Vs. John Glenn (4/24)
Thursday night in New Concord, the Lady Panthers were hoping to improve their record and started off on the right foot as they jumped out to a 2 – 0 lead on a single from Sophie Dennis that allowed Josalynn Milatovich to run across home base, followed by a Lily Tumblin single that scored Ayven Johnson. John Glenn answered back in the bottom of the first inning to tie up the game and jump out to a 7 – 2 lead by the bottom of the 1st. The Lil’ Muskies added two more runs in the bottom of the 2nd. In the top of the 3rd inning, Kaelynne Mitton hit a two-run homer over left field to narrow the disadvantage down to 9 – 4, John Glenn. The Muakies scored on an error and a ground out in the bottom of the 3rd, 11 – 4, JG. Mitton doubled in the top of the 5th to bring home Johnson, followed by a Taylor Freeland single that brought in Mitton, but John Glenn was still up 11 – 7. Porter doubled in the bottom of the 5th to end the scoring for the game, giving the Muskies the 12 – 7 win.
Vs. West Muskingum (4/21, 4/22)
On Monday night in Maysville, the girls hosted West Muskingum for the first of two back-to-back games. West M jumped out to a 3 – 0 lead in the top of the 3rd as a fly out ended the inning. Mitton doubled in the bottom of the inning to bring the Lady Tornadoes within one run. The Tornadoes tacked on a run in the top of the 4th, and Smith hit a two-run homer in the top of the 5th, followed by an Antonetz two-run homer to soar out to an 8 – 2 lead. Mitton knocked in another RBI in the bottom of the 5th, allowing Dennis to score, narrowing the Lady Tornadoes’ lead by one to 8 – 3. A homer by Bare in the beginning of the 6th inning started what would be a 10-run rally to lock in West M’s final score at 18. Johnson answered back in the bottom of the inning with a double that drove in Spillman and Wilson, but the damage was done, and the Panthers couldn’t come back from the deficit, losing the game 18 – 5.
The Panthers pounced over the hill on Tuesday to play on the Lady Tornadoes’ home field. After getting shut down quickly in the first inning, West M flew out of the gate, picking up a 3 – 0 lead to end the first inning. Neither team scored another run until the top of the 4th inning when Tumblin homered over the right field fence to gain Maysville’s first run of the game. Antonetz doubled in the bottom of the inning to drive in Meddings for the 4 – 1 lead. A pair of well-placed singles at the top of the 5th almost tied up the game for the Panthers, but they were still one run shy as West M pulled out a six-run inning to end the fifth up 10 – 3. The two subsequent runs for the Panthers were not enough to overtake their hosts, and the Lady Tornadoes swept the series with a 10 – 5 win.
