Dan Eyrich, AP Sports
The Lady Panther softball team traveled to Sherrard on Tuesday night with the tough task of taking on conference leading Sherrard, coming into the contest with a 15-3 record. The Panthers held their own leading 3-1 after three innings but the Tiger offense found its groove putting up 11 runs in the last three at bats to get the 12-4 win.
Sherrard got on the board in their first at bat scratching across a run with two singles and a Panther error.
The Panther offense got rolling in the third inning scoring three times. After the first two batters were retired, Chloe Slock singled followed by Sydney Schwartz taking her base on a hit-by-pitch. Paezleigh Hudgin then lined a single to center driving in Slock. A ground ball by Wynn Renkes drove in Schwartz with Hannah Ryan capping the inning with an RBI single to left to make it 3-1 Panthers.
Sherrard put up six runs in their half of the fourth collecting five singles, three consecutively, and taking advantage of a Panther error to take back the lead 7-3 after four.
The Panthers failed to score in the fifth but an error, one of seven committed by the Panthers in the contest, allowed the leadoff hitter to reach, which was followed by a single and then a three-run homer by Emily Dormire to put the Tigers up seven. A two-out RBI single made it 11-3 Tigers at the end of five.
Sherrard added one more run in the sixth with the Panthers adding one in the seventh on an RBI single by Schwartz.
Ayden Klendworth started for the Panthers pitching 4 1/3 innings giving up 10 hits, 4 earned runs and striking out 1. Renkes appeared in relief throwing 1 2/3 innings giving up 2 hits and striking out 2.
EP collected 7 hits with Hudgin picking up 2 with an RBI and scoring once. Gabi Abell also had two hits.
The 6-9 Panthers return to the diamond on Wednesday traveling to Geneseo to take on the Maple Leafs for their third of five games this week.
