The Coffee County Lady Raiders picked up their 25th win of the season on Monday night in a hard fought 10-5 defeat of the Lady Hornets of Huntland.
The Lady Raiders jumped to a 4-0 lead after 3 innings with 2 outs. Huntland battled their way back with 2 runs in the top of the 5th only to see Coffee County 3 more to make it 7-2 after five. The Hornets stung Coffee County for 3 more in the top of the 6th to cut the lead down to 2 runs 7-5. In the bottom half of the inning would plate 3 more runs to make it 10-5 and Huntland went scoreless in the 7th.
Chesnie Cox had a nice night at the plate for the Lady Raiders as she was 2-for-4, scoring twice and she knocked in 2 runs to earn the Crazy Daisies Player of the Game.
Olivia Evans was 1-for-1, scoring 3 times and she added an RBI.
Kaitlyn Davis was the winning pitcher, and she also had a hit and 2 RBI as Coffee County improved to 25-4-1 on the season.
The District 8-AAA tournament is up next on Friday night at home when the Lady Raiders play host to the winner of Shelbyville and Columbia who play of Thursday in Shelbyville.
Top photo: Soph. Pitcher Kaitlyn Davis fire a pitch during Monday night’s action.
