Republic scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to beat Carthage 5-3 Friday, the only win in five games for the Lady Tigers at the Ozarks Fall Festival Tournament.
Republic was shut out in its first two games of the tournament, going 12 innings without a run before the Carthage game, and lost two more Saturday by a combined four runs. The weekend ended at 1-4.
Kearney 3, Republic 0
Reghan Lueken struck out 15 Republic batters and threw a two-hit shutout in the tournament opener Friday. Maddie Taylor and Kate Stulce had the only Republic hits, and no Republic batter drew a walk.
Kennedy Smithson went the distance in the circle for Republic, working six innings and allowing 11 hits and one walk while striking out one.
Grain Valley 12, Republic 0
Kaity Morgan threw a shortened perfect game for Grain Valley, as the Eagles ended it in five innings. Grain Valley scored one in the first, three in the second and eight in the third. The Eagles collected 12 hits off Republic pitching. Morgan struck out 11 batters over five innings.
Republic 5, Carthage 3
Republic led 1-0 after the first inning, then fell behind when Carthage scored twice in the third and once in the fifth. In the bottom of the fifth, Chloe Simpson and Maddie Carter delivered back-to-back RBI singles to tie the game at 3-3, and Kendra Goeke singled home two more for the lead.
Goeke also pitched all six innings, allowing three runs on six hits and one walk. She struck out six.
Carter was 2-for-3 at the plate. Stulce, Simpson, Jayma Pitchford and Goeke each added a hit.
Lee’s Summit West 8, Republic 5
The Titans scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning to break open a one-run game Saturday. Republic answered with two in the bottom of the inning but got no closer.
Lee’s Summit West scored twice in the first and twice in the third. Republic got a run back in the second and cut the lead to 4-3 with two in the fifth before the Titans’ sixth.
Maddie Taylor and Jayma Pitchford each had two hits for Republic.
Truman 4, Republic 3
Truman scored twice in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead for good in Saturday’s finale. Republic had taken a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth, but did not score again.
Republic had nine hits to Truman’s 10 and committed four errors to Truman’s two.
Chloe Simpson was 2-for-4 with a triple and scored a run. Maddie Taylor also had two hits and drove in a run. Mia Carnes doubled and scored, and Myleigh Mooneyham and Maddie Carter each drove in a run.
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