Vaughn leads EC to varsity win over Starr's Mill with three hits at the plate and four scoreless innings on the rubber

FAYETTEVILLE-Rachel Vaughn was at it again Thursday with four shutout innings on the pitching rubber and 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBIS as the East Coweta Lady Indians defeated the Starr's Mill Lady Panthers 10-2 in a five-inning varsity softball contest.

The Lady Indians improved to 11-2 as they prepare to travel to Smyrna on Tuesday for a Region 2-AAAAAAA contest with Campbell.

East Coweta took the lead in the top of the first inning as Lindsay “Lulu” Warren reached on a one out single and eventually came home on a single by Aniston Wright.

In the top of the second inning, the Lady Indians added to the run total as Caroline Lively walked and after a sacrifice by Krys Odum, courtesy runner Caison Byars scored on a single by Olivia Davis.

Davis, who would go 3-for-5 at the plate with two RBIs, came home on a two-out single by Vaughn and after a single by Wright loaded the base, Ashlynn Gunter walked to score Kelley Lynch from third base to give EC a 5-0 lead and force a pitching change by Starr's Mill.

The Lady Indians took an 8-0 lead in the top of the third inning as Lively found a painful way to reach base as she was hit by a pitch.

A bunt single by Odum allowed courtesy runner Byars to advance to second and after both advanced on a bunt single by Davis, a wild pitch allowed Byars to score.

A walk to Lynch and another run scoring single by Vaughn gave the Lady Indians a 6-0 lead and after Wright was hit by a pitch, Gunter had a two-run double and the lead was 8-0.

In the top of the fourth inning, Lively was hit for the second of three at bats in the game and awarded first base for Davis who smashed an RBI double to left center field and she would score the final EC run as Vaughn had a two out single.

Meanwhile, Vaughn had a solid outing on the pitching rubber as she allowed three hits in four innings as she received support from her infielders with Wright recording seven putouts before she took for Vaughn in the bottom of the fifth inning.

A pair of errors would lead to a pair of unearned runs and broke a streak of 21 scoreless innings by the Lady Indians staff.

The Lady Indians last saw the opponent score when Heard County scored twice in the bottom of the sixth inning last Thursday in Franklin.

Other offensive contributors saw Wright record two singles and reach twice from the hit by pitch variety while Lynch had two hits and two walks.