TENNERTON – The Buckhannon-Upshur softball Lady Bucs went 1-3 over a three-day period from Thursday to Saturday.
On Thursday, they dropped a 6-5 home decision to North Marion but rebounded on the road Friday to defeat Preston by a 10-4 score. On Saturday, they dropped a road doubleheader to John Marshall by 9-1 and 11-0 scores.
Against North Marion, the Lady Bucs took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a ground out RBI by Taylor Spratt and Alyssa Abel scored on a passed ball.
North Marion tied the game with a pair of runs in the top of the second, but B-U answered with three runs in the bottom of the third.
Jensen Kimble hit a one-run single bringing home Kynnedy Marple and later scored on a North Marion error and Abel scored on a wild pitch, That treated the Lady Bucs a 5-2 advantage.
North Marion won the game with a four-run outburst in the top of the sixth inning,
The Lady Bucs had eight hits with Abel getting three and Marple two.
Kimble suffered the loss, going six innings and allowing four earned runs on seven hits while striking out six.
Against Preston, the Lady Bucs found themselves down by a 4-1 score after three innings of play.
They made it 4-2 in the top of the fourth on a one-run single by Avery Hamer then erupted for six runs in the top of the fifth for an 8-4 advantage.
Able hit a one-run single, Spratt hit a two-run single, Becca Pastorius hit a two-run single, and Reese Curry hit on a one-run single to account for the scoring.
The Lady Bucs tacked on an insurance run in both the sixth and seventh innings for the six-run win.
Marple and Abel led the 14-hit attack with three hits apiece.
Pastorius picked up the win in a complete-game effort. She gave up three earned runs on six hits while walking just one and fanning six.
Things didn’t go well for the Lady Bucs in their Saturday doubleheader with John Marshall scoring only one run in the two games.
The Lady Bucs managed just five hits in the opener and collected just two in the second game.
The action left the Lady Bucs with a 2-5 record.
They were slated to play Grafton on Monday and will return to action Wednesday hosting Robert C. Byrd.
The boxscore:
North Marion 020 004 0 – 6
Buckhannon-Upshur 203 000 – 5
E – North Marion 3; Buckhannon-Upshur 1. DP – North Marion 1; Buckhannon-Upshur 1. LoB – North Marion 4; Buckhannon-Upshur 9. 2B – Moore, Toothman. Sac. – Moore, Pastorius, SB – Smith, Bryan, Marple 2, Pastorius, Abel 2.
Hitting
North Marion – Reagan Ash 2b, 4 0 1 2; Maci Singleton lf, 3 0 0 0; Bella Talkington ss, 3 0 0 0; Haley Smith c, 3 1 0 0; Rayden Satterfield p, 3 0 0 0; Brooke Toothman 3b, 3 2 2 1; Addison Martin rf, 3 2 2 0; Kayla Moore cf, 2 1 1 2; Lexi Summers 1b, 1 0 0 0; Dakota Bryan 1b, 1 0 1 1; Alyssa Kincaid 1b, 0 0 0 0. Totals 26 6 7 6.
Buckhanon-Upshur – Kynnedy Marple 2b-p, 4 2 2 0; Jensen Kimble p-2b, 4 1 1 1; Alyssa Abel c, 4 2 3 0; Taylor Spratt 1b, 4 0 1 1; Reagan Mason 3b, 3 0 0 0; Avery Hamer ss, 4 0 1 0; Becca Pastorius rf, 2 0 0 0; Quinn Burnside lf, 2 0 0 0; Resse Curry cf, 3 0 0 0. Totals 30 5 8 2.
Pitching
North Marion – Satterfield (W): 7 innings, 8 hits, 5 runs, 1 earned runs, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts, 2 wild pitches; 1 hit batsman (Pastorius).
Buckhannon-Upshur – Kimble (L): 6 innings, 7 hits, 4 runs, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts, 1 hit batsman (Smith); Marple: 1 inning, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts, 1 hit batsman (Talkington).
Buckhannon-Upshur 100 161 1 – 10
Preston 310 000 0 – 4
E – Buckhannon-Upshur 1; Preston 2; DP – None. LoB – Buckhannon-Upshur 5; Preston 4. 2B – Pastorius, Zinn. 3B – Abel. SB – Abel 2, Marple, Curry, Hunt.
Hitting
Buckhannon-Upshur – Kynnedy Marple 2b, 4 2 3 0; Alyssa Abel cf, 4 2 3 2; Taylor Spratt 1b, 4 1 2 3; Reagan Mason 3b, 4 2 1 0; Avery Hamer ss, 4 0 1 1; Becca Pastorius p, 4 2 2 2; Quinn Burnside eh, 3 0 0 0; Emily Bacorn c, 0 0 0 0; Shaylee Hebb rf, 3 0 0 1; Sophie Lantz ph, 0 0 0 0; Resse Curry lf, 4 1 2 1. Totals 34 10 14 10.
Preston – Ava Thistlewaite cf, 4 1 2 0; Izzy Hunt 2b, 4 2 1 0; Sophie Zinn ss, 3 1 2 3; Myla Wotring p, 3 0 1 1; Ally Teets 1b, 2 0 0 0; Shayla Brandt rf, 3 0 0 0; Camdyn Metheny lf, 3 0 0 0; Savannah Goff c, 3 0 0 0; Gracie Wilson 3b, 3 0 0 0. Totals 28 4 6 4.
Pitching
Buckhannon-Upshur – Pastorius (W): 7 innings, 6 hits, 4 runs, 3 earned runs, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts.
Preston – Wotring (L): 7 innings, 14 hits, 10 runs, 9 earned runs, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts.
Buckhannon-Upshur 010 00 – 1
John Marshall 100 53 – 9
E – Buckhannon-Upshur 2; John Marshall 4. DP – John Marshall 2, LoB – Buckhannon-Upshur 4; John Marshall 6. 2B – Blake 2, No. 8. HR – No. 1; SF – No. 4; SB – Hamer.
Hitting
Buckhannon-Upshur – Kynnedy Marple 2b, 3 0 1 0; Jansen Kimble p, 3 0 1 0; Alyssa Abel c, 2 0 1 0; Taylor Spratt 1b, 2 0 0 0; Reagan Mason 3b, 2 1 1 0; Avery Hamer ss, 2 0 1 0; Becca Pastorius eh, 1 0 0 0; Sophia Lantz rf, 0 0 0 0; Quinn Burnside lf, 2 0 0 0; Resse Curry cf, 2 0 0 0. Totals 19 1 5 0.
John Marshall – Ava Blake ss, 2 3 2 1; Kaylee White 2b, 4 2 2 2; Alexis Cumberledge 1b, 3 0 1 1; Reese Ward, 4 0 1 2; Alexis Thayer, 2 0 0 0; No. 4. 0 0 0 1; No. 8, 3 1 2 0; No. 3, 3 1 0 0 ; No. 1 3b, 3 1 2 1; No. 2, 3 1 1 0. Totals 27 9 11 8.
Pitching
Buckhannon-Upshur – Kimble (L): 4 2/3 innings, 11 hits, 9 runs, 7 earned runs, 3 walks, 1 strikeout.
John Marshall – No. 9 (W): 5 innings, 5 hits, 1 run, 1 earned run, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts.
Buckhannon-Upshur 000 00 – 0
John Marshall 127 1x – 11
E – Buckhannon-Upshur 3; John Marshall 0. DP – None. LoB – Buckhannon-Upshur 2; John Marshall 9.
Hitting
Buckhannon-Upshur – Kynnedy Marple p-2b, 2 0 1 0; Jensen Kimble 2b, 2 0 0 0; Alyssa Abel c, 2 0 0 0; Taylor Spratt 1b, 2 0 0 0; Reagan Mason 3b, 2 0 1 0; Avey Hamer ss, 2 0 0 0; Becca Pastorius p, 2 0 0 0; Quinn Burnside lf, 1 0 0 0; Emily Bacorn c, 1 0 0 0; Resse Curry cf, 1 0 0 0; Sophia Lantz cf, 0 0 0 0. Totals 17 0 2 0.
John Marshall – Ava Blake, 1 2 0 1; Kaylee White, 2 0 0 0; No. 2, 2 1 1 1; Alexis Cumberledge, 4 1 2 4; No. 8, 2 0 0 0; Reese Ward, 2 0 1 1; No. 9, 2 1 0 0; No. 3, 2 0 0 0; No. 1, 2 1 1 1; Alexis Thayer, 2 0 1 0; No. 24, 3 2 2 2; No. 4, 1 2 1 0. Totals 25 11 9 10.
Pitching
Buckhannon-Upshur – Marple (L): 3 innings, 7 hits, 11 runs, 6 earned runs, 5 walks, 2 strikeouts, 2 hit batsmen; Pastorius: 1 inning, 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts.
John Marshall – No. 6 (W): 5 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, 9 strikeouts.
