Five RBIs for Taylor, Holmes, Peacock no-hit Whitewater in 10-0 EC win

FAYETTEVILLE-After dominating the Newnan Lady Cougars Monday night, the East Coweta Lady Indians took care of business Tuesday as Katie Taylor had five RBIs while Jaliyah Holmes and Mollie Peacock combined on a no-hitter in a 13-0 junior varsity win.

There she goes again! Jaliyah Holmes had another stellar
outing Thursday as she tossed four no-hit frames at
Whitewater JV in a 13-0 win. Holmes recorded nine strikeouts.

The game was called after five innings under the mercy rule as the Lady Indians JV improved to 7-0 on the season.
The Lady Indians assumed control early as Holmes walked to open the game and stole second before coming home on a triple by Bailee Echols who drilled a shot to left center field for a triple and scored her own run as Taylor doubled to center field.
 After Holmes breezed through the bottom of the first inning, EC added to the lead in the top of the second inning as Kip Heggood was hit by a pitch and moved to second on a sacrifice by Emma Elrod before scoring as a two out single by Echols was mishandled.
After being retired in order in the top of the third inning, the Lady Indians broke the game open in the top of the fourth as the scored five runs to take an 8-0 lead.
With one out, Elrod and Eliza Kuhne reached on walks and after the second out of the frame Echols and Taylor reached on consecutive walks to bring home a run.
Macie Wiggins and Kourtney White followed with run scoring doubles and a close game became anything but that as Holmes was retiring batters with regularity.
In the top of the fifth inning, EC was able to put the game farther away as they added five more runs for the final margin.
With one out, Kylie Ferguson reached on a walk and Elrod reached on an infield error whith the former scoring on a single to left by Kuhne.

Mollie Peacock made quick work of the Lady Wildcats
by retiring the side in order in the bottom of the fifth inning
with a pair of strikeouts to preserve the no-hitter.

An error allowed Ava Brooks Strickland to score which increased the lead to 10-0 then Taylor, who drilled two in a JV game last week against Locust Grove, hit a shot over the left field fence for a three-run home run.
Meanwhile, Holmes demonstrated the pitching wares that have shown her dominating style this year on the varsity squad with a pair of strikeouts to start the bottom of the first inning and getting a pair in each of the next two inning before recording three of her nine in the bottom of the fourth.
Peacock took over in the top of the fifth inning and she managed to make quick work of Whitewater as she recorded a strikeout, a groundout back to the pitching rubber and finishing the game with a swinging strikeout.
The Lady Indians will play again next Tuesday in a game at home against the McIntosh Lady Chiefs.