Samantha Gosnell and Madison are home for Wednesday’s third round of the NCHSAA 2-A softball playoffs.
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West Wilkes 4
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Madison 3 FINAL
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8:42: Game over.
8:40: Two quick outs. Ashley Hamlin coming to bat.
8:38: Bottom of the 11th. This is the Patriots’ last chance to stay alive in the game. Savannah Rice will bat first.
8:36: RUN WEST WILKES. Madison gets the second out of the inning, but a throwing error allows Curtis to score.
8:33: One-out triple for West Wilkes’ Gracey Curtis.
8:30: End of the 10th inning.
8:28: Two quick outs for Madison
8:24: Deep fly ball is caught out in right field by Bailey Cantrell for the third out. Heading to the bottom of the 10th.
8:23: Full count to West Wilkes’ Michelle Noble.
8:22: Bases loaded with two outs.
8:21: Runners on second and third with two outs.
8:20: Runners on first and second with one out.
8:18: Leadoff is on for West Wilkes. Gazbriella Gilbert walked. No outs.
8:16: Patriots can’t get her in. We’re now headed to the 10th inning.
8:13: Alex Nix reaches first base on an error. Two outs, runner on first for Madison.
8:08: Rice gets another strikeout to end top of the ninth.
8:05: Two outs.
8:02: Black Hawks are threatening here in the ninth. Haley Moore just hit a double off the fence. Runners on second and third base with one out.
7:56: Big missed opportunity for Madison. That’s eight innings in the books here.
7:55: Strikeout. Two outs and runners on second and third.
7:53: Runners on second and third with one out.
7:51: Infield single by Sabrina Moorefield. Runners on first and second base with no outs.
7:49: Samantha Gosnell hit by a pitch. Runner on first base with no outs for the Patriots.
7:46: Rice gets a strikeout to end the top of the eighth inning.
7:45: Runners on the corners with two outs.
7:42: Runners on first and second with one out.
7:40: Leadoff walk for West Wilkes’ Carrie Pennell. Runner on first and no outs.
7:38: New pitcher for Madison is Savannah Rice.
7:35: Vilcinskas flies out to left field. Going to extra innings.
7:30: Hannah Jennings standing on second base with two outs. She singled with one out. Brooke Vilcinskas coming up to bat for Madison.
7:29: Madison coming up in the bottom of the seventh. Game is deadlocked at three runs each.
7:26: Two outs and no runners on after the homer.
7:23: RUN WEST WILKES. Black Hawks pitcher Emily Visnic hits a solo home run to tie the game.
7:20: Nothing doing for Madison in the bottom of the sixth. Headed to the final inning.
7:16: Another scoreless inning for West Wilkes in the top of the sixth.
7:14: Madison strands couple runners in scoring position.
7:09: RUN MADISON. RUN MADISON. Brooke Vilcinskas drills a two-run single into right field. Patriots have their first lead of the game.
7:08: Bases loaded with one out. Hamlin and Alex Nix have both bunted their way on. Good opportunity for the Patriots here.
7:06: Back-to-back singles for Bailey Cantrell and Ashley Hamlin. Runners on first and second with no outs for Madison.
7:04: West Wilkes strands two runners in scoring position. We’re headed to the bottom of the fifth inning.
7:02: Runners on second and third with two outs.
7:00: RUN WEST WILKES. Caitlyn Shepherd hits an RBI single with one out. She is 2-for-2 with a walk and both RBIs for the Black Hawks this afternoon.
6:56: Madison Huffman with a single to start things off. She then steals second. Still not outs and West Wilkes is threatening.
6:53: Alex Baker walks, but that is all the Patriots can do in the bottom of the fourth.
6:46: West Wilkes strands a runner. Madison coming up in the bottom of the fourth inning.
6:41: Jennings caught stealing at second base. And the Patriots’ threat ends there. That’s three innings in the books here in Marshall.
6:37: Hannah Jennings hits a leadoff single. Runner on first with no outs.
6:36: Another inning-ending strikeout for Hannah Jennings. Patriots coming up to bat in the bottom of the third inning.
6:34: Great diving catch in left field by Sabrina Moorefield. Two outs, runner on first.
6:32: One-out walk for West Wilkes’ Caitlyn Shepherd.
6:25: Still a tie game after two innings.
6:24: Savannah Rice gets a one-out walk for Madison. Runner on first.
6:17: Good inning for Jennings. West Wilkes strands the runner on second.
6:16: Two outs and a runner on second.
6:15: Gazbriella Gilbert draws a one-out walk for West Wilkes.
6:12: Pitching change for Madison. Hannah Jennings is now in the circle.
6:10: That’s all the damage that Madison can do. Tied after the first inning.
6:09: RUN MADISON. Brooke Vilcinskas hits a hard ball to third base, it glances off the fielder’s glove and allows Jennings to score from second base. She had previously gotten a steal.
6:06: Hannah Jennings bunts her way onto base with an infield single. Runner on first with no outs for the Patriots.
6:04: Black Hawks leave the bases loaded.
6:01: Haley Moore walks. Bases loaded with two outs.
6:00: Michelle Noble walks. Runners on first and second with two outs for West Wilkes.
5:59: RUN WEST WILKES. RBI single for the Black Hawks into left field hit by Caitlyn Shepherd.
5:57: Wow. Madison catcher Brooke Vilcinskas makes a bare-handed catch of a foul ball. Two outs.
5:55: Anderson hits a bunt single. And she later moves over to third base with one out.
5:54: Starting pitcher for Madison is Samantha Gosnell.
5:52: Here is the lineup for West Wilkes: Lauren Anderson (DP), Madison Huffman (2), Emily Visnic (1), Michelle Noble (3), Haley Moore (7), Gracey Curtis (4), Carrie Pennell (5), Gazbriella Gilbert (8) and Madison Hodges (FLEX/9).
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