No. 1 Lady Bengals Pass 50-Win Plateau

No. 1 Lady Bengals Pass 50-Win Plateau

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ZACHARY – The top-ranked Lady Bengals passed the 50-win plateau with a 4-1, 11-3 sweep over Baton Rouge Community College in a doubleheader held Wednesday at Zachary High School.

Maddie Edmonston and Rebecca Skains opened the game with back-to-back home runs before Jeanmarie Angelle singled and scored on Edmonston's hit in the second inning.

Skains hit a solo home run in the fifth to push the Lady Bengals ahead, 4-0.

The Lady Bears avoided the shutout with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning when Taylor Coulon singled and scored on a ground-out by Mackenzie Dark.

Abigail Leonards earned the complete game win in the opener as she struck out six, walked one and allowed just one earned run on two hits.

Skains finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, while Edmonston went 2-for-4 with two RBI and run scored.

Hope Vizinat and Jaci Lavinge went 2-for-3, while Angelle finished 1-for-3 with a run scored.

In the finale, the Lady Bengals scored first when Edmonston doubled and crossed home plate on a single by Darby Bishop.

LSU Eunice then exploded for four runs in the top of the second, begun when Savannah Lejeune was hit by a pitch, Olivia Gabor walked and Edmonston singled to load the bases.

Bishop walked to allow Gabor to score, while Alli Daigle also walked to plate Edmonston to push the Lady Bengals ahead, 3-0.

Molly Wilson hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Skains for a four-run advantage, while pinch runner Mallory Perrault scored on an error to increase LSU Eunice's lead to 5-0.

BRCC's Joanna Booty reached on an error and scored when Dark advanced on another Lady Bengal miscue.

The Lady Bears closed the gap to 4-3 in the bottom of the third inning as Alyssa Bush singled and Joanna Booty homered to centerfield.

The Lady Bengals exploded for three runs in the top of the fourth frame, begun when Edmonston was hit by a pitch and scored on Skains' hit to left field.

Bishop singled in Skains, while Bishop crossed home plate on a sacrifice by Daigle as LSU Eunice pushed ahead, 8-3.

The Lady Bengals added three more runs in the top of the fifth, aided by back-to-back singles by Hannah Vidillier and Lejeune.

Bobbi Smith's ground-out allowed Vidillier to score, while Edmonston bunted and Skains cleared the bases with a triple to push LSU Eunice up, 11-3
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Elizabeth Fontenot earned the win as she struck out four, walked two and allowed two earned runs on five hits over 2.2 innings.

Savannah Cates sealed the win as she struck out three and scattered two hits over the final 2.1 innings.

Edmonston went 3-for-3 with four runs scored, while Skains finished 3-fof-4 with three RBI and two runs scored.

Bishop went 3-for-3 with a walk, two RBI and two runs scored as Daigle went 1-for-3 with a walk and two RBI.

LSU Eunice and Baton Rouge Community College will face each other again at noon Sunday for a Sophomore Day doubleheader.
 
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