Seven-run bottom 3rd fuels 13-3 run rule Farragut home win versus HVA
A cardinal rule in baseball or softball is: don’t give up the big inning.
Hardin Valley Academy’s softball team violated the rule Tuesday, March 11, at Farragut High School’s Bellamy Field, and the Lady Admirals made their rival pay.
After yielding three runs in the top of the second inning to fall behind 3-2, FHS erupted for seven in the bottom of the third to lead 9-3.
The final was a 13-3 run-ruled, District 4-4A win for Farragut, which improved its record to 7-2-1, 3-0 District.
“They scored early; they actually had the lead,” Lady Admirals skipper Nick Green said. “I started my freshman, Taylor Wolfgram, gave her an opportunity to get some experience.”
Wolfram’s two innings yielded the three runs, all earned. She gave up six hits.
“I told her her start wasn’t bad,” Green said. “If we put that seven up earlier in the game, I’d probably let Wolfram go a little bit longer.”
The seven third-inning runs gave the Lady Admirals all the scoring they’d need.
A single by Logan Jameson, a double by Rylee Raby and an intentional walk to Elsa Morrison loaded the bases with no outs. Hallie Grace Johnson, who had replaced Wolfgram on the mound, then singled to score Jameson.
A walk to Audrey Ginel, which brought in Raby, was followed by a two-run single by Callie Brown, which scored Morrison and Johnson. Taylor Albright then roped a two-run double that brought in Ginel and Brown.
Later, with two outs, Amelie Dorset singled to score Albright, making it 9-3.
Johnson, meanwhile, shut down HVA hitters the final three innings, giving up only one hit while striking out four. Her record improved to 5-0-1.
“It was a district game, so at that point (down 3-2), I made the switch and brought in Hallie Grace,” Green said. “The next inning we scored a bunch of runs”
The Lady Admirals’ four-run fifth gave them a 10-run lead that invoked the run-rule.
