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Lady
Pirates win 30th
By CRAIG HALL
POTEAU—Poteau won
its 30th game in the regular-season finale against Muldrow here
Monday afternoon on a cool and cloudy afternoon.
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Poteau 9, Muldrow 7
Muldrow 1 0 4 0 2
0 0 --7
Poteau 2 3 2
2 0 0 x-- 9 |
The Lady Pirates geared up
for their regional opener Wednesday at Noble with the 9-7 win over Muldrow on a
day that felt more like the opening game than the final one.
Poteau jumped to an early 5-2 lead, allowed Muldrow to tie the game before
jumping back ahead by four runs by scoring two each in the third and the fourth.
Muldrow managed to score two more runs in the top of the fifth but the Lady
Pirates silenced the visitors over the final two innings.
| Poteau outfielder Natalee King
comes close to a diving catch before the ball pops out of her glove in
the Lady Pirates' 9-7 win over Muldrow Monday afternoon. |
The Lady Pirates honored
their seniors on Senior Night with the victory as Kylie Brown and Meagan Ryburn
both had three hits for Poteau. Natalee King, Courtney Allison and Amber Bandy
each had two hits while Allison drove in two RBI.
After Muldrow jumped in front in the top of the first by scoring one run, Poteau
came back with two in the bottom half of the inning. King had a single, Allison
followed with a double to score King before Brown and Ryburn followed with hits.
Kaylie Cross got on to lead off the bottom of the second with a single, Amber
Bandy got on with an error and Olivia Howerton followed with a single to knock
in Cross. Katie Pierce and King both followed with sacrifice flies to score two
runs.
Brown and Ryburn got the third inning started with singles and were aided by a
sacrifice fly by Cross.
King, Brenna Vise and Ryburn all had singles in the fourth as Poteau scored its
final two runs of the game.
Poteau’s defense was excellent in the final innings after Muldrow’s bats were
hot for most of the afternoon.
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