Wright dominant on pitching rubber, Gunter and Agan at the plate as EC wins 40th straight game

Photo credit to Barbara Lecuona

Aniston Wright held the Heard County Lady Braves to
four hits and one run while recording in a 6-1 win.

FRANKLIN-After an efficient outing on Monday at Newnan, East Coweta senior Aniston Wright had no trouble Wednesday against Heard County as she limited the Lady Braves four hits while recording seven strikeouts in a 6-1 non-region win over the Lady Braves.

The Lady Indians, who will close the regular season Thursday evening against the Union Grove Wolverines, improved to 24-0 on the season while the Lady Braves fell to 19-6.

The Lady Indians took the lead at the start of the game as Lilly Agan led off by reaching on an infield single and after stealing second advanced to third on a throwing error before scoring when Kylie Ferguson grounded out to first.

Ferguson’s RBI appeared to be enough for Wright who surrendered a single to the leadoff batter in the bottom of the first inning before retiring the next nine batters.

However, the Lady Indians gave her some more run support with three runs in the top of the third inning.

With one out, Agan reached on a single and Kenadie Cooper reached on a two single to set the stage for senior Ansley Gunter.

As the case has been in the past, Gunter left no doubt as she responded by drilling a 1-1 offering against the fence in left field for a two-run double before scoring on a double by Ashleigh Griffin and the lead was 4-0.

Meanwhile, Wright surrendered a single to open the bottom of the fourth inning but recovered quickly as she retired the next seven batters including all three in the fourth inning.

As solid as Wright was on the rubber, Gunter proved to be the same at the plate as she drilled a 1-1 offering over a high fence in left center field for a two-run home run with Agan scoring ahead of her.

Gunter was 2-for-3 at the plate with four RBIs while Agan was 3-for-4 at the plate with three runs scored and would have been perfect had she not have an extra base hit taken away on a catch by the Lady Braves’ right fielder in the top of the seventh inning.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Wright would sandwich two hits and the lone run between outs but still had little difficulty as she recorded two of her strikeouts in the bottom of the seventh inning.