scored three runs in their first trip to the plate as Alyx Creel walked to start the inning before stealing second base and advancing to third base on a groundout. She scored on the next at-bat on a passed ball to give her team a 1-0 lead. On the same at-bat that Creel scored, Emily Hart walked before advancing to third on a passed ball and a steal. She made the score 2-0 when Raines singled through the left side of the infield. She later scored on an error to make the Grizzlies 3-0 after the first inning. High Point scored four more runs in the bottom of the second inning as Aaliyah Little, who walked to lead off the inning, scored on Isabella Espinal's groundout to first base. Creel reached base again via a walk before stealing both second and third bases before scoring on a single by Kyleigh Lawter to put the Grizzlies up 5-0 over the Knights. Later in the inning, the Grizzlies added two more runs to push the score to 7-0 at the end of the second inning when Cheyenne Howard hit doubled to centerfield scoring both Hart and Raines. Hight Point added three more runs in the third inning including a single by Raines to right field allowing Creel and Lawter to score during the at-bat. Ella Zhuk added another run in the fourth inning to push the Grizzlies lead to 11-0 before St Joseph's added their only run of the game in the top of the fifth inning. High Point will return to action on Wednesday in a road matchup against Blacksburg. Comments are closed.
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