CONCORDES White claimed a solid victory over Demons in the Mount Gambier softball fixture on Saturday.
However, early on, Demons’ pitcher Billy Jones dominated, striking out the first two batters and causing a popup fly to third base.
Pitching for Concordes, Karley Pearson was well supported with solid fielding, as Rachell Bagshaw and Maddie Bowd accounted for the Demons batters.
Concordes batters began to get on top of Jone’s pitching, with Kylie Doll driving the ball to deep centerfield and a Lynley Pollard line-drive forcing an error through shortstop.
Hanna Taylor bunted safely to advance all runners, then with bases loaded, Bowd caused a fielding error to score Doll, while Aleesha Tucker’s walk advanced another run home.
A Kate Altscwager single to left-field scored Tucker, while Bagshaw blasted a double to centre-field to score another two runs, followed by a single from Doll.
Demons’ Kezia Feast stepped up at shortstop and was instrumental in two plays that ended Concordes seven-run innings.
Out of retirement Jo Hart showed she had lost none of her skills, with a well-placed hit to left field to begin Demons second time at bat.
A grounder from Step Chant resulted in a run before Concordes fielders shut down two batters and Pearson struck out the third batter.
With hits to Doll, Pollard and Taylor, Concordes loaded the bases again, but an excellent running catch and throw to second base from Amber Clark shut down the innings without score.
Pearson continued her outstanding pitching performance with a K2 to begin the innings and support from the infield shut down another Demons innings.
Demon scored their third run through Steph Chant before Concordes best fielding performance shut the game down.
Concordes White 7 d Demons 3. Safehits – Concordes White: R. Bagshaw, K. Doll, H. Taylor 2, K. Altscwager, L. Pollard, M. Bowd 1; Demons: J. Hart, E. Hart, S. Nieuwenhuizen, B. Jones 1.
