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Lady Panthers eke out win over Scrapperettes May 12, 2008 - No reporter cited

Zach Pinson
Sports writer

NASHVILLE – The Nashville Scrapperettes found themselves down by two runs in the first inning, and could not overcome the strong pitching performance of Chelsea Verser and Hannah Hargus.

Following a difficult first inning, Scrapperette Andi Reeves settled down to strike out two and scatter three hits. However, Heber Springs touched Reeves for three hits and two walks in the first which resulted in two runs.

Hilary Hargus hit a base hit for Heber Springs’ first hit of the game after Nashville tagged Tamara Moore out at second base. Hannah Hargus drove in her sister on a double that put Heber Springs up one to nothing. With two outs, Kasey Sumpter picked up the only other RBI with a single.

Katie Parrish reached base in the Scrapperette half of the first inning on an error and stole second and third base to get into scoring position. Heber Springs’ pitcher Chelsea Verser prompted the next three Scrapperettes to ground-out to end the inning and to strand Parrish at third.

Heber Springs had two runners on base during the second inning, but the Scrapperettes caught Ashley Barbie attempting to steal second and Morgan Anderson out at home, to keep the score 2-0 after two innings.

Reeves shut down the bats of Heber Springs in the third inning. Allison McJunkins put two Lady Panthers out on grounders to second.

Nashville’s Tiffany Lee reached base in the bottom of the third on another error by the Lady Panthers. Lee would reach third on two ground-outs by Brittany Pearson and Parrish, but Heber Springs ended the inning on a pop fly to right field.

It would not be till the sixth inning that Nashville would threaten to score again. Pearson reached on an error by the Lady Panthers and moved over to third, but Heber Springs would throw her out at home to keep the score 2-0.

After Reeves set the Lady Panthers down one-two-three in the seventh inning, Jessica Giachino drew a walk to put the lead off runner on first for the Scrapperettes. Reliever H. Hargus would strike out two of the next three batters she faced to end the game.

Nashville’s season ended in the semi-finals of the state tournament, but the Scrapperettes look to reload next season after losing only three seniors from this year’s team.

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