SOFTBALL: Trinity shuts out Twiggs/FPCA, but edged late by David Emanuel

The Trinity Lady Crusaders had a productive last week in softball action, earning a pair of run-rule victories, 12-0 over Twiggs Academy Sept. 23 and 25-0 over First Preparatory Christian the following Thursday.  

Unfortunately, they weren’t able to pull out a third win as they fell 6-5 in a walk-off at David Emanuel this past Tuesday.

Trinity got in the board in the first inning of the Twiggs game on a two-out single by Liza Gay to make it 1-0.

Reese Cobb reached on a bunt single to lead off the second inning, stole second, went to third on an error and scored on a groundout to make it 2-0.

Another two-out single by Gay in the third made it 3-0, and Chloe Rozier followed with a double to make it 4-0.

Trinity broke the game open with a huge fourth inning. Two errors made the score 5-0. After a Brinley Vinson single and a hit batter loaded the bases, M.G. Alligood brought home all three runs with a double to make it 8-0.

The ninth and 10th runs came in on errors. Cobb, Eden Rowe and Lily Kidd followed with consecutive singles to make the score 12-0 and invoke the run rule.

Cobb and Gay had two hits each. Vinson, Alligood, Rozier, Rowe and Kidd also hit safely.

Alligood went four shutout innings on the mound and scattered three hits in the win.

The FPCA game was a blowout from the start as Trinity exploded for 15 runs in the top of the first. Vinson singled to lead off the contest and scored on an inside-the-park homer by Abby Gillis.  

Run-scoring singles by Rozier, Cobb and Vinson, sandwiched around a pair of errors and a wild pitch, would push the lead to 7-0. Gillis would come up big again with a two-run triple to make it 9-0.

Alligood would drive her in with a single and Gay would follow with an RBI double to make it 11-0.  Rozier blasted a two-run homer to left to make the score 13-0. Two more runs would then score on wild pitches to make it 15-0 before the home team even got to hit.

Trinity was far from done. A walk followed by an Alligood triple in the second made it 16-0. Gay was up next with another double to make it 17-0 and a Rozier single extended the lead to 18-0.

A bases-loaded walk and a wild pitch would make the score 20-0 before Gillis would strike again. This time, she doubled home a pair to make it 22-0. Alligood would come up next with another double to make the score 23-0.

In the third, an error made it 24-0 before Gillis would collect her single to complete the cycle and make it 25-0.

Gillis was a perfect 4-for-4 with six driven in. Rozier and Alligood had three hits each. Vinson, Gay and Cobb all collected two hits.

Alligood allowed just one hit in three innings on the mound and struck out five.

Trinity took an early lead against DEA as Vinson singled to lead off the game and eventually scored on a groundout to make it 1-0.

The Lady Eagles took the lead in the bottom of the first on a pair of errors, a single and a triple to make it 3-1.

A two-out, two-run single following an error in the second made it 5-1 DEA.

Trinity started to chip away in the fifth when Gillis delivered an RBI hit to make it 5-2.

An error, a sacrifice and another Gillis single in the seventh set the Lady Crusaders up for a comeback.  Alligood singled home a run to make the score 5-3.

Gay came up next and ripped a single to left. The ball got past the left fielder, scoring two runs and allowing Gay to advance all the way to third. Unfortunately she was stranded there and the score was 5-5 going to the bottom of the seventh.

DEA got a single to lead off the inning before a fielder’s choice made it one away. The next batter ripped a double in the gap to score the winning run from first.

Gillis and Gay had two hits each to lead the 10-hit Trinity attack. Vinson, Alligood, Rozier, Cobb, Rowe and Kidd also hit safely.

Alligood went 6 1/3, allowing just six hits and two earned runs. She walked one and struck out one.

Trinity (6-11 overall, 5-6 district) was set to host Brentwood to finish out the week on Thursday, with Thomas Jefferson as the first of two remaining home games, both non-region, to open the following week on Monday afternoon.