East Coweta rallies to defeat Whitewater

SHARPSBURG-The East Coweta Lady Indians scored four runs in the fifth and sixth innings Wednesday night to come from behind with a 5-2 victory over the Whitewater Lady Wildcats in a non-region matchup.
The win improves the Lady Indians overall record to 8-4 with a Region 3-AAAAAA game Thursday at home against the Westlake Lady Lions while the Lady Wildcats fell to 12-5 on the season.
The Lady Indians took the first lead of the game as Kia Smith led off the bottom of the first inning with a walk, stole second and moved to third on a single by Mckhia Freeman and came home on a sacrifice fly to center field by Katey Lynch.
The Lady Wildcats came back in the top of the second inning to take a 2-1 lead as Kylee Southers led off with a single and two outs later Breanna Burgett hit the first offering from pitcher Morgan Goree over the left field fence for a home run.
Whitewater threatened to add to the lead in the third and fifth innings against Goree but usually there were two outs and she usually got of any trouble with an infield out.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, EC rallied as Hailey Baswell was hit by a pitch to open the frame, stole second and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Gracelynn Newmon before coming home with the tying run on a single to center field by Smith.
Smith advanced to second base on a wild pitch and advanced to third when Freeman was narrowly retired on a groundout to short before coming home with the lead run on a single by Shemiah Sanchez.
Insurance runs came in the bottom of the sixth inning as Lynch led off with a single and pinch runner Madison Carter moved to second on a wild pitch.
Carter moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Maggie Morrow, Reba Jones and Lauren Liebe reached on walks to load the bases for Baswell who hit a sacrifice fly to center field that brought Carter home.
Meanwhile, courtesy runner Jamie Vitale recorded the final run of the game when she scored when Newmon lined n a single off the glove of the Lady Wildcats.
The margin was enough for Goree who retired the first batter on a groundoput, surrendered a walk to Hannah Thomason before getting a 4-3 double play to end the game and finish with a four-hitter.
The varsity win was a sweep for EC as the junior varsity scored 11 runs in the bottom of the first inning en route to a 15-0 three inning win.
Carter, Vitale and Rachel Vaughn each went 2-for-2 at the plate with Vitale collecting three RBIs while Qortni Ware and Vaughn each had two.
Jessica Barber tossed all three innings allowing a bunt single and a walk while recording four strikeouts.