Chapmanville's Chloe Murphy (5) delivers a pitch during the Lady Tigers 4-1 win over the Lady Skyhawks March 25 at Ronnie "Mule" Ooten Field (Photo courtesy of CKG Graphics).
Bill Lusk | WVOW Sports
SETH Chloe Murphy struck out 17 batters in and the Chapmanville Lady Tigers improved to 10-0 on the season with a 10-4 win at Sherman on Monday night.
Evy Altizer had three hits, Brooke Christian had two hits and drove in two runs, Laken Parks drove in two runs and Erica Sigmon had a two-run home run as Chapmanville scored seven runs in the second inning.
Murphy did the rest in the circle for Chapmanville, allowing four runs on nine hits and one walk in seven innings. During the 10-game winning streak to start the season, Chapmanville has outscored its opponents 79-9 and had not allowed a run in its last 25 innings.
That streak reached 28 1/3 innings until Sherman’s Lexie Lowe hit a grand slam with one out in the bottom of the fourth to bring the Tide to within three runs, 7-4.
Sherman would get no closer as the Lady Tigers piled on three insurance runs in the top of the seventh to increase the lead to 10-4.
Emma Russell allowed 10 runs- seven earned – and 12 hits in seven innings. She walked five and struck out three to take the loss for Sherman.
Mady Farley started the scoring in the top of the second for the Lady Tigers when she reached base safely on an error to bring home Altizer for a 1-0 lead. A bases loaded walk to Hannah Miller allowed Shae Conley to score and give Chapmanville a 2-0 lead.
Lakin Parks added a sacrifice fly to score Charity Atwood for a 3-0 lead and Christian’s two-run single drove in Farley and Miller giving Chapmanville a 5-0 lead. After a fly out off the bat of Murphy, Sigmon put the cap on a seven-run with a two-run home run over the center field fence.
Parks, Christian and Murphy each had run scoring singles in the top of the seventh to extend Chapmanville’s lead to 10-4.
Summer Harvey had three hits, Lauren Guthrie had two hits and Jaden Jarrell, Lowe, Carter Plantz and Russell one each for Sherman.
Miller had two hits, scored two runs and drove in one run for Chapmanville. Murphy had one hit and one RBI, Farley drove in a run while Conley had one hit and scored twice, and Atwood had one hit for the Lady Tigers.
Sherman fell to 6-3 with the loss and was scheduled to host Tug Valley Tuesday evening. Chapmanville was scheduled to host Sissonville, but that game was postponed early Tuesday.
No official makeup date has been announced for Tuesday’s postponement. The Lady Tigers are back in action Wednesday at sectional rival Scott. The Lady Tigers return home Thursday as they Wyoming East. They will host Tug Valley on Friday and close the week at Nitro on Saturday.