DANBURY — North Stokes’ softball team broke a nine game losing streak against South Stokes on Tuesday, April 23 with a 5-3 Northwest 1A Conference victory.
The Sauras’ got on the board first when Elle White scored on a sacrifice fly in the top of the third inning after Rebecca Amos lifted a fly ball to centerfield.
North Stokes responded with three runs in the bottom half of the inning. Caroline Mabe and Kandence Woods reached on errors and then Kinley Mabe’s double to left field plated both Mabe and Woods making it 2-1. Kinley Mabe eventually scored on consecutive passed balls making it 3-1 after three innings of play.
The Vikings added two insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth. Kinley Mabe walked to lead the inning off and advanced to second when Madelyn Spencer grounded out to third base.
Emily Rogers singled moving Kinley to third base and then she scored on an error by the Sauras. Rogers made it 5-1 after scoring on a hit by Rori Long.
The Sauras made a push in the top of the sixth, platting two runs. Mackenzie Smith singled with one out and then Abby Eaton was hit by a pitch. Both runners scored when Olivia Martin roped a double to left field making it 5-3. That would be the closest the Sauras would get as the Vikings retired the side in the top of the seventh on two ground outs and a pop up.
Kinley Mabe led the Vikings by going 2-for-4, with two runs, 2RBIs, and a walk. Kadence Woods, Emily Rogers, Layla Fox, Rori Long, and Emma Lawson had one hit each. White and Long had an RBI each.
Mackenzie Smith, Ryleigh Pinnix, Olivia Martin, and Elle White had one hit each for the Sauras. Martin added two RBIs, and Rebecca Amos had one.
Kinley Mabe earned the win from the mound going the distance. She pitched 7IP, gave up four hits, allowed three earned runs, a walk, and four strikeouts.
On Monday, North Stokes easily disposed of visiting North Caroline Leadership Academy with an 11-1 win.
Kinley Mabe was dominant in the circle striking out 13 while only giving up three hits and an unearned run in the top of the first.
Mabe and Layla Fox led the Lady Viking with three hits each. Mabe was 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Fox was 3-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI.
South Stokes picked up a pair of wins with a sweep over Starmount. The Sauras won a 6-5 nine-inning thriller on Friday, April 19, and then 12-9 on Tuesday.
On Friday, the Sauras tied the game in the fourth with two runs and then again with three runs in the bottom of the sixth.
South Stokes secured the win when Rebecca Amos singled on a hard ground ball in the ninth inning, she stole second, and then moved to third on a passed ball. Amos scored the winning run after Mackenzie Smith laid a sacrifice bunt towards the pitcher.
During Monday’s game against the Ram, the Sauras scored eight runs in the first two innings and then added four more in the top of the fourth.
Sydney Patterson and Rachel Humphries led South Stokes with two hits each.
North Stokes finished its’ regular season at 10-11 overall and 5-7 in conference play. The Sauras set at 8-14 overall and 8-3 in league play. South Stokes will travel to Elkin on April 26 to finish their regular season against the Elks. The conference tournament will start next week with games being played at Starmount.
North Stokes 5, South Stokes 3
South Stokes 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 — 3 4 4
North Stokes 0 0 3 0 2 0 X — 5 7 0
2B: Kinley Mabe (NS), Olivia Martin (SS), Ryleigh Pinnix (SS); HBP: Layla Fox (NS), Madelyn Spencer (NS), Rori Long (NS), Abby Eaton (SS); SB: Emma James (NS), Emily Rogers (NS), Kadence Woods (NS), Mackenzie Smith (SS) 2, Abby Eaton (SS), Elle White (SS), Ryleigh Pinnix (SS); Errors: Mackenzie Smith (SS) 2, Elle White (SS), Olivia Martin (SS)
North Stokes Pitching — Kinley Mabe (W) 7IP 4H 3R 3ER 4K 1BB
South Stokes Pitching — Emily Campbell 0.1IP 2H 0R 0ER 0K 0BB; Ryleigh Pinnix (L) 1.2IP 1H 3R 0ER 2K 1BB; Abby Eaton 2.1IP 2H 2R 2ER 1K 1BB; Ellie White 1.2IP 2H OR 0ER 1K 0BB
North Stokes 11, N.C. Leadership Academy 1
N.C. Leadership Academy 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 3 1
North Stokes 2 1 0 0 6 2 — 11 17 2
2B: Kinley Mabe (NS), Kaydence Woods (NS); HBP: Madelyn Spencer (NS), Caroline Mabe (NS); SB: Kinley Mabe (NS) 2, Caroline Mabe (NS), Kya Keels (NC), Alexandra Faenza (NC), Alyssa Hopkins (NC), Ashlyn Koerber (NC); Error: Kinley Mabe (NS), Emma James (NS), Kya Keels (NC)
North Stokes Pitching: Kinley Mabe (W) — 6IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 13K, 0BB
N.C. Leadership Pitching: Ashlyn Koerber 5.1IP, 17H, 11R, 9ER, 2K, 1BB
South Stokes 12, Starmount 9
South Stokes 3 5 0 4 0 0 0 — 12 9 2
Starmount 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 — 9 14 4
2B: Sydney Patterson (SS), Tessa Brim (SS), Mackinzie Cox (S), Payton Howell (S), Carley Money (S); HR: Rachel Bates (S); HBP: Baylee Childress (S); SAC: Olivia Martin (SS); SB: Rebecca Amos (SS), Ryleigh Pinnix (SS), Alli McKenzie (SS); CS: Kelsey Dowell (S); Error: Sydney Patterson (SS), Ryleigh Pinnix (SS), Rachael Bates (S), Payton Howell (S), Ashlyn Gardner (S), Emma Frenette (S)
South Stokes Pitching: Abbi Eaton (W) 3.1IP, 5H, 2ER, 2K, 0BB; Emily Campbell 2.0IP, 4H, 0ER, 0K, 1BB; Ryleigh Pinnix 1.2IP, 5H, 4ER, 0K, 1BB
Starmount Pitching: Molly Swain (L) 3.1IP, 0ER, 2K, 1BB; Rachel Bates 1.1IP, 5H, 6ER, K, 3BB; Baylee Childress 2.1IP, 4H, 0ER, 2K, 3BB
South Stokes 6, Starmount 5
Starmount 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 — 5 14 0
South Stokes 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 — 6 8 2
2B: M Cox (S) 2, R Bates (S) 2, Sydney Patterson (SS), Tessa Brim (SS); SB: M Swaim (S) 2, F Strickland (S), M Cox (S), Rebecca Amos (SS) 3, Mackenzie Smith (SS), Ryleigh Pinnix (SS), Sydney Patterson (SS); CS: F Strickland (S); Errors: Ryleigh Pinnix (SS), Zaylie Overby (SS)
Starmount Pitching: R Bates 3.0IP 3H 1R, 0ER, 3K, 1BB; M Swaim 5.1IP 5H 5ER 0K 4BB
South Stokes Pitching: Emily Campbell 2IP 4H 2R 2ER 1K 2BB; Ryleigh Pinnix 3.1IP 7H 3R 3ER 4K 4BB; Abby Eaton (W) 3.2IP 3H 0R 0ER 1K 1BB
Most Popular
Comments / 0