Many contributors in EC domination of Wheeler to clinch regular season title

MARIETTA-After a slow start at the plate, East Coweta Lady Indians put it together Tuesday and exploded for 12 runs in the fourth inning on the way to defeating the Wheeler Lady Wildcats 20-2 and clinching the Region 2-AAAAAAA regular season softball title.

The Lady Indians improved to 14-2 overall and clinched the top seed for the region tournament with a 5-0 record, will play at Northgate for a non-region game Wednesday against the Lady Vikings.
Northgate will enter the game with an 11-4-1 record after defeating Douglas County 11-0 Tuesday evening as Trinity Ingleston went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs while Kaitlin Bailey and Brittany Trammell combined on a two-hitter. 

In the top of the first inning, the Lady Indians took the initial lead of the game after one out as Lindsay "Lulu" Warren, reached on a walk, took second on a wild pitch and advanced to third on a throwing error before scoring on a double to right by Kelley Lynch.

Kelley Lynch drills one of her two run scoring doubles in
Tuesday evening's game at Wheeler.

After the second out was recorded, Lynch came home when Aniston Wright lined an RBI double to left field.

Rachel Vaughn had a quick first inning on the pitching rubber in the bottom of the frame to give her teammates a chance to add to the lead which they did by scoring three runs to take a 5-0 cushion.

Caroline Lively maneuvered a ground ball into a single between shortstop and second then Carmen Prior reached on a walk while Olivia Davis was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Warren.

The senior center fielder responded by lining a sacrifice fly to center field allowing courtesy runner Caison Byars to score from third and Lynch followed with her second run scoring double of the game and Vaughn completed the scoring as her groundout to shortstop allowed Davis to score.

Lynch was 3-for-3 at the plate with a run scored to go along with her three RBIs.

In the top of the third inning, the Lady Indians added to the lead as AJ Estrada singled, stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch before coming home when a ground ball was mishandled.

Byars reached first on the play and came home when Davis drilled her first varsity home rut over the right field and the advantage was 8-0.

Davis was 2-for-4 at the plate with three runs scored and had four RBIs.

The Lady Indians had problems in the field in the bottom of the frame with a pair of errors that led to a pair of runs for the Lady Wildcats but they were able to recover in the top of the fourth inning as 15 batter went to the plate and 12 scored.

Wright singled and scored as the next three batters reached on walks and an RBI single from Byars gave EC a 10-2 cushion.

EC third baseman Ansley Duffey had a walk as well as her first
varsity single and RBI in the fourth inning. Duffey also scored a
run in the game .

Davis had a two-run single and after a RBI double by Krys Odum, the former was able to score on a wild pitch.

Madison Lecuona followed with an RBI triple and scored on a wild pitch while Vaughn reached first after being hit by a pitch.

After Wright had a single for the second time in the frame, Ansley Duffey followed with her first varsity single and RBI as Vaughn scored.

A double to left by Hanna Miller scored Wright then Estrada followed with a two-run triple that ended the scoring.

Estrada was 2-for-2 at the plate with a walk, a stolen base, two runs scored and three RBIs while Wright, who also pitched four innings, went 3-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored and an RBI.

The Lady Wildcats offered no resistance in the bottom of the inning as three pinch hitters were retired in order via the strikeout route.