ECJV Purple gains sweep over Union Grove.

 

SHARPSBURG-Liberty McCaskill went 5-for-5 while Callie Mucha had four RBIs Wednesday to lead the East Coweta Lady Indians (Purple) to a junior varsity doubleheader sweep over the  Union Grove Lady Wolverines.
In game one, McCaskill had a two-run home run while Mucha had a pair of run scoring doubles in a 10-3 win while the former went 2-for-3 and scored twice in an 8-1 win in the nightcap.
The purple version of the JV Lady Indians will face the gold version Thursday afternoon in a 5:00 matchup.
The Lady Indians took the lead in the opener when McCaskill led off the bottom of the first inning with a walk, stole two bases and came home on a single to left field by Ariana Huber who eventually came home with the second run of the frame on a bases loaded walk to Reese McFadden.
In the bottom of the third inning, EC added to their lead with a three-run frame after two outs.
Aubrey Hodges scored on a double to left field by McFadden who came home on a double by Mucha and Hailey Reynolds followed with a run scoring single.
The Lady Indians added five more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 10-0 lead that put the game away.
Riley Jensen led off with a single and McCaskill followed by a lining a flyball over the center field fence for a two-run home run.
Presley Burge followed with a single and scored on a one out single by McFadden while a two-run double by Mucha accounted for the final runs.
Benefiting from the run support was Hope Stubbs who allowed one hit and recorded six strikeouts in four plus innings of work.
The Lady Wolverines averted a shutout as they scored all of their runs in the top of the fifth inning as the time limit expired.
Union Grove opened the second game with a single run in the top of the second inning but East Coweta rallied to take the lead in the bottom of third inning with a pair of runs.

McCaskill reached on a two out single and eventually scored on an infield error with the tying run and Aubrey Hodges reached on a walk before pitcher Zoey Brown followed with a run scoring single.

The Lady Indians added to the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning as Maliah Reid reached on an infield error while McFadden and Burge followed with singles before Mucha was hit by a pitch to force home a run.

Neely Easom followed with a bases clearing triple to left field and came home when a throw from the outfield went into the Union Grove dugout.

McCaskill closed out the scoring when she reached on a single and eventually came home after a force play.

In the circle, Brown allowed four hits and recorded four strikeouts in a game that ended after five innings.