On a cold, blustery day with occasional light snow falling the Pampa Lady Harvesters defeated Randall by a score of 7-5 to move to 2-0 in District 4-4A play.
With the score tied at zero, Pampa would strike first in the top of the 3rd inning. With one out, Carsyn Hunt, McKinley Daniels and Briley Daniels each singled to load the bases. With two outs Kassie Arnzen drew a walk to score Hunt and then Cambree Dyer drew a walk to score McKinley Daniels, making it 2-0. The lead was short-lived however, as Randall would score twice in the bottom of the 3rd to tie the game at two.
Pampa would add two more runs in the top of the top of the fifth inning. With one out Briley Daniels drew a walk. Kynleigh Kirby would then then hit a double off the right field fence, scoring Daniels from first. Hadlie Gonzalez would come in to courtesy run for Kirby. Gonalez would take 3rd on a wild pitch and would eventually score on a two out single by Dyer, making the score 4-2.
In the top of the sixth and the score still 4-2, Pampa would score three more runs. With two outs, Hunt would draw a walk. McKinley Danels and Briley Daniels followed with infield singles to load the bases. Kirby would then line a 1-0 pitch to right center field to clear the bases and give Pampa a 7-2 lead.
Randall would not go quietly, however. In the bottom of the seventh, Randall would add three runs to make things interesting. However, the rally would fall short and Pampa would hang on for a 7-5 victory.
Game Stats:
Kirby went the distance in the circle for Pampa, pitching seven innings, giving up five runs (only one of those earned) on eight hits while striking out eight and walking two.
Offensively for Pampa, Hunt, M. Daniels, B Daniels and Kirby each had two hits and Dyer had a hit also. Hunt, M Daniels and B Daniels each scored two runs. Kirby led the team with 4 runs batted in. Dyer added two RBI’s and Arnzen added one RBI.
Other District Action:
In other District 4-4A action, West Plains shocked Dumas 8-4, Canyon run ruled Perryton 18-3 and Hereford beat Borger 14-13. After two games, Pampa and Hereford are 2-0, Canyon, Borger, Dumas and Hereford are 1-1 and Perryton and Randall are 0-2.
Pampa will play at Perryton Wednesday at noon and then host Hereford on Thursday at noon.
