WASHINGTON COUNTY MAJOR GIRLS ADVANCE TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 12-5 WIN OVER TWIN COUNTY
After losing to Industrial 11-0 on Saturday night, and their backs against the wall, Washington County Major Girls Manager Sam Sommer decided to shake up his lineup on Sunday.
The move proved to be effective as Washington County bounced back to defeat Twin County 12-5, and clinch a berth in the Texas East State Championship.
Twin County got on the board in the first inning against WC starting pitcher Caroline Sommer when Kenlee Blanchard scored on a sacrifice fly by Danielle Fernandez, which made it 1-0.
The Washington County offense got going in the bottom of the third inning. Sommer drew a lead-off walk, stole second, and stole third. Kingsley Mantey was hit by a pitch. Kinley Parker would then walk to load the bases. Kinsley Haferkamp reached on an error that allowed Sommer to score, and tie the game 1-1.
Teagyn Wilson broke the game open by clearing the bases with an inside-the-park-grand slam to make it 5-1, WC.
In the top of the fourth, Twin County got one of the runs back on an RBI triple by Fernandez that scored Merritt Willey, who had walked earlier in the inning, and made it 5-2, WC.
Washington County added five more runs in the bottom of the fourth with five more runs. Lonna Wunderlich led it off with single, and Adde Sebastian drew a walk. Stella Church followed with an RBI single to score Wunderlich, and give WC a 6-2 lead.
Next up, Raelyn Rosenbaum added a two-run single to bring in Sebastian and Church to up the WC advantage 8-2.
Rosenbaum later scored on an RBI single by Sommer, and then Sommer scored on a sac fly by Mantey to make it 10-2 in favor of Washington County.
Twin County countered with two runs in the top of fifth to trim the lead to 10-4
Washington County added two runs of their own in the bottom of the fifth. Parker singled and then scored on an RBI triple by Bell Schroeder. Wunderlich reached on an error that allowed Schroeder to score, and put WC ahead 12-4.
Twin County got one more run in the top of the sixth inning. Nyla Valdez walked, and scored on an RBI ground out by Willey. To round out the scoring 12-5.
With the win, Washington County now moves on to face Industrial tonight (Monday) night. If Industrial wins, they are the champions.
Washington County has to win the 6pm game, and force one more winner-take-all game 30 minutes later. KWHI will have live coverage beginning with the pregame at 5:30pm on 1280AM, 101.7FM, KWHI.om,