The McCracken County Lady Mustangs are on a five-game winning streak after knocking off Lyon County 7-2 Thursday night at Lee S. Jones Park in Eddyville.
The Lady Mustangs were the first on the board in the first when Savannah McDowell grounded out, scoring one run. McCracken County added to their early lead in the top of the third inning after back-to-back singles from McDowell and Addley Leidecker and Cami Cox’s sacrifice bunt each scored one run to give the Lady Mustangs a 4-0 advantage.
Lyon answered in the bottom of the inning with a double from Courtney Collins and a single from Lilly Perry for the Lyons first run of the night.
By the top of the fifth The Lady Mustangs had added three more runs on singles from Macy Butler, Lilly Hamilton, and Alyssa Knight to put the game out of reach.
The Lady Lyons capitalized on a McCracken third base error in the bottom of the sixth to score one additional run in the contest, but the rally quickly ended when Addison Dudley sat down the next batter.
Dudley earned the win for the Lady Mustangs, allowing just one earned run over six hits while striking out nine and walking two.
Cami Cox led the McCracken offense. She went 2-for-3 with a double, scoring one run and a RBI. Leidecker was 2-for-2 at the plate with a RBI. Olivia Lee was 2-for-4 with a run scored. The Lady Mustangs racked up a total of 14 hits in the contest.
Lilly Perry led Lyon County Varsity Lady Lyons with one run batted in. The cleanup hitter went 1-for-3 on the day. Sloan Cotham, Jenna Coursey, Lilly Perry, Audrey Akridge, Courtney Collins, and Olivia Moore each collected one hit for Lyon County Varsity Lady Lyons.
McCracken, now 7-1, will travel to Carterville on Friday while Lyon will host Fort Campbell on Monday.
MCCRACKEN COUNTY 7, LYON COUNTY 2
MCCN1 0 3 1 2 0 0 — 7 14 1
LYON0 0 1 0 0 1 0 — 2 16 1
2B: MCCN — C. Cox; LYON — A. Akridge, C. Collins, O. Moore
TB: MCCN — C. Cox 3, A. Leidecker 2, M. OBrien 2, O. Lee 2, A. Knight 1, C. Hurley 1, K. Dowdy 1, L. Hamilton 1, M. Butler 1, S. McDowell 1; LYON — A. Adkridge 2, C. Collins 2, O. Moore 2, J. Coursey 1, L. Perry 1, S. Cotham 1
RECORDS: MCCRACKEN (7-1); LYON (2-4)