Goree fires two-hitter in EC win over Chapel Hill

SHARPSBURG-Throughout his tenure as the head coach at East Coweta, Franklin Deloach tries to have a competitive non-region schedule for his Lady Indians and Monday evening was no exception as they hosted the Chapel Hill Lady Panthers.
Added to the schedule thanks to Mother Nature, the Lady Indians got a measure of revenge of a 2009 region tournament loss against the Lady Panthers as Morgan Goree had a two-hit eight strikeout performance in a 3-0 victory.
The game was also part of a marathon this week for the Lady Indians (18-6) who will play Northside-Columbus at home Tuesday, play at Northgate on Wednesday, host Eagles Landing Christian on Thursday and close the regular season on Friday at McIntosh.
As for the Chapel Hill game, the Lady Indians scored a single riun in the bottom of the first inning as Kia Smith led off with a walk, stole second and moved to third on a groundout before eventually scoring with two outs in the frame on a wild pitch as Shemiah Sanchez reached on a walk.



EC pitcher Morgan Goree allowed two hits and recorded eight strikeouts in the Lady Indians' 3-0 victory.

 

 

The run would be the only margin that Goree had play but she was up to the task as she continiued to keep Lady Panther batters off the bases with a strikeout pitch that appeared to work throughout the game.
However, Goree's mound opponent Darby Demarest was as equal to task as she allowed two hits in the first four innings and recieved support from her defense including four outs hit to the outfield.
Demarest would surrender the other two EC runs with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning as Mekhia Freeman reached on an infield error and Katey Lynch followed with a shot over the left field fence for a two-run home run.
The Lady Indians appeared to get to Demarest after one out in the bottom of the sixth inning as Maggie Morrow, Hailey Baswell and Gracelynn Newmon reached on consecutive singles.
Demarest, who allowed seven hits and three walks in the game, recovered to induce an infield fly and a groundout hit back to her to end the frame.
Goree retired the first two batters in the top of the seventh inning, but a pair of infield errors prolongd the frame before a groundball to Newmon at third ended the game.