Taylorsville squeaks past Lady Cats

Published 2:40 pm Monday, April 29, 2019

Photo by Stacy Leake Senior catcher Baileigh Jackson of Bogue Chitto squares up at the plate Saturday at Taylorsville. Bouge Chitto saw their season end after dropping game one 3-2 Friday and game two 5-4 Saturday.

The Taylorsville Lady Tartars won a pair of close games to eliminate the Bogue Chitto Lady Bobcats in their MHSAA 2A playoff series. Friday Taylorsville won 3-2 with a come from behind effort and on Saturday they completed the sweep with a 5-4 win in Smith County.

Bogue Chitto (18-10-1) and first year head coach Kris Smith finished as runners-up in Region 7-2A. Jackson and infielder Karly Leake are the only seniors on the team. Both Jackson and Leake are Copiah-Lincoln C.C. softball signees.

Friday the Lady Cats had an opportunity to win the game slip away as Taylorsville scored three runs in the top of the seventh after trailing 2-0. Codi Leggett didn’t allow an earned run for BC in the circle. She struck out six and gave up only four hits. Bogue Chitto went up 1-0 in the bottom of the third when a Kayci Beth Wallace single scored Alece Nettles. In the fifth BC went up 2-0 when a Wallace groundout scored a run. Jackson and Nettles had two hits apiece for BC.

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Saturday the Lady Bobcats went up 1-0 in the first inning and 4-3 after 4.5 innings before THS scored two in the bottom of the fourth to take their final lead. Wallace started the game off with a single and then scored later in the first on a Leggett RBI single. Nettles doubled to start the third and then scored on a Wallace bunt. Leake scored another run with a sac fly and a Leggett double then pushed across another run to put BC up 4-3.