No. 1 Bullard shortly punched its ticket to the world spherical of the Class 4A softball playoffs.
The Girl Panthers opened Wednesday night time with an 11-1 win over Pittsburg in 5 innings at Tyler Legacy Excessive Faculty. Bullard adopted that with a 4-0 victory to finish the sweep of the bi-district collection.
“I felt prefer it was going to be somewhat little bit of a marathon night time, as a result of we had been taking part in two video games, which is somewhat totally different, however I believe our youngsters did an excellent job of staying locked in, staying energetic and staying targeted,” Bullard softball coach Julie Murry stated. “I’m tremendous proud.”
In Recreation 1, Hadi Fults allowed one run on three hits with eight strikeouts and no walks in 5 innings.
Fults struck out the primary two batters of the sport earlier than Elyssia Lemelle hit a two-out triple. Fults got here again with a strikeout of Natalie Syles to finish the inning.
Bullard despatched 11 batters to the plate within the backside of the primary inning. Kaylee Paul, Addison Hooker, Hadi Fults, Teagan Graul, Kenzie King and Kamryn Honzell all had hits because the Girl Panthers scored six runs within the inning.
Pittsburg took out beginning pitcher Audrina Landin, and Kylie Fitch got here in and threw two no-hit innings to maintain the rating at 6-0.
Pittsburg scored within the prime of the fourth with an RBI double by Lemelle to chop the rating to 6-1.
Landin got here again to the circle within the fourth inning, and Bullard scored 4 extra runs. Fults and Kylie Pate each had RBI doubles within the inning.
Fitch got here again in to pitch the fifth, however the Girl Panthers ended the sport as Berlyn Grossman tripled after which scored on a wild pitch.
Within the second recreation, Anistyn Foster struck out 14 batters in a two-hit shutout.
Fitch pitched the complete second recreation and allowed 4 runs on eight hits with three strikeouts.
The sport was scoreless till the fourth inning. Hooker doubled and scored on a bunt single by Graul.
Grossman reached on a strikeout within the fifth inning, stole second after which scored on an RBI single by Paul to make the rating 2-0.
Foster struck out the aspect within the sixth inning to maintain the rating at 2-0 coming into the seventh. Hooker had a two-run triple with two outs to push the rating to 4-0.
After a groundout to Hooker by Trinity Hood, Foster struck out the following two batters to finish the sport.
Paul had three hits within the second recreation and 4 on the night time. Hooker had two further base hits within the second recreation and added a single within the first recreation. Fults had two hits within the first recreation.
Lemelle had two hits within the first recreation for Pittsburg, and Daytona Torrey had each hits within the second recreation for the Girl Pirates.
Bullard (32-1) advances to face both Brownsboro or Terrell within the space spherical.
“We have to take somewhat breather, somewhat restoration mentally and bodily after which gear up for what’s subsequent,” Murry stated.