It was a wild back and forth game at Bluffton on the softball diamond, where Heritage would hang on to the 12-10 over the host Tigers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bluffton (5-10, 2-4 ACAC) jumped out to the lead in the bottom of the first inning after Josie Phillippe doubled, scoring two runs, and Jillian Phillippe had an RBI single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Heritage (10-7, 3-1 ACAC) would answer in the third with three of their own. Isabella Myers would hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Teaghan O\u2019Shaughnessey. Hadlee Shipp followed that with an RBI single, and would later score on a wild pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Patriots added four more in the fourth, as Myers had an RBI single, Shipp had a two-run double, and Adalina Bacon had an RBI single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bluffton responded in the fifth, as Kierstynn Reed would ground out to Bacon, allowing Kamryn Ault to score. Two batters later, Josie Phillippe hit a solo shot to left field, bringing the score to 7-5 in favor of the Patriots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bacon would drive in two runs in the sixth for Heritage, and would get three crucial insurance runs in the seventh. Shipp hit a two-run single, but would be thrown trying to advance to second. Two pitches later, Sydney Martin hit a moon shot that cleared the scoreboard in left-center field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then came the dramatic finish\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Shipp still in the circle for the Patriots, the Tigers would get their bats working. Following a single by Ault and a double by Reed, Kiah Craig would hit a bomb to left field, making the score 12-8. After a groundout, the Tigers got two singles and a walk to load the bases. Kenley Smith delivered a two run double, but that\u2019s all Bluffton would get, as Shipp would end the game on a strikeout and a groundout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shipp went the distance, allowing ten runs, all earned, on 13 hits. She struck out five while walking two. Josie Phillippe took the loss for the Tigers, going 5 1\/3, allowing nine runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next up for the Patriots will be a battle with Jay County at home on Thursday, with a 6pm start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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