Lady Mustangs earn shutout win over West Union

The Lynchburg-Clay softball team gained a Southern Hills Athletic Conference victory Saturday (April 20) by defeating the host West Union Lady Dragons, 10-0 at WUHS. 

LCHS in the SHAC win totaled 12 hits and had just one error, while WUHS had four hits and seven errors. 

The Lady Mustangs (6-6) saw Madison Baker finish 2-for-3 with two runs, and two RBI in the SHAC win. Madison McMullen was 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI. 

LCHS also had Autumn Griffith go 1-for-3, Noel Barnhill at 1-for-3 and Miranda Smith end her day at 1-for-1 with one RBI. 

Also for the Lady Mustangs, Brya McClain was 1-for-2 with one run; Sophia Michael was 1-for-3 with one run; and Caitlyn Collins was 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBI. 

Lynchburg-Clay also had Kami Collins finish 1-for-2 with a run, and Jazzy Brown go 1-for-3 with one run. Avery Blankenship collected one RBI.

Doubles for LCHS included Kami Collins, Baker, McMullen and Barnhill. Caitlyn Collins and Smith each had a steal. 

Barnhill pitched two innings, allowing no runs on one hit and two walks with four strikeouts. Brown pitched three innings, allowing three hits, no runs and one walk. 

BOX SCORE
LCHS    233 11x x — 10 12 1
WUHS    000 00x x — 0 4 7 

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