Lynch, Vaughan combine on one-hitter in 10-0 won over Northgate

The East Coweta Lady Indians did most of their damage in the third and fourth innings with seven runs in that span as they defeated the Northgate Lady Vikings 10-0 in a five-inning road contest played Thursday evening.

The Lady Indians improved to 14-0 as they prepare to face the Union Grove Lady Wolverines in Sharpsburg on Monday and a key Region 2-7A game on Tuesday at Newnan while the Lady Vikings fell to 5-6.

Alissa Bolinger of Northgate and Kelley Lynch of EC made quick work in the first inning by retiring the side in order but the former struggled in the top of the second.

Ansley Gunter led off with a single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Aniston Wright and moved to third as Rachel Vaughan reached on an infield single.

With Hanna Miller at bat, a pitch from Bolinger got away and Gunter slid home with the first run of the game for the Lady Indians.

After Lynch retired the Lady Vikings in the bottom of the second inning with a trio of strikeouts, the Lady Indians gave her a cushion to play with as they scored three times in the top of the third inning.

Lilly Agan led off by reaching on an error and stealing second before scoring on a single by Olivia Davis who advanced to second on a throw home.

After Lynch hit a flyball to right, Gunter singled to move Davis to third and after she stole second, a wild pitch allowed Davis to score and the lead was 3-0.

The Lady Indians added one more run in the frame as Gunter came home on a double to right center by Vaughan who flirted with a home run.

In the bottom of the third, someone other than Lynch and Vaughan recorded an out as a popup was hit to Madison Lecuona in a play that was sandwiched between two more strikeouts by Lynch.

The game got out of hand in the top of the fourth inning as EC added four runs to take an 8-0 lead.

Carmen Prior led off with a single, stole second and after Agan walked the former came home score as Davis hit a double to left field.

Bolinger was relieved by Liz Sebastian who found the going rough as she threw a wild pitch that scored Agan and hit Lynch with a pitch before Gunter hit a ball to center field for a sacrifice fly that scored Davis from third.

After Wright was retired, Vaughan and Ansley Gunter reached on walks to load the bases for Caroline Lively who was hit by a pitch that brought Lynch home for the final tally of the stanza.

After a seven strikeout outing, Lynch was replaced in the bottom of the fourth by Vaughan who had a strikeout and an assist while someone not named Lynch, Lecuona or Vaughan participated on a play as Ansley Duffey caught a throw at first from Lecuona.

The Lady Indians added two more runs with two outs in the top of the fifth inning as Kenadie Cooper scored on a bases loaded walk to Vaughan and Gunter scored her third run of the night on a wild pitch.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Northgate had their first hit of the game as Trinity Ingleston singled to right center but ground balls to Ashleigh Griffin at shortstop and Olivia Cook at third as well as one back to Vaughan would bring the game to an end.

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