By Erik Harris, sports editor
MONTGOMERY — After splitting a two-game East Central Regional set on Wednesday, the Moody softball team returned to Lagoon Park on Thursday morning for a 7-2 victory over Ramsay.
Facing elimination, the Blue Devils rallied back from an early 1-0 deficit with seven unanswered to push the game out of reach and set a date with Shelby County in another must-win game scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
Alexandria Harvard slapped in two runs, Carmen Terry and Libby Higgins both stroked solo homers, and Moody stayed alive with a five-run win over the Area 10 runner-up Rams.
Harvard evened the score at 1-1 with an RBI groundout in the bottom of the first inning and later put the Blue Devils out front 5-1 with a run-scoring infield single in a decisive third inning, as Moody took advantage of two Ramsay errors with four runs scored.
Higgins’ solo blast went to right-center field and gave the Blue Devils their first lead at 2-1 in the second. Terry’s homer finished the scoring at 7-2 in the sixth.
Defensively, right hander Hannah Self worked a complete game in the circle, holding Ramsay scoreless in five of its seven plate appearances. The Rams managed to scratch single runs in the first and sixth innings.
On Wednesday, Moody started things up with a 6-5 loss to Sardis and followed with a 10-0 win over Leeds in the loser’s bracket.