By Johnny Sanders, Sports Editor
SPRINGVILLE – The Springville Lady Tigers are having quite the season early on, winning their first 6 games of the season, most of those by large margins, with the closest game being a season-opening win at Saint Clair County 4-2. The Tigers beat Pleasant Grove on their field on February 24th by a score of 5-0 and after that, all of the other games have been double-digit wins for Springville. Tuesday evening was no different, as they welcomed the Pelham Panthers to Springville and whipped them 14-1.
Springville started the scoring early by putting 2 hits on the board in the first inning. In her first at-bat, Bella Bullington hit a single that would drive in both runs.
Over the next two innings, the Tigers would rack up 7 more runs to make it 9-0 after just three innings. The fourth inning would be the most productive for Springville, scoring 5 runs to complete the 14-point effort over Pelham.
Bullington was the winning pitcher for Springville, throwing 2 innings and allowing two hits and no runs while striking out two and walking none. Georgia Chancellor finished the game out, throwing three innings out of the bullpen and allowing just the one run.
Almost all hitters got a hit in the game and most of them had at least one RBI. Springville tallied 14 runs on 14 hits in the game and Shelby Hathcock had a solo home run in the second. Layla Bradshaw, Ashlyn Cooley and Emmy Leopard led the team with 2 hits each.
The Panthers’ only score would come in the fourth inning, making the final 14-1.
Springville improves to 6-0 and has a long break before they head to Fairview on Tuesday, February 7.