After weeks of rain, East Webster was finally able to get on the field last week in fast-pitch softball action.
The lack of field time showed as East Webster dropped a pair of contests, falling 5-3 to Ethel and 6-1 to Amory.
“We are just not making the routine plays,” East Webster coach Lee Berryhill said. “Offensively, we are scattering hits but not running the bases. We just keep finding ways to shoot ourselves in the foot. Our pitching has been pretty good. We haven’t given up an earned run yet and lost two games. We just haven’t put it all together yet. It comes down to playing all facets of the game. You have to play well in all facets of the games and so far we haven’t done that.”
Berryhill said he is still looking for the right combination of players.
“We played 12 players against Amory,” Berryhill said. “We are just trying to find the right combination of players that will allow us to make the routine plays and win games. We are doing everything we can right now to try and figure that out. We will keep moving forward and working and see what happens.”
East Webster will return to play this week as they are scheduled to travel to Houston on Tuesday and to Bruce on Thursday. East Webster is scheduled to host Amory on Friday.
“Our field is pretty bad right now,” Berryhill said. “I don’t know if we will be able to get on it this month. I hope we miss this rain on Monday so we can get it dried out and play at home on Friday.”
Ethel 5,
East Webster 3
The Lady Wolverines outhit the Lady Tigers but still dropped a two-run decision to Ethel on Tuesday.
Ethel scored one in the first and two in the fourth and fifth.
East Webster scored one in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to pull within two.
East Webster outhit Ethel 7-4 as Coy Jennings led the way, going 2-for-3 with two singles, a run scored and one RBI. Curtlyn blake, Emily Nason, Josie Reed, Sydney Dewberry and Emma McKee each had singles while Nason and Whitney Winter each scored runs. McKee also had an RBI.
Liz Massey was tagged with the loss on the mound despite giving up just four hits while all of her five runs were unearned. She struck out nine and walked one.
Amory 6,
East Webster 1
The Lady Wolverines outhit Amory but failed to score runs as Amory took a five-run win over East Webster on Friday.
East Webster scratched a single run in the top of the first inning. Amory responded with two runs in the bottom of the first and four runs in the bottom of the third. The Lady Panthers added a single run in the bottom of the sixth for their final run.
Emily Nason had East Webster’s only run with a single and a walk. Curtlyn Blake, Jessica Davis, Mari-Todd Brown, Coy Jennings, Whitney Winter and Peyton Flora also had singles while Jennings had East Webster’s only RBI.
Liz Massey was solid on the mound again, giving up four hits and five unearned runs while striking out three and walking three.
