Brooke Small’s RBI single through the left side of the infield in the bottom of the eighth inning was the difference as Smithfield walked off with a a 2-1 victory over visiting Grafton on Friday.
Smithfield’s reigning BRD Pitcher of the Year Sydney Gay and Grafton’s Hayley Cox, who beat the Packers 1-0 in the teams’ first meeting of the season last month, were both dialed in through six innings as the score remained 0-0 entering the seventh.
Grafton’s Hannah Olson, last year’s district Player of the Year, put the Clippers up 1-0 with an inside the park home run, but the Packers got it back in the bottom half of the inning to send the game to extra innings.
With the win, Smithfield (7-2 BRD) moves into a three-way tie for first atop the Bay Rivers District standings alongside New Kent (8-2 BRD) and York (8-2 BRD). Grafton (8-3 BRD) fell a game behind those three teams in the loss column.
Smithfield 2 Grafton 1
Grafton- 000;000;10- 1 4 4
Smithfield- 000;000;11 – 2 6 0
WP: Gay
LP: Cox
Grafton (8-3 BRD)- Olson 2-4 (2B, solo HR)
Smithfield (7-2 BRD)- Small 2-4 (GW RBI), Newman 2-4 (2B)
Jamestown Slugs Past Rival Lafayette
Jamestown had scored three runs or fewer in each of its past five games and took out those offensive frustrations on Lafayette Friday evening.
Jessica Stone tallied three base hits, scored three runs and drove in four more as the Eagles ran away from their arch-rivals 21-1 at home.
Jade Petrop, Courtney Smith, Brook Smith and Emily Saintmire each recorded a pair of hits for the Eagles, who have now won two out of their last three to improve to 3-7 on the season.
Jamestown 21 Lafayette 1
Lafayette- 000;01 – 1 1 6
Jamestown- (11)04;6x – 21 19 0
WP: Reynolds (3-6)
LP: Cox
Jamestown (3-7)- Petrop 2-3, Stone 3-5 (2B, 3 runs, 4 RBI), C. Smith 2-3 (2 RBI), B. Smith 2-4 (3B, 2 RBI), Saintmire 2-3
Lafayette (0-10)- Lisle 1-2 (run)
Warhill Overcomes Early Deficit to Beat Poquoson
Kieran McClure and Keely Rochard each recorded two hits as Warhill overcame a 1-0 first-inning deficit to beat host Poquoson 3-1 on the road Friday.
Lions pitcher Colby Norris, who allowed two hits on the day, settled down after giving up one run in the first inning to record the complete-game victory.
Warhill 3 Poquoson 1
Warhill- 000;201;0 – 3 7 0
Poquoson- 100;000;0 – 1 2 1
WP: Norris
LP: Hibbs
Warhill- McClure 2-4 (2 runs), Rochard 2-3
Poquoson- Hibbs 1-3 (2B)
New Kent Outlasts Tabb in Extra Innings
Marissa Bush held Tabb hitters to three hits over eight innings as New Kent defeated the host Tigers 3-2 in eight innings Friday.
Dani Foster, Paige Simpson and Brittany LaPrade all chipped in with two hits for the Trojans, while Casey Nicoletta went 1-4 with a double and one RBI to lead Tabb.
New Kent 3 Tabb 2
New Kent- 100;100;01 – 3 8 2
Tabb- 010;010;00 – 2 3 3
WP: Bush
LP: Clark
New Kent- Foster 2-4 (2B, run), Simpson 2-4 (run), PaPrade 2-3 (2B)
Tabb (5-8, 5-7 BRD)- Nicoletta 1-4 (2B, RBI), Rue 1-3 (2B, run), Crees 1-3 (run)
York Pounds Bruton 17-0
Devon Smith went 3-3 with three runs and three RBI while Hannah Hobbs finished 2-2 and drove in four runs as York breezed past Bruton 17-0 at home Friday.
The first-place Falcons (9-2 BRD) erupted for all 17 of their runs during the first two innings, including a 13-run frame in the second.
Maddie Capps yielded three hits and no runs over five innings to earn her fourth win of the season.
York 17 Bruton 0
Bruton- 000;00 – 0 3 3
York- 4(13)0;0x – 17 17 0
WP: Capps (4-1)
LP: Albrecht
York (9-2 BRD)- Batchelor 3-3 (2B, RBI, 3 runs), Smith 3-3 (2 2B, 3 runs, 3 RBI), Hannah Hobbs 2-2 (4 RBI), Maddie Rogerson 2-3 (2 runs, 2 RBI), Kayla Dianna 2-3 (2 runs)
